After many years of writing and submitting work for publication--both short stories and novels--with basically no success, I decided to just start publishing work on my own. Part of my reasoning was that I didn't have time to both submit and write, and I'd rather write. But a part of me was just tired of the rejection. Tired of summoning the energy again and again to get up off the floor and try again. The idea of just putting my work out there and letting the world see it was appealing.
But what I've found is that by going down this route, every day has a form of rejection. Every day that no one buys my book or looks at my website is just as bad as the old form letters.
I offer this observation as one piece of data for other folks thinking about how to go forward.
Perhaps things will still take off, but the experience so far has been more anxious than I expected.
But what I've found is that by going down this route, every day has a form of rejection. Every day that no one buys my book or looks at my website is just as bad as the old form letters.
I offer this observation as one piece of data for other folks thinking about how to go forward.
Perhaps things will still take off, but the experience so far has been more anxious than I expected.