My Journey

The first thing that got me fascinated about writing was the drive to become a successful author. I loved reading books. And I made up my mind to be an author too. Like everybody else with such a drive, I started with literary agents.

I discovered you can’t get to traditional publishers with literary agents and I started chasing some of them. After wasting time with that and getting nowhere, I thought there should be a much easier way. Then I discovered self-publishing. I was so thrilled.

I literally signed up with the first Publishing House I found that offered self-publishing. Then, there was a second problem. Coming up with all the money required. This was sometime in 2012. I tried to get a loan from some family friends but thank God they didn’t give me the money. I pressed on.

‘There should be a better way’, I thought. Then, I discovered the Amazon Kindle Program. I was so thrilled! Finally, I could publish my own book free of charge. I had already written a number of books at this time. I straightaway published 7 e-books. Guess how many copies I sold?

Yeah, you guessed right. Zero.

Shortly after publishing and nothing happening I started looking for self-publishing stories on the internet and how people become successful with it. I was so off the track and confused with their answers that I completely abandoned the project.