{"id":9202,"date":"2016-03-16T00:42:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T05:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=9202"},"modified":"2016-03-16T00:42:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T05:42:14","slug":"so-you-want-to-be-a-novelist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=9202","title":{"rendered":"So, You Want To Be A Novelist…"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s cool. I like being one as well. It’s fun.<\/p>\n

First novel coming out in one month and two days. This month I’ve got to:<\/p>\n

1. Go pick up first run at publisher. (My choice. I’d rather take the day and drive there and back versus paying shipping. Besides- ROADTRIP!!!11!!11!)
\n2. Get all the pre-publication hoopla ready. That would be tweets, Facebook posts, blog entries, giveaways, Goodreads<\/a>, etc. Life is very busy.
\n3. Do my taxes. Even authors who haven’t made money at it yet (my $12.00 dollar earnings on a magazine bit don’t count toward a new tax bracket) have to file them.
\n4. Open a sales tax account.
\n5. Do the Amazon links.
\n6. Do my day job.
\n7. Work on the prequel.<\/p>\n

8-44. A whole bunch of other stuff that will come up.<\/p>\n

But if you want to be a writer, check out the link: http:\/\/christianwritingcontest.com\/contest2016\/<\/a> <\/p>\n

Best darned contest around. They are my publisher. I took second place a few years ago. Unreal coaching, great men and women, and a sense of where you are in the book process.<\/p>\n

So get going. Click that link.<\/p>\n

I’ll be back later this week with more. But it’s been a long, migraine day and I’m off to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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