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I’ve Sold 25,000 Books and COUNTING!!!

May 16, 2023

Over the weekend I discovered something… I’ve sold almost 25,000 BOOKS (a combo of several of my titles)!!!

I was shocked!!

I self-published my first book in March 2010 as a PDF on my website. I didn’t even know you could sell books on Amazon at that point. I was just doing what I knew to do, how I knew to do it at the time.

In December 2012, I re-published those two books on Amazon, and I’ve added 14 books since then (with 2 more coming this year!).

I’ve never had an agent. I’ve never had a publisher.

I am truly a self-made author.

Don’t Let Anyone Convince You That Being Self-Published Mean You’re Not A “Real” Author

April 6, 2020

Last week, I received a hater email from someone who said that I’m not a “real author” because I’m self-published (and funnily enough, this person is also self-published).

Normally I don’t put energy into hater stuff because there’s really no point. You’ll never change a hater’s mind or convince them they’re wrong.

What this person said didn’t bother me at all because I know it’s not true. I’ve got 12+ books out there and they all have an average of 4 stars (out of 5) and multiple reviews.

Clearly, I’m doing something right.

What Got You Here Will Get You There So Long As You Keep On Doing It

June 25, 2019

This post was going to be about writer’s block. Even though I don’t actually believe in writer’s block. But that’s what I was going to write about today.

Because, honestly, the past couple of weeks, I’ve felt kind of “blocked” around putting words on the page.

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