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…
“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. You’ve just put together a whole entire novel of thoughts, emotions, visions, relationships, trauma, and cleaned it all up into a neat (or messy) resolution. You’ve played God with a bunch of characters who would never have existed if you’d never given them life. You’ve succeeded in creating something that has the ability to take a reader on a journey through the confines of your mind, allowing them a glimpse into what your dreams are made up of. You are…
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May 13, 2013 @ 11:58:58
Thanks for reblogging this. I really needed to read this. I’ve definitely felt like that.
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May 13, 2013 @ 12:53:30
It CAN feel like a bit of a slog sometimes, can’t it? But if we have patience and take the slow and steady road, telling who we can about our published work, who knows when it will suddenly leap out of our hands?
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