It’s the monthly blog hop/ known as the Insecure Writers Support Group founded by Alex J. Cavanaugh. You’re invited to join if you're a writer, insecure, or just supportive of writers. It happens the first Wednesday of each month, and it would be sweet of you to visit at least a dozen or so new blogs and leave a comment. Your words are appreciated. Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. Let’s rock the neurotic writing world!
The awesome co-hosts for the September 1 posting of the IWSG are Rebecca Douglass, T. Powell Coltrin @Journaling Woman, Natalie Aguirre, Karen Lynn, and C. Lee McKenzie!
September 1 question - How do you define success as a writer? Is it holding your book in your hand? Having a short story published? Making a certain amount of income from your writing?
I've been a copywriter for decades...
So, writing something and having it published or produced...
Always felt successful.
Not to mention getting paid was great.
But for me...
Writing a novel and getting it published meant real success.
Two years ago...
I pulled out an old manuscript...
Edited my heart out and self-pub’d.
Trust me...
That monumental feat alone felt successful...
As I’m sure other self-pub’d authors have felt.
And then just the other night...
I was watching a YouTube video with my daughter...
When she said, “Mom! This is the story in your book!”
Yup! It is.
Well, truth be told...
I fictionalized parts cause that’s what we authors do, right?
But seeing the visuals...
And hearing the voiceover telling the story...
I didn’t feel successful...
I felt validated...
That all my years of research was spot on.
Because back then...
Doing research wasn’t a simple Google click away.
So? What about you?
When do you feel success?
And is success the same as validation?
Always,
Em-Musing
In case you haven’t seen the Video Trailer for my book, Azael's Lot here it is.
