Aspiring Writers Info: Bob Mayer Offers Up Seven Suggestions for Newly Self-Published Authors

This is probably the best advice I've seen in a long time, from a recent hybrid (both traditionally published and self-published) author.  It's good advice whether you are currently an author, are trying to become an author, or just want to be an author.  A lot of it is good life experience, because Bob is a man with a HUGE energy level, and he has lived big in his life.

For example:

"Be open to change. I love Kitchen Nightmares with Chef Ramsay.  He gets invited to a restaurant that is failing, by the owners.  Yet, most of the time, they won’t take his, the expert’s, advice.  They invited him, yet they fight him.  They’re failing, yet they fight him.  It wasn’t easy for me to go from traditional publishing to indie publishing.  I’d made my living as a writer for 20 years, so I was putting my livelihood on the line when I made that decision. I wasn’t even close to a level where I could make a living self-publishing.  But I made the decision and committed to it."

I'll note that I haven't been able to be as committed, because I a) have Life, Interrupted to deal with unexpectedly b) job hunting c) school.  So in my case?  Triage.  You may need triage, too.

But you need all of what Bob is talking about, in some amount.

Check it out.