Saving my stories

What are the risks to my storiesUntitled drawing about the confusion that life brings

Saving my stories required an agent, high-profile reviews, media links, book launches, hard work and lots of money. I had none of those and I had to save my stories myself. Publishers told me that if a book is not successfully marketed in the six months after publication, it will die. As a self-published writer, divorced, without influential friends, social clout and financial support and of course, experience and marketing know-how, I took a chance and I’m still working at succeeding. Even more than being well-written, a book must be trendy and newsworthy, and the female writer attractive and preferably young. I started publishing late after my divorce left me isolated and socially disadvantaged with no one to help me. Now I have the love and editorial support of John Corley and that makes me a very fortunate woman and writer.