It’s Q&A Time!!

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It’s Q&A Time!!

Hey guys! Today I thought I would do a little question-and-answer session, because I get a lot of questions about what it’s like to be an author, and what it’s like to be such a young author, and all of that . So here we go!!

Q: What was it like to be able to hold a real, published copy of your book in your hands?

A: It was so surreal. I couldn’t swallow the fact that I was actually published, and could actually call myself an author now! I was kind of jumping around the room in quiet excitement when our copies arrived in the mail – it was a pretty funny sight.

Q: What’s the strangest moment you’ve experienced about your book since it launched?

A: I was at school and sitting in science lab, and I just had my copy sitting casually on top of my stuff. The kid across from me also had his copy sitting casually on top of his binders and stuff. It was like a double-take for me – I thought I was looking into a mirror for a second. It was the strangest thing! I guess I’ll have to get used to stuff like that, though – and also my fellow students asking me to autograph their copies! I can’t even begin to process that!

Q: What was the first reaction and thoughts you felt towards you when the news of your book came out?

A: When I went to school that day and let the news out, there was a total mix of reactions. Some people seemed excited for me, some people were dying to read it, and some people seemed a bit jealous. I’ve had multiple people tell me head-on that they don’t believe that I wrote it on my own (which I did, obviously) and probably about 6 people tell me that they’ve had ideas for their own books and want me to help them edit it. You can imagine what that might feel like for me – but as they say, imitation is the highest form of flattery, I guess. Still can’t process why people would want me to sign their copies! It’s just absolutely crazy for me, being come up to and asked if I could autograph it.

If you’re planning to self-publish your book, you have to be prepared not only for the long and tedious, yet rewarding, process of actually publishing but also that people’s views on you are going to change no matter what. You just have to keep your head held high and feel proud of yourself no matter what happens, because you know that you worked hard and you deserve everything that comes from it being published.

Q: What kinds of things are you responsible for doing as an author?

A: Even when you think you’re finished with the publishing process, you’re never really. Being able to say that you’re a published author comes with lots of responsibilities, like tracking sales, running reports, making charts to organize all the data from tracking sales and running reports… You also need to keep in touch with social media, like my Twitter, Instagram, and blog, of course, because you need readers to be able to find you wherever they are and they have to know that you’re active on those sites. You also need to be prepared to handle this all on your own, of course!

Q: Do you plan on writing more books and continuing your career as an author?

A: Of course! I’m playing around with a few different genres right now and trying to find a good plot I want to continue with, but you can bet that I’ll be back with another book! Writing is my passion, and to be able to share it with the world and get paid for just doing what I love is so insane for me, so why wouldn’t I keep writing?