Support Fellow Authors

In the grand scheme of things, yes; you are in competition with the vast amount of authors across the globe. However, I think it is important to realize that you must also support one another. Creating a network to support fellow authors is beneficial for a variety of reasons. You can learn what seems to work and what doesn’t work through experience, and also bounce ideas off one another. You can root each other on; sometimes a simple good for you or congratulations is all you need to boost your self esteem when you think nobody out there cares about all the hard work and sacrifice you went through to finally publish your book. Most of all, having a network can be one of the best ways to market yourself through word of mouth. Thus the saying “I’ll scratch your back, if you scratch mine”!