Your Writing Success: It Will Surprise You
When you change how you think, it changes your world.
Have you ever wanted to publish a book? Is that one of your greatest dreams? Have you sometimes thought it would never happen?
Then change your thinking.
Nowadays, the Internet is offering writers the growing opportunity to become published. Some sites like Triond allow writers the chance to see their hard work in publication within a day. You say to yourself, so I’ve written an article here, a poem there, but that’s still not a tangible, in-print book.
Who says it’s not?
More and more e-books are being published online. Increasingly, writers are turning to publication sites like Triond, Helium, and blogging. Who says that the 350+ pages of writing you have submitted is not equivalent to a book already?
We are writers after all; creativity and looking at the world in a new way is one of our key specialties.
And, another great way to look at the success of your online publication is to look at your earnings. Think about the average cost books are being sold for today. Check out Barnes n’ Nobles. Check out the sales prices online. It’s about $5-10 per book. On average books are also anywhere from 100 – 300 pages long. There are even smaller books that are published as novelty gifts, etc.
Taken this way, if you made $10/month on Triond, it is like you sold one book. And, if you made that much just from one article, you are ahead of the authors who poured their blood sweat and tears into a 300 page novel that then had to painfully undergo the scrutiny of publishers who hold the key to your publication success or not.
On top of that, traditional published authors must then go out and tour, market and advertise their work. This takes extra financing, time, and stress.
Now, I’m not knocking traditional publishing. The thought of having a well established publishing company recognize my work is still on the very top of my list of dreams, however, I am just proposing a different way of looking at your writing accomplishments thus far. Anything that gives you an extra boost of self-esteem and sense of accomplishment will only help propel you closer to making all your dreams a reality.
So, by the above calculations, how many books have you sold already?
Successful writing and best wishes to all.
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May 3rd, 2008 at 5:02 am
Good work Liane..
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:01 am
This is a wonderful way to look at our writing..
Thank you for directing our thought
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:17 am
You’re such a mentor of online writers.Thank you for this article that pushes me further to continue writing online.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:09 am
very interesting article,thanks Liane
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 am
All good here! You are so right on…When you change your thought pattern, you change your world!
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 am
What a nice article..
Thank you for sharing with us.
Lonely.
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
Thanks and take care!
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Good words. Very encouraging. Thank you for showing a positive way to look at things.
May 4th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
very encouraging words, you have made my day.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
…Hi Liane, you are such a light and an
inspiration, for the creative spirit in
all of us. Thank you for doing what you
do. Take care.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Excellent thoughts!
May 6th, 2008 at 9:21 am
your a good adviser for all of us here.
impressive.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Thanks Liane, you keep publishing words of hope and encouragement and it uplifts us all!
May 10th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Interesting piece of writing you’ve written there. I too have an extremely positive way of looking at my online writing work and the messages you put across here I couldn’t have put to words better myself. I agree with what you say here and enjoyed reading this, it was in fact an absolute pleasure to do so.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Well put. I agree completely. The internet is the way forward. I often think to myself, would my poems really be any better off if they were sat gathering dust on a library bookshelf? So many people have the internet these days, you can get readers and feedback so quickly. I’m going to add this to SU.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Liane you are so encouraging. I hope things are going well for you.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Thanks for putting in down in dollars and cents…
needed to know where the mark was.
May 17th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Thanks for the encouraging words!
May 26th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I agree. This was very encouraging, and also true. Thanks for writing it.
June 7th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I never thought about it that way but thank you for helping me to see the light!
June 10th, 2008 at 4:48 am
good work…
best wishes for you
September 30th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Very interesting point of view.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Liane,
I love your line of thought here. If not for your words of encouragement, the reality of many up and coming writers successes would still be only a dream.There’s nothing I like better than to sit down to the computer and read one of your articles of encouragement. Every time I read one, the fire within gets that much hotter and as it does, it makes me even more proud to be a published writer here on Triond. Fantastic writing, Liane!!! No one could’ve said it better. Keep up the good work.!!!!
Randy
January 16th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Thank You