You're having a regular life *and* writing. That's awesome in and of itself.

The problem is reaching those who could enjoy your work. Targeted marketing takes significant time and effort, as well as a sizable budget - with the budget being the enabler.

(15 years & 50 books later.) If you're not good at marketing, you don't stand a chance. Sadly running your writing life as a business is essential.
Which I loathe.
My effort goes into working with the best I can find/afford to make each book as good as possible.
The rest I have to leave to luck.

Please ignore the hissing from over here, where my preferred premium unl is equivalent CA$2.74/L - and that's after it came down a bit. 🙂

The ludicrous peer pressure enabled by social media is disgusting.
Write your book/s any damn way you like.
Publish it/them whenever you want.
Ignore anyone who insists you need to do either in a particular way/format/routine etc.
This authoring lark is tough enough without hecklers.

Look ma: authoritarian overreach, again.

Finally a writer who nukes their search histories. So obvious, so few do so.

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Thank you!