I don’t want to go too much into it. I want that person/persona to be a thing of the past. But I’ll give you two hints. My username started with a P. I had a book about a magic deer.
It’s been two years since the cancellation and I’ve not written once but I’m going to try again. Who knows if I succeed?
For now, please let the old me die. I mean if you were friends with me stay friendly! I missed you all.
But now I’m a little chaos machine and I think I like it that way.
ETA: I will say I’m incredibly impressed with how this site evolved
You won’t remember me, but welcome back! That’s sad that you haven’t written anything lately. YA fantasy is so popular. I still say you could get another Big 5 book deal, but you need to finish a whole book or two beforehand instead of writing on a deadline. I know, easier said than done! You could do it, though. *crosses my fingers for you* (੭ˊᵕˋ)੭‧˚₊̥✧
Ahh, I didn’t know that. Well, you can just self-publish like the rest of us. But you could become one of those outliers who makes six figures or more, like Mark Dawson, Michael Sullivan, Sarra Cannon, K.M. Wieland, J.A. Konrath, etc. ٩(˘◡˘)۶
I think the only two authors listed there who had traditional publishing deals first were J.A. Konrath and Michael Sullivan. As I understand it, they were both midlist authors whose books didn’t sell, so they chose to self-publish once their contracts ran out. Then after they self-published, their books took off since they did more to promote them than their publishing houses ever did. Yup, it takes a lot of work and a lot of luck. And probably a lot of cash. ¯\_(ﭢ)_/¯
hope you’re doing much better now