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M is for Making.
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Making a Living as a Writer #AtoZChallenge
14 Saturday Apr 2018
Posted in #AtoZChallenge, Thoughts on Writing
Ronel the Mythmaker 
Great pieces of advice, Ronel. My blessing, my awesome job (non-withstanding a couple of not-so-awesome spirits), is my curse. It makes me “lazy” to push my writing to be my main thing and make money for me.
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Thanks, Anne 🙂 We’ll work on it 😉
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Yay! I think if we stick together, we’ll go places and be rich and famous. Hehe! A couple of bestsellers would be the ultimate! 😃🤗❤
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🙂 You can do most of the talking at live events and convince people to buy all the stock 😉 I realised Saturday that selling my work by talking in front of a crowd isn’t my strong suit — one-on-one works better.
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Sounds like a plan. ☺ I need to work on creating a market. I love to talk and the crowd, after all. 😃
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😉
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You are doing such a great job with your A to Z. I may have to find a place in my link library for this post too. Great advice and information.
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Thanks, Juneta 🙂 I’m glad you’re enjoying my A-Z posts.
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Lots of good advice, thanks.
Sophie
Sophie’s A to Z – Ghostly Inspirations
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Thanks for stopping by, Sophie 🙂
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I like #4 and #8 best (and love all the others, too). I write a variety of ways–nonfic, fic, freelance–because who knows what will work any given week? And I absolutely believe it’s a numbers game. I have over a hundred books/booklets for sale which is enough to drive the business. Just a few of them–even three–wouldn’t work.
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I’m glad you like it 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights.
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As a reader, I actually disagree with being hook on a series. I feel authors take them way beyond the series capacity, especially when they include spin-offs. I tire of reading the same world over and over, and usually drop the series if it extend beyond 5 novels. Guess that’s why I won’t write beyond a trilogy and prefer stand-alones.
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Different readers like different things — that’s what makes writing so exciting! I agree that some series shouldn’t have gone past the first book, while others are great to follow (like going back to Percy Jackson’s world). Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Ronel,
I always wanted to make a living as a writer but learned it really wasn’t for me. I haven’t given up hope completely but I don’t have the longing as I once did. Who knows maybe somewhere over time I will find my place in the literary world making a living with my writings. 😉
iPad Art Sketch ‘L’ is for Lamppost
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Ronel,
I linked the wrong letter prompt with your post. I’m sorry about that. I’m trying to catch up and goofed. Here’s what I meant to share iPad Art Sketch’M’ is for my favorite Monster. 😉
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He-he.
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If Doctor Seuss could do it (with his literary nonsense genre) then I’m sure there’s a place for all of us 🙂
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My dream is to do this!
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Mine too 🙂
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I share that dream too, but this post sets it out really well. Yet another one for the book mark, to be re-visited and worked on once April is behind us.
A-Zing this year at:
FictionCanBeFun
Normally found at:
DebsDespatches
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Thanks, Debs 🙂
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