I don’t know if I should feel embarrassed by this post…
Or proud of my determination. It’s about my years of struggles as an author before getting my first book deal with a major publisher.
As writers, we don’t always talk about our failures and setbacks. Many of us deal with them as though they are crimes, dumping them into the sea so no one will ever find out. After all, if we were really talented, wouldn’t success come easily? For some authors, it really does work that way!
When you read this, you might ask yourself, Why didn’t she just give up?
And if this didn’t have a happy ending, maybe you would even think, Can’t this woman take a hint?
But if a writer is struggling, maybe it’ll be nice to read about someone else’s journey and know they aren’t alone.
When I first started trying to write fiction, I had an MFA in Creative Writing and dozens of publications at respectable literary magazines, but all that was in poetry, which had always come easily to me. I tried about ten times to write a novel, and stalled out at around 100 pages every time. So that’s how I spent my 20s and some of my 30s. It took me that long to admit to myself that maybe I should try plotting in advance.
I finally finished a novel and sent it to an editor at a well-known publisher that, at the time, still accepted unsolicited submissions. She asked me to Revise and Resubmit. I was thrilled and worked for months on the revision, and by the time I sent it back, they’d had a reorganization and she’d been laid off.
No one else wanted that book. One editor’s rejection read simply, “We thought the writing would be better.” Not especially constructive, but at that point in my fiction writing attempts, I’m guessing it was probably fair.
Next, I wrote a sexy Victorian romance and submitted it to many agents. None of them wanted to represent it. I got my first book deal from a digital-first publisher. Due to a technical glitch, on the publication date, the book cover design still hadn’t shown up on Amazon. Still, I was thrilled about my first published novel, and even threw a big book release party for myself. Some of our family members traveled from other states to attend it! It was a good time, even if the book sold few copies.
With the next book, a haunted house romance, I signed with a reputable agent…who promptly ghosted me.
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The only time she responded to an email of mine was when I suggested we should terminate the relationship. Within a minute, she emailed back to agree. (I’m not going to share the name…this was a very long time ago, she might’ve been going through something dreadful in her personal life, and anyway, I think she might have retired.) I managed to get it published with another digital-first imprint.
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I wrote another Victorian romance and sent it to the same editor who had acquired the haunted house romance. I thought this one was much better. It was a Cyrano de Bergerac type story involving a widowed flower shop owner, a self-made railroad tycoon, and the Victorian language of flowers. I thought it was sexy and charming. The editor declined.
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I didn’t have the heart to submit this book to anyone else after that.
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I didn’t even keep track of the manuscript. My husband filed it away, though. Honestly, I should probably take another look at this one now.
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Then I worked on a paranormal romance that I really loved, about a centuries-old international secret society that fought supernatural evil. I felt like I had learned a lot, and I thought, This is the one! I spent a lot of money to attend a big Romance Writers of America conference in New York, where I had scheduled pitch appointments with editors. As soon as I began speaking, the first agent said,
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“I’m going to stop you right there.”
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She wasn’t acquiring paranormal romance anymore: the market was beyond saturated. The second agent sat politely through my short pitch, then said the same thing.
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Still at the conference, I attended a happy hour with some writers I knew from an online community. Trying to make myself feel better, I said to one of the authors, “Well, I struck out with my agent appointments, but at least my blog is doing well.” I had started it less than a year ago, with no followers, long after the era when anyone thought starting a blog was a sensible thing to do, but a few of the posts had gone viral. They were lists I had originally made for myself, to refer to while I was writing. The author said,
“Your blog isn’t going to help you. It’s for writers, not for readers.”
On the plane home from the conference, with her words ringing in my ears, I thought about how there was, at least, some overlap between writers and readers. I also thought, Fine. I’ll self-publish a book for writers, then. I had Master Lists for Writers up for sale three months later. It’s sold over 40,000 copies to date, so thank you, naysaying author, whoever you were.
I got the opportunity to write a couple of treatments that were developed into made-for-TV movies. The process of discussing these storylines with producers taught me so much about high concept, story structure, and character arcs. I also self-published the paranormal romance novel, not that I had any energy to promote it. I had pitched a publishing division to an entertainment company, and they had approved it, so I was busy starting that up from scratch.
I can’t say too much about this five-year period. I worked all the time and it was terrible. I learned a lot. I wrote a wholesome romance under my legal name for zero extra dollars for the publishing division, just to help get the business into the black.
