By:
Ashley R. Carlson
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Publishing
your first novel can be quite an odd, surreal, harrowing experience. I should
know--I published my first full-length work, "The Charismatics," two
and a half weeks ago.
During
the last six months, I've felt a lot of things--excitement with my new fantasy
world, finding my true passion in life, and beginning the journey to turn said
passion into a career--doing something I loved day in and day out and planning
to make a living with it.
I
imagined changing lives with my writing. Making a lot of money so that I could
give it away, starting charities and bringing awareness to current ones, all
while I continued to translate the beauty and sadness and feelings from this
Earth into stories that readers would relate to, love, remember. Hold onto. Cry
from.
As
I said, my debut novel, "The Charismatics," released a few weeks ago.
Reception has been fantastic so far--I've got a number of four and five star
reviews on Amazon, some from readers I don't even know (this is huge;
validation that their words and critiques are not because they personally know
me).
But
how have I felt since the release? In one word?
BLAH.
You
heard me. Blah. BLAH.
But
why? Well... I think the main reason is something a lot of authors go through
when they've published their first novel; you've spent two months or six months
(in my case) or one year or five years honing this thing into something
readable, sellable , and now it's out there in the world, and NOW all you can do
is wait.
Wait.
Wait
for the reviews to come.
Wait
for the numbers to get higher.
Wait
for your royalties from Amazon to deposit in your account sixty days after a
sale.
Wait
for that better-known author/reviewer to give your work a chance, possibly to
share it with their readership and gain more sales and more clout.
So
what do you do now that you've published this book baby and it's ALL in the
readers' hands?
. . .
Read the full article HERE!
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