SFA 103 – Struggles We Deal with as Full-time Authors

For today’s show, Jo, Lindsay, and Andrea shared some of the struggles they’re dealing with ten+ years into their author careers. They also answered struggles you’re dealing with (as submitted by listeners in the Six Figure Authors Facebook group). Hopefully it wasn’t too much of a rant-fest, and you’ll find it useful. Or you’ll at least know that you’re not alone with some of your struggles as an author.

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Jo updated us on his epic fantasy series and mulled over NaNoWriMo and what he’s working on next.
Lindsay shared how the launch of her witches and werewolves series (AKA the fun summer project) went.
Andrea updated us on her recovery from her surgery and mentioned that she’s been using the Google Primer app to brush up on business and marketing in bite-sized chunks.

Here are the listener-submitted struggles:

Brent: Writing something that you love that’s also commercially viable.
Richard: Crushing self-doubt with every new title.
DeAnna: Self-sabotage.
Kaci: Ads to a first-in-series 99-cent book getting clicks and readers but not making money yet.
Christine: Writing while dealing with nonstop emotional crises.
Juliana: Self-doubt and perfectionism.
Phoenix: Getting reviews and struggling with motivation.

Thank you for listening, and thank you to Joshua Pearson for producing the show!