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5 Fears Writers Must Overcome

Roger Colby, Novelist's avatarWriting Is Hard Work

Killing Fear

Over the years I have become more and more determined in my quest for greater distribution of my work, and along that journey I have had to not just overcome but put to rest many fears that I had about being an independent novelist.  I have three novels under my belt at present, and am cooking up a fourth, with a nationally published short story (“Rust”) and an article in Short Story Writer as well.

I didn’t get here by cowering in a literary corner.

Below is a list of several things that have plagued me over the years, and how I managed to put them to rest:

  1. nobody caresNobody Cares – You write a novel, publish it, then nobody buys it.  Every year over 300,000 novels are published worldwide, and many of them get lost in the shuffle.  One fear that indie novelists have (which could be the greatest fear…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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