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@rochellaine No, I appreciated your answer.
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@daeus I would very much like to reach thousands of readers with my books. But if I don’t, then it’s not the end of the world and I will be happy with those I did reach.
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…Oh, I see why you didn’t tag me. It’s because I said it wasn’t the most important thing to me, and so the second question doesn’t really apply. 😀
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@daeus I’m kinda in between. I want to be an established author, but I’m not crazy about spending most of my time spreading the news about my book (but I know there’s some marketing involved in being an author)
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www.jennaterese.com@daeus I would like to become an established author, but in terms of a career I feel that God has called me to be a missionary. I view writing as an extension of that. I would like for thousands of people to read what I write (if it’s any good) but it’s not my main goal.
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http://www.encircledbygrace.com/@daeus Absolutely. One of my goals is to become published. And I am vigorously trying to get contracted before college.
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Thanks everyone!
You may be wondering what my goal was with this. I had a theory that most writers like you want to make an impact (you seem to agree), but that at the same time they fear being a professional author will be too hard for them and so they don’t treat themselves completely seriously. I didn’t phrase the question for that one perfectly, but it appears more of you are serious than I thought! 😀
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@daeus, sorry I didn’t see this till now. You probably already have enough answers, but I’ll do it anyway. 😉
Absolutely, but, and this ties in with the second question, as I believe someone maybe already mentioned, writing is a secondary career path for me at present; a hobby, if you will. I love it very much, would like to impact culture and show people Christ, but I also believe that God has given me other skills and interests, along with more prevalent ministry opportunities.
Hope that makes sense. 🙂
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@daeus Yes I would love to become an established author 😀 I’m less afraid of publicity and work (although I’m extremely introverted) as I am of my writing going downhill if people start saying it’s good… But I dream of writing for a living and having some kind of fanbase. In reality, a couple hundred readers would probably satisfy me. And yes, the thought is at the same time a little terrifying.
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@daeus I am late… But I am here.
First. I haven’t really thought about impacting the culture a lot. Mostly just people’s lives.
Second. Yes, I do want to reach people. Make them think. Challenge them. Point them in the right direction (to Christ).Your last post does seem to sum it up.
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Yes, I do want to make a difference on the culture with my writing, not only on the secular publishing market, but on the Christian one as well, because I rarely enjoy anything I read in either of those (though there are novels I do love in both).
I feel my ultimate calling by God, is, like @kaya-young to become a missionary, however, I feel that God has given me a passion for writing for a reason, I would like to have my novels published and I will definitely do my best to keep writing for the rest of my life. I am actively editing and looking at publishers at the moment too. 😀
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@daeus Actually, after reading everyone else’s answers I want to clarify. I already have self-published seven books and am in the process of publishing another. I have very good reviews from several of the many purchasers of my first six books. (I’ve sold over a hundred books.) So, though as @clairec said, writing is more of a hobby for me than a steady job, I am actively pursuing the advertising and selling part of my life as a writer, rather than just writing for fun.
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@daeus XD Yep. I am extremely determined. 😛
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Oh, great! I just realized that sounded like a big advertisement! Well, it can’t be, because none of you know who I am! 😀 I was just trying to explain that I actually am more interested and invested in my writing than it sounds from my first post here.
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@rochellaine, 7 books???!!!???
Wow.
I’m gonna go eat ice cream and cry in my closet now.
And maybe do some writing. 😉
I just finished a term and a bit’s worth of science, history and math in one week, so writing hasn’t been remotely feasible. I’ll be back to it a bit more now, but I start more schoolwork on Monday, so…
yeah.
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