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1 Year Writing MM Romance

1/19/2017

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HELLO,
I WISH I COULD SAY I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME AMAZING ADVICE ON HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN BOOK, GET PUBLISHED, AND MAKE IT RICH BUT I’M NOT. NOT BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW THOSE THINGS, MINUS THE GETTING RICH PART, BUT BECAUSE I DON’T THINK I’M QUALIFIED TO GIVE THAT KIND OF ADVICE. I’VE ONLY BEEN PUBLISHED FOR A YEAR. GIVE ME ANOTHER YEAR AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO THROW SOME AWESOME GURU ADVICE AT YOU.

FOR NOW I’D LIKE TO SHARE WHAT I’VE LEARNED WRITING MM ROMANCE NOVELLAS, WELL A FEW THINGS AT LEAST.
1: PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASSUME THINGS ABOUT YOU. NOW, WHETHER THESE ASSUMPTIONS ARE ACCURATE OR NOT WILL BE BASED ON WHO YOU ARE. FOR ME? YEAH, MOST OF THEM ARE INCORRECT. 
2: IT’S A SMALL MARKET. THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE TO MANY, BUT THAT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO MAKE A NAME AND PUSH THROUGH. 
3: THE PEOPLE YOU MEET ARE GOING TO BE A TON OF FUN! THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I’VE LEARNED OVER THIS LAST YEAR. BECAUSE THE MM ROMANCE COMMUNITY IS SO SMALL MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH THE OTHER AUTHORS WITHIN IT IS VITAL! AND THE ONES I’VE MET ARE SOME OF THE GREATEST BUNCH OF PEOPLE EVER. 

SO, YEAH MY LAST YEAR HAS BEEN SPENT WRITING, EDITING, PUBLISHING, RINSE AND REPEAT WITH A SIDE DISH OF FALLING INTO A RABBIT HOLE THAT I DON’T THINK I’LL BE RETURNING FROM ANYTIME SOON. 
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