Getting the Happy Back

I’ve observed something over the past year. Very few authors seem to be happy with their careers. That unhappiness manifests itself in different ways when the subject of writing careers come up. Sighs. Rolled eyes. Or out and out discussion of their frustrations.

In each case, much of the discussion ends up revolving around the things we can’t control – the market, publisher decisions, overall sales, Amazon platform changes/modifications/gaming-the-system issues, and saturation in the market....