The idea of Writer's Success began less than a year ago. I had decided to
try my hand at writing for writers. The unique art of simply writing about
writing. I chose to write an E-book about writing, but I wanted it to be unique
from the abundance of other books for beginning writers. I sat down and
brainstormed ideas for it, coming up with things that I wish I had learned
about when I was just starting out.
Being the extremely curious person I am (and most writers are), I wish I had
access to writer's advise-those who had "been there, done that". I
wanted to know how they got their first sale, where they got support, financial
issues, various writing careers, their opinions, etc. I soon realized that my
idea wouldn't work as just one, and it soon turned into two different E-books.
I ended up interviewing 22 fantastic freelance writers. After about six months,
I finally had completed drafts to edit. That was a great feeling, one I will
never forget.
Even though I was no longer a beginner, I had learned so much by
interviewing these writers. I was able to take a glance into their writing
life, and that's exactly what I wanted for my readers. I wanted them to be able
to peek into these writer's business lives, and say, "Oh, that's how they
did it". It was such an important experience. To this day, I still
communicate with a couple of my interviewees, and one has even helped me with
marketing Writer's Success.
I had finally completed The Writer's Forum and Writing Careers Guidebook. It
was a proud moment. The best thing I learned from that experience was that I
really enjoyed writing about writing. I love writing, and over the years had
enjoyed writing about women's issues, business, show vehicles, and more. Yet,
nothing compared to the way I felt about writing for writers. Who would have
thought I could enjoy writing even more?!