Creating a successful writing career in today's complex, competitive publishing environment can feel like forging through a jungle built on quicksand with only a fountain pen and a dream.
In an ever-changing industry where you're expected to master both craft and business-juggling your writing with marketing demands, budget constraints, social media, and more-how do you maintain your passion and build a thriving writing career?
This is a survival manual for authors.
Whether you're just beginning your writing journey or are an established author, this indispensable guide gives you the tools to navigate an often difficult, demanding field and overcome the toughest challenges writers face:
How to cope with rejection, criticism, and failure
How to deal with impostor syndrome, comparison, and other writer demons
How to stay motivated and produce your best work
How to balance creativity and commerce
How to take charge of your career when so much can feel out of your control
With compassion, humor, and insight drawn from decades working with thousands of best-selling, successful working authors, career book editor Tiffany Yates Martin empowers you to navigate the challenges of walking the author's path, and shows you how to build a meaningful, rewarding, happier writing life.
