It has been a long time since I have created a blog post. I've been super busy with writing lately, which is very good. I am still working on "Broken Road", the second book in the "As It Could Be" series, and I have written and published a Christmas book related to the "Bayou Beni" series, "Marguerite's Christmas Project".
There is an inevitable letdown after a book is published. There is so much energy invested in the processes of writing, editing, proofreading, and publishing. When the book is released, there is tremendous anxiety about how it will sell, if it will sell, if it will be reviewed, what the reviews will say, etc.
My books never sell well. I don't market aggressively, and I know that is a necessary component of strong sales. What I know and what I feel are not congruent much of the time. When my book sales are low and slow, impostor syndrome attacks.
Impostor syndrome was overwhelming me today, so I did some self care. I checked my year-to-date numbers. I have sold 73 books so far this year. I have 5,054 Kindle Page reads through Kindle Unlimited. My episodic novel on Kindle Vella has had 135 episodes read. Those numbers outperform last year.
I have eight novels and one episodic novel published. I am not an imposter. I am a writer, an author. I may not have great sales, or make money from my books, but people read them and enjoy them. And that is a very good thing, and something to be proud of.
