Well, I've already won - I'm still here and healthy ten years after a Stage 3 cancer diagnosis. I've published the books of my heart - an 8 book historical fantasy-or-not series, challenged myself with each one, grew as a writer, won some awards, gained some highly appreciative readers (and a few less so). Sales were never the goal. I'm here to see if I can find a few more appreciative readers, not just for the fiction I write but more so for the non-fiction pieces, and to interact with people who care about the same things I do: landscape, nature, history, good writing that makes you think and will challenge me to be a even better writer than I am now.
You get extra points from me for the use of the word "differentiate." We're all entitled to some favorite words, right? I can't comment further because I am currently stuck on a couple of these questions, but I agree they are good ones. Theme? I have an idea. A nonfiction substack. I hate to split it up but this is worth contemplating. Mine might be about futurism. We want the future to be better, but what, exactly, does that look like? I think that's one of the vital roles that authorship plays in society. People need to know what a future looks like before they will get behind building it. Otherwise they just keep rebuilding the world we already have.
I never think of that term win, but I understand why it is used. I want to build a small or medium sized group of readers who understand what I am saying, like it, and feel better somehow after reading my stuff. I want to publish a couple of books. Oh yeah, I want to find others who might be feeling the same way about life as me or had similar challenges.
Well, I've already won - I'm still here and healthy ten years after a Stage 3 cancer diagnosis. I've published the books of my heart - an 8 book historical fantasy-or-not series, challenged myself with each one, grew as a writer, won some awards, gained some highly appreciative readers (and a few less so). Sales were never the goal. I'm here to see if I can find a few more appreciative readers, not just for the fiction I write but more so for the non-fiction pieces, and to interact with people who care about the same things I do: landscape, nature, history, good writing that makes you think and will challenge me to be a even better writer than I am now.
Fantastic article… as usual! Thanks for all you are doing for the community.
Thank you!
You get extra points from me for the use of the word "differentiate." We're all entitled to some favorite words, right? I can't comment further because I am currently stuck on a couple of these questions, but I agree they are good ones. Theme? I have an idea. A nonfiction substack. I hate to split it up but this is worth contemplating. Mine might be about futurism. We want the future to be better, but what, exactly, does that look like? I think that's one of the vital roles that authorship plays in society. People need to know what a future looks like before they will get behind building it. Otherwise they just keep rebuilding the world we already have.
I never think of that term win, but I understand why it is used. I want to build a small or medium sized group of readers who understand what I am saying, like it, and feel better somehow after reading my stuff. I want to publish a couple of books. Oh yeah, I want to find others who might be feeling the same way about life as me or had similar challenges.
Those are worthy goals.