The whole book was written between midnight and five a.m., over the course of a few months. It sold fairly well, and most readers really liked it!
I squeezed in time for other writing projects as well, just to give myself something positive to focus on. One of those projects, 5,000 Writing Prompts, sold very well.
The publishing business attained modest success, but it was unsustainable. I parted ways with the company and the imprint was shuttered. I had a complete draft of a book three of my paranormal romance series, but I couldn’t even bring myself to revise and publish it.
My husband, an editor with decades of experience, had been laid off from his workplace before that. He’d been doing two jobs: freelance book editing, and dealing with every aspect of the household management while helping me not completely crack under the strain of my work. Maybe that was three jobs. Anyway, we started a new freelance book editing business together, Lucky Author. We loved the work, our clients loved us, and many of them got agent representation and/or book deals. We weren’t sure if we’d be able to keep up with the mortgage payments, since health insurance was so expensive, but we were squeaking by, and I had more time to write.
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Now, let’s talk about the fun part.
Two months after I stopped working in publishing, I noticed there was a pitch event happening on Twitter. It was already 3 p.m. in New York, so I figured I was already too late, but I decided to throw together a pitch of my latest unpublished novel, just for fun.
I had mostly written the book to cheer myself up. It was about a medieval knight who had been turned to stone by a curse. He’d been stuck forever, unmoving, unacknowledged. My heroine, a museum employee who’d dealt with her share of heartbreak and disappointment, brought him back to life…and in doing so, revived her own hopes and romantic ideals.
My dream agent requested it within one minute of my posting it. I told her how I needed to revise it first. Once I’d done that, I sent it to her, and she signed me. I was thrilled.
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Almost immediately afterward, I got an email from an editor at a dream publishing house, saying,
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“Thanks for sharing Knight at the Museum...I’d love to consider the full—your story sounds like a lot of fun!”
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I was surprised because I didn’t think my agent had even sent it out yet. Then I remembered that this publisher had held an open submissions period a while back—a rare opportunity to submit without an agent. (I’ve been cutting way back on my idle social media time, but the truth is, I learned about the open submission period on Twitter/X, too.)
I’d submitted my synopsis and first ten pages, thinking This is a waste of time, even though it only took fifteen minutes. I assumed they were looking for young, fresh authors, preferably with large TikTok followings. Fair enough, honestly. I didn’t feel fresh. I felt bitten into and bruised. But over the years, I’d developed a habit of trying even when the odds didn’t seem good. I’d promptly forgotten all about it.
My agent sent the editor my book. Less than a week later, the editor set up a Zoom call. She loved it and had great notes. I asked when she would take it to an acquisitions meeting; she said she’d already done that and everyone was on board. That evening, the publisher sent my editor the contract for a two-book deal, with a substantial enough advance that my husband I could postpone discussions of selling our house.
It felt like I’d barely lifted a finger.
With Her Knight at the Museum, I didn’t spend months in the querying trenches. I didn’t spend more agonizing months on submission. I hadn’t even given much thought to how or if the novel would be published. I told my husband, “This is like the movie version of what it’s like to be an author.”
Another thing has happened since that book offer that I won’t talk about yet but that, again, felt like it happened almost by magic. Even though I will probably more bumps in the future, I feel confident in myself as a writer, and I’ve had some dreams come true.
If you’re a writer who’s had some setbacks, I want you to know it can get better.
If you keep learning, keep improving, and keep trying, you might be amazed someday at the results.
Just never forget to really enjoy the act of writing itself along the way. I’ve always told myself that writing is a cool, fun thing to do, regardless of the results. Actually, I suppose that’s why I never gave up.
I’d love to hear about your journey as a writer, too.
Have you had some low times as you’ve worked toward your goals? Have you found success after a lot of struggle? Or did success come easily to you? Tell us all about it in the comments! And if you enjoyed the post, feel free to share it on social media.
Thank you so much for reading, and happy writing!
Thank you for sharing your story. It’s a great lesson for everyone, even nonwriters, on perseverance. 💜
THANK YOU, Merry Lu! You’ve been cheering for me all along…and you’re still supporting me today. I am so lucky to have you for a friend!
Thank you for writing this. I quit my job at the end of 2022 for my mental health and decided to spend 2023 writing and getting my career going. I queried a lot more than I had in the past but no success getting published traditionally. I am happy with how much I’ve written and rewritten. Now I’m looking for work and it’s more soul crushing than a rejection.
