Life as an unknown author

Making a steady income off your craft is a dream for many artists. For those who already are living this dream — creating while benefiting from it — motivation must come easy because money talks. Not saying that paid artists aren’t happy to create out of their own will, but creating without incentives every day can’t be fully possible when you hold a day job. So in this instance, paid artists have a clearer path.

Is the artist as passionate about making art when they’re getting paid to create? As opposed to the ones who make art daily without getting or expecting any commission? Maybe. I always think the latter is the epitome of the “for the love of art” phrase. 

Well, that is my case. I’ve been writing for years, and many who know me don’t even know that. But I think the reason I haven’t been able to write more books and create more of my dreams in record time is because I’ve always had to have a day job in order to pay for my writing job. And when you have a day job, you make art around your working schedule, not the other way around. Sometimes you’re too tired to jump right back on where you left of, let alone think about marketing strategies in these creative times. It’s a crazy cycle. 

I’m like this writer who probably does everything a well-known author does but without the financial earnings or the recognition. I also self-publish, which makes it a lot harder to be found. But I keep doing what I do because I love it and I want to own all my rights. Yes, I get royalties, but they’re so insignificant there’s no point in bring it up. Maybe if I marketed it more — oh, right, about that…

My ultimate goal is to live a life where I do only things that make me happy, and writing is one. I will keep pushing and reaching, known or unknown, because after all, and even hough it would be sweet, it’s not the money that makes passionate artists who they are.

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Oh, peep my reel about the mundane things this unknown writer does. 😎