You are not a failure if you cannot live off your books.

Reblogged from Crissi Langwell:

"If you've FINISHED writing a novel you are amongst the elite!!! You ARE NOT A FAILURE IF YOU CANNOT LIVE OFF YOUR BOOKS. You only fail by NOT TRYING." - Nadia Cornier

I needed to read that quote today.

If you're a struggling author of your own book, I bet you needed to read that quote too.

Thing is, writing a book is an amazing feat in and of itself.

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This is so true. Even though it's still early days, the idea that I may be able to retire sometime soon is still a distant dream. But it doesn't mean that I've failed...