I wish someone had told me all this before I started my career - not that it would have changed anything, but I would have been better prepared. Time is such a major factor in my writing life - not having enough of it, and yet still having everything in publishing take a little next to forever for things to happen. Also, there's so much of writing that asks you to have some little bit of business savvy and I have exactly zero so that's a big struggle for me haha Thanks so much for this post, its great to know we're not alone!
Fortunately, I think you can learn some of the business stuff. It might take some of us longer than it does others, but we don't have to run completely on our non-existent business instincts here. I think that's one of the (many!) reasons it's so important to have author friends -- some of them are bound to be better at it.
I wish someone had told me all this before I started my career - not that it would have changed anything, but I would have been better prepared. Time is such a major factor in my writing life - not having enough of it, and yet still having everything in publishing take a little next to forever for things to happen. Also, there's so much of writing that asks you to have some little bit of business savvy and I have exactly zero so that's a big struggle for me haha Thanks so much for this post, its great to know we're not alone!
You're not even a little bit alone!
Fortunately, I think you can learn some of the business stuff. It might take some of us longer than it does others, but we don't have to run completely on our non-existent business instincts here. I think that's one of the (many!) reasons it's so important to have author friends -- some of them are bound to be better at it.