Today's Earworm: Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz
Today's Date: February 2, 2016
Please note that this is geared towards Independent Publishing Writers, or indie pub writers.
A couple of weeks ago, a writer friend named Connie Cockrell wrote a guest post for a blog called Coolerbs Writes where she talks about being a writer.
And it got me to thinking.
What is a writer? Well, each writer and published author has several hats which they have to don at times.
We have to be Editor. We have to edit and rewrite and edit again before sending it to another person to go over. Then we have to edit and rewrite and edit again before it can be sent to yet another person. Maybe put through a serious like ProWritingAid, which is a great way to find inconsistency, repeating phrases, and other such things in a timely fashion.
We have to be Publicist. We have to tell people that we're putting out another book. We have to put out ad's and information on where you can find it, and when you can buy it. We have to do it all without someone shopping our book around for us.
We have to be Agent. We have to make our connections and use them ourselves, getting our name out there and around.We're the ones who have to read the contracts and work out the deals and know all sorts of laws.
We have to be Publishing Company. We're the ones who are publishing our things. We have to set up the files and make sure all the code is ready and will transfer properly. We have to make sure that each book is up and selling properly. That it transferred properly. That it looks good.
We have to be a One Man Company. That means that we have to do all the work that a traditional publishing company does, and then some. We have to not only push our books and get noticed and all that, we have to keep track of our incoming and outgoing money, our taxes, and all sorts of laws that would make our lives that much more complicated.
And we all have to do this without other people to do much more than to tell us where we should look and what things should be looked into.
We're not just sitting there and pounding out a novel in a couple of months, doing some quick editing, some quick coding, and putting it out there pull in the money. It's not that though. Guys, we work so hard to get these books written and polished up good enough to be put out there, and allowed to get things done.
And it's not just all that we have to worry about. We have to worry about money that is coming in and money that is going out, taxes, and laws, and so much more.
Every.
Single.
Day.
It's about long days and balancing our lives outside of writing with our lives of writing. It's all about learning and continuing with living and learning some more.
A writers life isn't all that glamorous, but if it's meant for you, you find happiness in your life.
But that's for a publishing writer's life.
And that's your choice if you want to do it all.
Hugs and kisses all!
Now! Before I end this, and technically this post is done with, I have a question, and I know someone is reading my stuff, so I need some answers if you guys wouldn't mind.
Would you want to see some Flash Fiction from me? I'm talking short bits around 200 to 500 words in length, self contained mini stories pretty much.
I don't know if they would become a weekly think or if they would just be something to enjoy every so often on Monday's posts.
But I want to know!
So tell me below, or tell me on my tumblr, twitter, or facebook, all of which can be followed via the links. Thank you for your time!
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