Designing A Successful Writing Career
Several years ago, I received a call from a friend of mine in a
city about 2 hours away. She and another had just started an
new company in medical consulting and needed someone to
come and do about 3 days of data entry. She asked me, know-
ing I was in between careers, and familiar with Medical Terms
and Technology, would I come and spend 3 days and do the
computer work.
My first reaction was, "No", because I did not know anything
about a computer, and or data entry stuff. I had used a lap top
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in the previous work I was in, but it was not "data entry" stuff.
So I said, "I'd think about it."
My friend then had her teenage daughter call me, because she
really liked me and so she sweet talked me into going.
I went for the 3 days, and what came from that was the begin-
ning of what is now my livelihood, which I run completely
online.
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As I was getting familiar with their business over those 3 days,
and since I have a knack for promotion, I saw the potential
they were missing. So I said, here is where you are, and here is
where I can help you go, if you want to go . They said yes,
and I became the VP of Marketing.
Along with the growth came new computers, and the Internet,
and me learning some new things & expanding my knowledge
of how the Internet worked.
Up until that time, I had taken up residence in that distance
city, but ultimately wanted to return home. I had done all I
could do for them as they soon began some partnership
squabbles, and it came time for me to move on, as I'm not
interested in that energy.
They asked me to stay. I said, "I'd stay if they would open up a
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satellite office in my city, and I would do my part from there."
That's when things really began to happen for me online.
During that time, more partnership squabbles, they then began
to lose money because they would not agree and they were
always fighting and not working the business in a productive
way.
Then they got behind in payments to me. And long story short
at the end of it all, I kept the computer & other office materials
to compensate a small percentage of arrears in payment to me.
I had begun playing on some Internet forums. I got to be
known as someone who knew her stuff. I then decided to put
out 2 of my own free newsletters, when I still was not sure
what I was doing or how to do it. At this point I had not
thought of writing a book, although I did have a handbook
that I began promoting on line in my newsletters.
Folks wanted my newsletters, which was such a grand feeling!
Over time, those newsletters grew into 2 books, which are now
available in ebook and print. I have a third ebook out soon to
be in print and with more coming.
But where the Internet played such a vital role in books is this:
I attended my first VA Festival of the Book on a Saturday. I
was going for the "Self-Publishers" day because that's how I
chose to build my writing livelihood. I had pretty much
conceded that I was going to have to spend $10,000.00 to
purchase 5000 of my own books and then figure out how to
market them. (Did I have a clue of where the $10,000 was
coming from, No.)
What happened that day changed my book writing and goals
forever. It was there, that ......
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