Goodreads asked McKenzie Austin:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

McKenzie Austin Don't do it for money.

(I can actually hear some of my other indie author companions chuckling, muttering under their breath, "Money? What money?")

Some people are incredibly successful. And they have every last, genuine 'congratulations' that I have in my body. They are amazing, and they deserve their success.
But sometimes, amazing authors think they're unsuccessful because numbers on a computer screen aren't as good as 'so and so'.

Success should not be measured in dollar signs, my friend. Measure your success in smiles. In tears. In gasps. They don't even have to be the reactions of your readers. Move yourself. Love your characters. Tell their stories. The real success is that you saw something from start to finish. You took an abstract idea and turned it into product concocted of sleepless nights, sacrifices, and raw, good, old-fashioned hard work.

I applaud you for that. You are a success.

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