Hi Meaghen! Oh my gosh, yes. Job hunting is soul-crushing for EVERYONE…but it doesn’t even help to know that! I’m so sorry. I know you’ll get through it and find a good place for yourself.
Thank you for sharing all of this! I remember the first (& only) time I pitched a book at one of those conferences in Atlanta and did a pretty terrible job. It was so bad, I found a tweet on Twitter (this was before X) that the agent posted about me—just not my name—less than 10 minutes after my session. It was a “don’t do this” and I thought—okay, wish she would have said that to my face bc I was obviously new at it. (There’s a certain humiliation in seeing so many people respond and agree and laugh—even if she didn’t identify me.) Later, same conference, some of us had our first pages read. In my description, I dubbed my submission “contemporary fantasy”—and that same agent, up on stage in front of hundreds—scoffed and said, “That’s not even a real genre. If you’re going to submit, know what you’re talking about.”
Needless to say, I was crushed. A year later, however, I was validated by Jane Friedman, herself, who posted an article on that was shared on LinkedIn about contemporary fantasy! I told her my story and she responded saying the agent never should have done that. 🥹 💕
I’m still so nervous. I’ve got the MFA, have been working two novels for the last ten (plus) years, but they’re never “good enough” for me to move forward (my words) and so I always go back and revise. Now, a friend I know from my days in the USAF just attended Readers Take Denver, and has suddenly developed the desire to be a novelist. She posted that she’s already 45,000 words in (since the convention) and while my initial reaction was to love her status, it also made me want to cry, feeling like any old person now can just “be an author” & achieve my lifelong dreams before I do lol. (I know, selfish.)
Now, a writer friend and I are in the early stages of starting our own official writers’ group mainly for accountability—so that we each keep pushing forward, keep improving, and stop letting life put giant blocks in the way. 🤞🏻
I am so sorry this happened to you. That agent sounds like a complete creep, a bully and a mean girl. May she get everything she so richly deserves in life.
Meanwhile, you keep writing and don’t give up. 🙂
I love your accountability group idea! It’s so important to have support.
Remember that only you can tell your story. Someone else’s opinion is only that – opinion.
Okay, I am FURIOUS at that agent. How does anyone think that’s okay? It’s such a betrayal of trust. I’m thinking about writing a blog post about this kind of poor behavior, because it keeps happening. Also, umm…isn’t Sarah J Maas’s Crescent City series “contemporary fantasy”? I mean, I know it’s called “romantasy,” but it’s pretty light on the romance part, if you ask me.
I understand your feelings about your friend!
The accountability group is a great idea. I have a little group like that and we meet every month and talk about progress and goals.It really helps!
You are such a talented writer and I believe in you! I bet the next few years are going to be game-changers. 🙂
Thank you for the encouraging words Pamela, Jessie, and Bryn!! It’s been Years but that experience just stuck with me. But I really, really appreciate the solidarity. <3 It’s one of my favorite things about following your blog, Bryn!!
I love your vulnerable willingness to tell us the truth about your journey. For aspiring writers, it’s comforting to know we aren’t the only ones struggling to reach a goal. As for me, I’ve spent twenty years setting up a career (as a professor) to provide reliable income that enables me to write for several months of the year. Over the years, I put time into writing, but I recently got tenure and a promotion, and now I’m all out of excuses for why I don’t finish even a chapter. Now that I have no more excuses, it might be an even scarier prospect, and I expect that I will find some kind of magical power deep inside me to enable myself to obstruct my dream. When the pressure is on, self-sabotage comes to the rescue. I guess my goal needs to be to write one crappy chapter and not allow myself to do anything else. Still, it’s good to know that I’m bot the only one who struggles. With the best-foot-forward approach that most people take, it can feel that way much of the time.
Hi Brian! Oh, I get that. I imagine that the writing could become more daunting with time. I think you’re totally right. Write a crappy chapter. Clear out any thoughts of “I should’ve done this already, what if this, what if that, blah blah blah”…give yourself a fresh start, a day one. You can do it! Thanks for posting!
Thank you for sharing. I’ve been writing for myself for years (a great suggestion from my therapist!) but can’t bring myself to try for an agent-publisher. I have dozens of books ready to send off. Glad I’m not the only one struggling!
