How is it November?
Greetings!
The stress of life aside,
#ParaPsych is available for free this weekend (4th-6th)!
Click here
While the past six months have been a wild, stressful ride, a new series is underway (or maybe a couple...).
The Para-Series came to me at an odd time in my life, and while it's not something I would think to write myself,surprise!
Here are some things I've learned so far!
Money does NOT grow on trees.
There is so much money that goes into your passions and dreams, and while I'm not complaining about doing it (minus the lack of it to do more fun projects). It's stressful when life hits and you still have deadlines to meet and to pay people for what they deserve for their hard work.
Also, I can't deny the slight sadness when no pages were read on KU or sales for a month or so spread out sporadically. Unless you are lucky or already established somehow, it's hard to get those sales, and marketing yourself tailored to who you are, is half of it. Keep in mind though, it's still the first year, and it takes all you have within you to keep going even when there's doubts or lack of funds.
Networking with EVERYONE, seriously.
The beauty of being a self-publishing author is to do mostly what you want. You don't have to take out scenes if you don't want to and you certainly don't have to answer to others for what you want to write. It's yours to be uniquely yours, and realizing that while YOU aren't for everyone, it is the hope that at least someone out there in the world was able to escape into a story and enjoy it for a while. Whether the writing is perfect or not, that's the beauty of connecting with others.
I love chatting with both readers and authors alike because as authors we're in this together, and IM A READER TOO. Also, there is so much joy in gossiping with readers about things you created as if you are two lost friends discovering a book for the first time. I LOVE IT!
I also love making weird-relatable character videos on the Clock App. Aesthetics too, are also fun. Networking and making friends is joyful, and I appreciate those who politely say my writing/book isn't for them and can still appreciate (befriend) the author who is still learning and growing behind the words.
Words are hard.
Editing and crafting take so much time and energy that sometimes this can slip into imposter syndrome a tad bit, especially when repeated words are a tad bit too much. Just a tad, you think?
All jokes aside, the key to combating it is being gracious to yourself and having important positive self-talk that will incorporate improvement in the future.
For me: Okay, the first book was long and could have been made short or this scene could have been written better, or what have you will.
Great! Let's involve that in the next one! EASY! (I type it, but I mentally know the truth of this struggle and it's a huge task on its own.)
Your voice, your words, your mind.
Yes, trends are great and make sales, but I think it's important to be authentic to who you are and who you want to be. You want to write a Dark Romance? DO IT, but not because it's trendy, or a certain author did really well. Do it because you have a story you want to tell and ideas to add or change and create to shape them into your dark romance fantasy.
*Eyebrow wiggle*
There are so many things to add but those are the important ones that stick out as of this moment that resonate with me into continuing.
I can't wait to show you the realistic, but the chaotic world of the Triad Bite Series.
Kink, Vampires, Oh-No-Take-Down-That-Baddie, OH MY!
December 4th, 2022. ♥
Until release day!
-R.N.A.
The stress of life aside,
#ParaPsych is available for free this weekend (4th-6th)!
Click here
While the past six months have been a wild, stressful ride, a new series is underway (or maybe a couple...).
The Para-Series came to me at an odd time in my life, and while it's not something I would think to write myself,surprise!
Here are some things I've learned so far!
Money does NOT grow on trees.
There is so much money that goes into your passions and dreams, and while I'm not complaining about doing it (minus the lack of it to do more fun projects). It's stressful when life hits and you still have deadlines to meet and to pay people for what they deserve for their hard work.
Also, I can't deny the slight sadness when no pages were read on KU or sales for a month or so spread out sporadically. Unless you are lucky or already established somehow, it's hard to get those sales, and marketing yourself tailored to who you are, is half of it. Keep in mind though, it's still the first year, and it takes all you have within you to keep going even when there's doubts or lack of funds.
Networking with EVERYONE, seriously.
The beauty of being a self-publishing author is to do mostly what you want. You don't have to take out scenes if you don't want to and you certainly don't have to answer to others for what you want to write. It's yours to be uniquely yours, and realizing that while YOU aren't for everyone, it is the hope that at least someone out there in the world was able to escape into a story and enjoy it for a while. Whether the writing is perfect or not, that's the beauty of connecting with others.
I love chatting with both readers and authors alike because as authors we're in this together, and IM A READER TOO. Also, there is so much joy in gossiping with readers about things you created as if you are two lost friends discovering a book for the first time. I LOVE IT!
I also love making weird-relatable character videos on the Clock App. Aesthetics too, are also fun. Networking and making friends is joyful, and I appreciate those who politely say my writing/book isn't for them and can still appreciate (befriend) the author who is still learning and growing behind the words.
Words are hard.
Editing and crafting take so much time and energy that sometimes this can slip into imposter syndrome a tad bit, especially when repeated words are a tad bit too much. Just a tad, you think?
All jokes aside, the key to combating it is being gracious to yourself and having important positive self-talk that will incorporate improvement in the future.
For me: Okay, the first book was long and could have been made short or this scene could have been written better, or what have you will.
Great! Let's involve that in the next one! EASY! (I type it, but I mentally know the truth of this struggle and it's a huge task on its own.)
Your voice, your words, your mind.
Yes, trends are great and make sales, but I think it's important to be authentic to who you are and who you want to be. You want to write a Dark Romance? DO IT, but not because it's trendy, or a certain author did really well. Do it because you have a story you want to tell and ideas to add or change and create to shape them into your dark romance fantasy.
*Eyebrow wiggle*
There are so many things to add but those are the important ones that stick out as of this moment that resonate with me into continuing.
I can't wait to show you the realistic, but the chaotic world of the Triad Bite Series.
Kink, Vampires, Oh-No-Take-Down-That-Baddie, OH MY!
December 4th, 2022. ♥
Until release day!
-R.N.A.
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