I wrote another guest post for Operation Awesome, a wonderful and useful writing blog!
In an ideal world, our first book already made us bucketfuls of cash. We now write as a hobby. It’s something we do purely for self-fulfillment, content to create for the pure joy of it, unencumbered by the need for anyone else’s approval or patronage. If someone out there enjoys reading what we write, all the better. Any royalties coming our way are just a bonus. We write for fun.
But what about those of us living out here in the realworld? Maybe we need money to survive, and even hope to make writing a full-time job someday. For me, sometimes saying ‘Oh, you know, I’m just writing for fun’ is an excuse for why my sales aren’t where I want them to be, or a lie to cover up my own insecurity. So what if you need to write for pay? Well then, for you, I have slightly different advice:
…Oh, wait, no I don’t. Write for fun.
Read the rest on the blog here: https://operationawesome6.blogspot.com/2016/11/dont-forget-to-write-for-fun-guest-post.html