It’s great that you’ve been writing so much! That’s impressive. You probably know that if you can find a critique group or beta readers who can give you feedback, that’s a good next step, not that there’s a rush. Thanks for sharing!
Bryn, you are so refreshing! I am so happy for your recent publishing success, and am quite moved by your resilience to keep going after the kind of treatment you received early on. I’ve reached the age where I have zero patience for the kind of bullying/mean/spiteful kind of behaviors that some of you have experienced, and I applaud all of you who have endured this and still keep going.
As you know, Bryn, I am a new author. I am loving the transition into my second chapter, and I think having received a few of what you call “champagne rejections”, has made it easier for me to continue. I have just completed the third book in my series (undergoing revisions before sending it to you for editing!). After completing it, I had to go back and tweak the first 30-40 pages of the first book (for the gazillionth time, but now it’s better!), and shortly I will be entering the phase of the final handful of submissions, but also getting my ducks in a row to self-publish, since I have a feeling that is where I will land. It is daunting, not nearly as enjoyable as the writing part, and at times, overwhelming, but the point is to keep going! I say forget all the noise! Feel good about what you are doing, feel okay with who you are, shut out the noise, grab a cup of coffee, and keep writing!
Hi Carole! ❤️ It’s great to hear from you! Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m very impressed that you’ve gotten those champagne rejections right from the start! I know what you’re saying about tweaking “for the gazillionth time”—all the writers I know hit points where they think, I’m going to be revising this damn book for the rest of my life, haha. But it’ll get there! I love the ending of your post! I want to cross-stitch it and hang it up somewhere!
I’m so happy for you, and grateful you shared your story. I only started writing at 46. I’ll be 52 next month. Early on I queried cozies that weren’t remotely ready (thank you for your kindness), and after revisions didn’t query them enough before shelving them. I did have one agent offer representation, but my gut said something wasn’t right, and I didn’t sign. Since then I did have one personal essay published, but that’s it. I’ve been querying my mystery with domestic suspense elements for over a year. Nothing. A handful of full requests that amounted to nothing. That book might not be the one either. But maybe the suspense I’m currently revising will be. It’s hard to keep the faith. I’m glad you admitted to feeling embarrassed because I feel that way often when it comes to my lack of writing success when my writing comes up with friends and family. I question whether I’m not getting the hint that I stink. So, thank you for sharing your story. It’s inspirational and motivates me to keep persisting.
You know, I think all writers query a project before it’s ready at one point or another! It’s like a rite of passage. 😊 I’m sure you were right to listen to your gut about that agent. And congratulations on the essay! That’s no small thing. I know from my editing work that it’s very common for a writer to struggle for a while before something hits, but nobody ever talks about it! I bet good things are in the future.
What a journey, Bryn! Love that you’ve found success in both your fiction and non-fiction endeavors. I, for one, gobble up all your writing-related emails and have learned so much from you over the past three years.
My road to publication differs greatly from yours. In 2020, having finished my first book at 52 and not patient enough to spend years in the querying trenches, I went the self-publishing route. Within a few short weeks, my debut time-travel thriller love story was listed on Amazon and flying off the virtual shelves. Ahem, okay, most of the sales came from people I knew, but when several of them (and eventually strangers, too!) asked if a sequel was in the works, it lit a fire under me. I got to work planning out a trilogy, and the final instalment launched this February.
It hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows, though. Being a one-woman show is exhausting, and the lack of sales when I’m not actively promoting my stories can be soul crushing. However, whenever anyone asks me how it’s going, I truthfully answer that it’s the most fulfilling job I’ve ever had.
Thank you for allowing your readers to share their own experiences on your platform, Bryn, and for reminding us that with a bit of tenacity, great things are possible.
Hey there! Oh, thanks so much for the kind words! I’m so glad you like my posts and emails. 😊 How exciting that you wrote a time travel thriller trilogy! That is a great accomplishment. I love time travel, obviously, and I want to complete a trilogy someday! I know what you’re saying about how much work it is to be a one-woman show. I’m glad it’s fulfilling, too! I really appreciate you sharing your story.
Oh, Bryn, how do you keep such an optimistic and encouraging attitude? How many of your followers have published? I’ll bet you don’t even keep track of the influence you have in this world or the success you inspire.
I’ll share a couple of struggles:
My friend and I wrote a stage play for a contest. I wrote the words and the lyrics and he wrote the music. We sent it to a university and paid a huge fee for a critique. The script came back with only the words, “No Plot” scrawled across the top of the first page. I was a new writer and could have used a reference to gain information about creating a plot or at least a definition!
