We all know who Amanda Hocking is. If you don’t recognize...

We all know who Amanda Hocking is. If you don’t recognize her name, you may know her as “that one author who made millions by selling ebooks.” Because that’s what she did.

She needed $300 for a trip, and put some of her many completed books up on Amazon to make that money. 6 months later, by the time she needed the money for the trip, she had made $20,000.

What we don’t know about is the amount of work it took to become the overnight success that she is now. By that time, she had completed 17 novels because she stayed up all night writing and would finish writing a whole book in just a few weeks. It was her determination that got her to the point where she had that many books published and was prepared to take advantage of the opportunity.

Most writers probably wish they were in her shoes, and I’m definitely one of them. But the kind of determination that she had was what got her there, and that’s the kind of determination that we all need, too. Especially since we all know it’s possible now.