Sore arm - but is it worth it?

I seem to be suffering with a very sore elbow joint - I expect its moving the mouse around - click, move, click etc. Pain, they say, no pain, no gain - but is it the same for writers? I have barely sold any books - and await my book launch with both dread and hope - Not sure which one is higher rated?

I wonder though, how many of us potential writers feel this pain - not so much my elbow, but the pain of wanting something so badly and as yet, nothing has come of it?

The questions that move frantically around my head keep my awake at night:

What am I doing wrong?

Do I need to become a computer expert?

If so, why can't i learn quicker?

And if i can't be an expert blogger/twitterer/forum campaigner etc, does that mean i will die in the water of failure?

And if that's the case - why?

Or, is word of mouth more preferable?

But to get people talking about me, they need to read my books so how do i reach my audiences?

And it goes around again...!

I know i am not the first and have no doubts that I will be the last to pull my hair out with frustration but oh how I dream of the simplicity of writing a bloody good story!

When in my dreams an agent would read about me and want me because they could see my potential and then a publisher would quickly follow as would the book deals and the success would be comfortable and not too intrusive - It's good to dream...

'Echoes' is but the first dream - dare I awaken from the rest...?