Welcome to another chapter of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group!
This is a monthly event where writers from all over join to scream our fears
into the void—Join us!
This month the mothership had a great wrap up the year question:
As you look back on 2017, with all its successes/failures, if you
could backtrack, what would you do differently?
2017 was an odd year, I did get two books out, The Sapphire
Manticore and Victorious Dead. But I’d been aiming for 3. Life happens and this
was definitely one of those years. I am proud of the two books I did get out, however.
As for what I would do differently? Get on board with a marketing
plan. I was lucky enough to get a Book Bub feature, and the sales told me
there’s a chance for my books—but you can’t count on an event like that. It’s
akin to planning to pay your daily bills with your lottery winnings—that you
haven’t won yet ;). So, I would have actually tried marketing instead of a “throw
everything at the wall and see what sticks” approach.
I would also remind myself how much I love telling stories. Part
of only getting out two books when I’d planned for three, was because I kept
stumbling—not on the writing directly but on everything around the writing. I need
to get back to what I love and do it in its time, and do the marketing in its
time.
Taking better care of myself. Healthy writer is a strong writer
and this year I wasn’t very healthy. I need to get healthier so I can write more books!
So what will I be doing next year? All of the above ;).
Happy IWSG Day!
