I made, like, <$20 on my books last year, an all-time low. Granted, I had nothing new out and didn't promote much, but it's another step in a long slide from my long-ago peak of a couple grand, and coupled with the fact that I have several completed first drafts that I feel no inclination to work further on, it's kinda starting to feel like it's about time to wrap this writing experiment up (or evolve it into something else).
Dunno, might be a passing mood. We'll see
@ChrisJagged
I’m of the opinion that if you do not enjoy the act of writing, then publishing anything is going to feel like a chore. And since there’s isn’t much of a living to be made out of writing (unless you’re writing bestsellers or are professionally emplyed in publishing,etc..), there’s not much point writing is there.
I’m retired and I do not need another income stream. I write whe I feel like it and don’t bother with publishing. I’ve got a Wordpress site for anything I wish to share and I don’t care whether it gets read or not.
The upside is that I get a real kick out of writing when the mood takes me. It’s purely a selfish thing for me.
I don't write for money per se, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't creatively feed on feedback. The Void isn't a great audience for me, especially when I've sorta-kinda had one before.
I doubt I'm gonna just stop writing, I just have to figure out a way to make it feel fulfilling again.
Chris Jags
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