I am not feeling it this week, although I have started a new story or a novel, in English. The road to publishing is full of obstacles. A painful road, as if I were walking on a path full of twists and turns, not knowing what I will find around the next one. For anyone who thinks that self-publishing is simple, you’ve got another thing coming! I have carefully gone through my check list and at the very least I can say I have made progress with that. I now know:
The list goes on! The main thing here is to get over the nervousness that I am beginning to feel regarding my stories. Having set as a goal to sell just one book to someone I have never met seems fairly easy but I am having second thoughts about the stories being worth reading. And even though I have always considered English my best language, I am beginning to think that they read better in Spanish, or that my English audience just won’t get it. I am calling it stage fright. And I am letting God take care of the rest. | Esta semana no “lo siento”, aunque he estado trabajando mucho y he comenzado un nuevo cuento que puede convertirse en una novela. En ingles, por ahora. Este camino a publicar esta lleno de obstáculos, y no se que es lo que voy a encontrar en cada vuelta. Hay gente que me dice que publicar por sí mismo es fácil. He estado revisando mi lista de “quehaceres” y por suerte ha progresado. Hasta ahora ya tengo:
Pero la lista es mucho mas larga. Y en este momento me siento nerviosa sobre publicar. Mi meta es de vender solo un libro a alguien que no conozco. Pero ahora tengo dudas que mis cuentos valgan la pena! Y aunque siempre consideré que el inglés es mi mejor idioma, hoy pienso que me gustan mas los cuentos en español, y que la audiencia de lectores anglos no los apreciarán. Y bueno, será miedo escénico y tendré que dejar que Dios se haga cargo del resto |
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