If you are an author, you have dreams about your books. Watching movies about famous authors in childhood results in fantasies.
What would you do if you become famous?
Let's see your potential bucket list.
The book was adapted into a movie.
Your book is a bestseller.
Your fans are young girls (if you are a man) who adore you.
You don't need to work, you are living from money earned from your books.
You don't even need to write more, because offers for your work, public reading and interviews are everywhere.
Now, let's wake up.
An average indie author has a daily, regular job.
He can only dream about a book adapted to a movie.
The money author earns he will invest in the promotion.
He must pay for interviews if he wants to have a public appearance on television or in a newspaper.
You don't have fans, you have some readers or authors who also want their books to be read.
You are surrounded by trolls who leave negative ratings on your books because the world is full of people who want to destroy others' dreams.
What every author should have to survive in the author's world?
A strong backbone.
A strong nerves.
Stomach from steel to digest social media.
If you are made of such material, you are ready to go forward.
Forget your bucket list. Face it with reality, and don't forget to say thanks to everyone who buys and reviews your book.
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