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What Do I Need to Do to Gain More Success?
The starting point is defining success.
I began writing fiction full-time in 2020, as the pandemic shifted other elements of my world. While before then I’d been doing regular writing, making it my full-time vocation had not quite been achieved.
Because I made this shift, I’ve completed and self-published 10 books since 2020. One is a 4-book clone and conspiracy sci-fi series (Forgotten Fodder), one is a 5-book alien interloper sci-fi/sci-fantasy series (Void Incursion), and a standalone fantasy/Steampunk novel (Infamy Ascending). In addition to these, I’ve also completed the 3 novels of my next sci-fi series, Savagespace. Currently, I’m working on another sci-fi book, have another 4 books for Forgotten Fodder plotted out, and have begun work on two other potential books/series.
That I’ve written so many books in the past 3 years (more like 9 years, as Void Incursion was started in 2015) is grounds to consider myself a success. Not everyone can finish 13 books in such a short time (8 of which were written between 2020 and the end of 2023). To be sure, I’m quite pleased that I’ve made such good use of the past few years to get here.
The success of completing this work is one thing. Now, turning a profit from this to gain more success is a whole other animal.