To be fair, some of the music we created together lives in me still and shows up frequently in my life.
Another time I went to a writer’s conference. All the fiction agents and editors were taken, so I decided to write a non-fiction proposal about the benefits of writing for the writer. I had recently studied it in college and had a lot of references and enthusiasm for the topic. The first agent I pitched to asked me who my audience was. I fumbled for an answer and came up with, “high school students.” There was pleading in his voice when he responded, “Please don’t do that to them!”
I had lost all confidence in my topic and in my non-fiction project but because I had already paid for the time I went to the next editor. I explained the situation and acknowledged that I knew she was not a fiction editor, but would she please listen to my fantasy pitch and tell me how I could improve it? She agreed. After I finished my elevator pitch, she suggested that I tell how my protagonist changed – what steps she went through.
Wow! I left that interview with a concrete tool and hope for the future.
Hi Jessie! ❤️ Thank you so much for the kind words!
And ugh, you have really gotten some discouraging (and unhelpful) feedback! At that conference, you were so smart with your approach to the second editor. I’m so glad you got such good feedback!
You know how much I appreciate you and your caring, creative spirit. Thanks so much for sharing!
Wow! Congratulations!! Your story with its ups and downs, your persistence, it’s all very inspring. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Christa! Aw, thank you. Thanks so much for reading!
This was great. Thank you for sharing! I love to hear real, honest experiences of successful authors.
Hi Jeremy! Thanks so much. I appreciate that!
Bryn, It is so awesome to hear your story. It will be a huge help to people who may get discouraged along the way. I am so happy for your success and I hope your books sell a lot of copies!
Thanks again! I feel hopeful about the future after reading this. Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing all the hiccups you went through. Life is hard sometimes.
Your writing books (and your coaching) have been so helpful to me. You have a gift for helping others. Thank you so much for your generosity and for cheerleading everyone!
Hey Jill! ❤️ Aww, I hardly know what to say! Thank you so, so much for your kind words and good wishes! And as far as helping others and cheerleading, well, it takes one to know one. 😉
I do stuff in the industry I can’t talk about.
My first full-length novel was never submitted. A person I thought was a trusted friend said horrible things about it. I’ve learned that you should really choose carefully who you share an MS with. Sometimes, they’re not the right person. Was the book horrible? No, but it was a first draft, not formatted, and needed work. But, I wrote it. And that is invaluable experience.
I gained a mentor in a different friend, and she suggested writing contests. I wrote a story rather quickly, was a runner up, and was published in an anthology on my birthday.
Another friend found another small press looking for submissions, and I became published again in two back-to-back anthologies. Then one story was published by them as a standalone, digital-only. I could tell there were some serious problems at that company, and I was right. They decided to fold, and instead of just releasing the reversion of rights, they told us we had to ask for them. They were trying to collect funds which weren’t due. Another author friend gave me a copy of her reversion of rights request which was drafted by an attorney to use as a model, and it covered some things which were in my contract, but never implemented, but important to notate if they weren’t giving it. Oh, they raked me over the coals in an author forum, but I have my reversion of rights for the stories. And, I didn’t have to pay the money they were trying to charge me. I read the contract very carefully.
Life got crazy with family, health issues, etc… and I wrote another novel. It was rejected, but what I didn’t realize is they actually wanted me to revise it. I found out after-the-fact. I then tried, but I couldn’t get it right. My hard drive irretrievably crashed, and I decided that was a sign that it wasn’t the right book. I was able to find an email which had my original MS, but not the one I had been revising. Lesson learned.
I entered another contest which I thought I had a good shot at, and I won a runner up spot for publication in an anthology. It was published on my anniversary.
I have an MS started for a possible 4-book series in the works. And, I have a story for a possible anthology submission in the works.
Yes, I’ve entered other contests and not won. The last one had really weird results. Two with exceptionally high marks–high enough to place–and one which tore me apart and no feedback. Someone was having a bad day. Another one I entered around the same time I just missed placing, but one feedback was so helpful. She really cared–she was the only one to give her name. It was a major publisher, but the wrong imprint.
I’ve gone to a couple of writer retreats, and I learned some especially valuable information at the last one. It really impacted what I need to do to get the writing right.
