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Dave from P&E recommended wonderful this site and I've spend WAY too much time here in the last couple of days. It's all very discouraging. I've read about the scams - far too many, the self-publishing DON'T DO IT, the POD, DON'T DO IT, the vanity presses, DON'T DO IT. Over and over again I hear that this method or that one won't work because you'll only sell books to friends. I have to ask - how many people here make a living at writing? One? Two? Six? I've been a writer for over 25 years and I know the odds. Why do I write? Two reasons. First of all, I have to. I can no more stop writing than stop breathing and the second reason is because I want people to read my stories. If that means I have to crank them out one at a time on my computer and sell them in front of the supermarket - that's what I'll do. I know the odds of being published with a major house or getting an agent, but still I try. I know I'll never make money with my writing. I sure haven't yet, but I also know I will never stop publishing what ever I can, where ever I can because the biggest thrill I still get is when someone comes up to me and says, "I read your book and I loved it." So, please don't look down on me because I have two books coming out this year that are PODs. I'm doing the best I can. Sure I'll probably only sell them to friends, but maybe they will tell their friends and I'll sell a few more. I'm so proud of all my books and sometimes when I pick one of them up I get a chill. I think, I wrote that and it's good!
This site is terrific and a wonderful help to writers, but I think I'd better stay away. It's too discouraging. I'm going to write now.
This site is terrific and a wonderful help to writers, but I think I'd better stay away. It's too discouraging. I'm going to write now.