A few lucky writers will be winning a free stay, but I'm also going to invite some authors to help split the cost.
Not exact matches
The day after his presentation, Tan graciously walked some
writers through Etherscan's features (I was among the
lucky few).
There's very
few writers that define the phrase «Entrepreneurial Spirit» and Michael is one of the
lucky few.
In the past
few years, I've been
lucky enough to work alongside all sorts of great
writers, during my MA in Creative Writing, and in my freelancing.
I'm so
lucky to have found a
few groups who have helped me along the way, like my WashU fiction classmates, the PitchWars community, and the Codex
Writers.
Frustrated
writers the world over are finally getting the chance to live out their dream, and a
lucky few are even getting paid for it.
Publishing is a business, and even if you're one of the
lucky few who scores a book deal, you'll still need to build creative discipline (so it becomes easier to sit down every single day to write), constantly improve your craft (so each book you write is better than the last), foster a network of
writers and influencers (who will support and help promote your book), and build a readership (so your mom isn't the only person who buys your book).
There are a
few Amazon Bestsellers who've been incredibly
lucky, but for the most part, these talented
writers follow a strategic book marketing plan.
We are very, very
lucky to be
writers today because what was the final door to a book a
few years ago, is no longer a portal to a future.
Some
writers have gotten
lucky and made more on
fewer books, but I just flat don't believe in luck as a business plan.
Publishers don't even perform it for the «
lucky few writers they can take on» — they perform it for maybe 5 % of those.
I agree that the problem here is not Amazon, it's that independent authors including myself haven't figured out how to pick up the marketing function that publishers perform for the
lucky few writers they can take on.
It is an arbitrary number, determined by the economics of how many new titles they plan to put out, how many of those will be filled by their best sellers, how many will be filled by their mid-list
writers and how many will go to the
lucky few to get past the gatekeepers.
My enjoyment of these two genres is what has left me so surprised with the first
few days of Gamescom (a
few of our
writers were
lucky enough to attend!).