I’m always writing. I write content for a friend’s lifestyle blog. I do other stuff.
I’ve probably said too much, but I’m a writer, and I will always write. I’ve been a writer since I was a child. My goal is to be published again. That’s always the goal.
denise
Ohh my gosh, you’ve had a wild ride yourself! I had no idea. What an awful mess with that publisher. I’m so sorry you went through it! I appreciate your sharing the story, though. I just think it’s so good for other writers to hear about these things. I know you’ll get published again!
Thank you!
PS. thank you for sharing your story. It really is inspiring. xoxo
Thank you, Denise! ❤️
What an inspiring story Bryn!
And you and you’re writing always feel positive and fresh…never bitten and bruised. Thanks for sharing….and every one else too….I so appreciate reading everyones experiences.
My story and my question to anyone who can answer…I finished writing my novel last year and sent out 10 queries, all rejected. I am finally sending out queries again. Does anyone have a good answer for these questions from friends and family? Is your book published yet? OR Where can I buy your book? They are asking because they care, and I soooo appreciate it. But I also see how they feel almost sorry they asked the question because I didn’t have better news.
Good luck everyone!
Hey there! Oh, thank you so much for the kind words. That means a lot!
And as far as the questions from friends and family…that is such a common struggle for writers! As you say, people mean well; they just have no idea how long it takes. I think it’s fine to tell them it’s a slow process, and you’ll be shouting it from the rooftops when it’s up for sale. Then ask them something about themselves. 😊 I’m sending you good vibes for the querying!
Thanks Bryn:)
Wow, what a long and windy road you’ve been on! I’m so glad it’s finally all come together for you and you r family. I can’t imagine how hard it must be to raise kids and pay the bills with two parents who are writers. Usually one had the “steady job” so the other can have the fluctuating income stream. Kudos to both of you for making it work!
Thank you, Naomi! Honestly, one of us would have a “steady job” if we’d had it our way, but we applied to hundreds of jobs with no offers…despite having great references, exceptional performance reviews, and all that. We’re very lucky that we can make it in an alternate way. 🙂
Thank you so much for posting your journey! It gives me hope! Really it does!
Hey there! Oh, I’m so glad to hear that. Thanks for reading!
Thanks for sharing your story. It’s very inspirational and provides the hope to keep on keeping on. Easy to get discouraged in this business. Love reading your blogs, your lists and your stories.
Thank you so much for the kind words, Lisa! You’re so right—it can get easy to get discouraged in this game. Thanks for reading!
Oh wow, thank you for sharing your journey! I am going to choose to be inspired 🙂
Hi Janie! I am sorry this comment slipped by me! So take it as a reminder to continue to choose to be inspired, if you want to. 🙂 Thank you for the kind words!
I just wanted to say thank you so much for sharing your story. <3 So much, I could have pulled from my own (torturous, lol) journey! I thought I was the only one who’s been ghosted by a reputable agent. Earned the master’s in writing, wondering if it was worth it. Kept self-publishing through it all. I found your name + story through Reddit after deciding to submit my manuscript to Berkley’s Open Submission Program on a whim. Thank you for reminding us that it can get better–in a literal blink! So inspired by your story and vulnerability. Can’t wait to read your book!!!
Stephanie! I’m sorry your comment slipped past me before! That’s exactly right—everything can change in a blink. Good luck on the Open Submissions, and everything else! THANK YOU for your kind words!
Nice blog post Bryn. Well, all Writers even those who get their works published by big publisher houses such as Penguin House and Spill Words Press. What matters, it is pushing till the end. As long as you are keen on writing your story, you will beat the challenges along the way. I am actually proud of myself for writing my 2nd men’s fashion and style book that targets all men whether old or young who are voracious readers to read interesting novels centered only on Fashion and style. As a Writer, writing in a way that shows your soul is very key because that is how you stand out as a Writer in a sea of Writers who write fictional stories, romantic stories and poetry. Why not stand out and find a genre that makes you happy and one you are passionate about.
I am glad that you finally got the book published, that takes courage. As Writers we should stop fear and not let it hold us back. Just start where you are with what you have.
All the best with your writing journey💯📕🙌
Hi, Mthobisi! I am so sorry your comment slipped by me before! Congratulations on the men’s fashion and style book! You are so right. When we follow our passion, we stand out…and we can’t let fear hold us back. Thank you for posting! Sending you all the best on your author journey!
Thank you💖🙏