Maybe this is the problem. You think you're a bad writer. So you are. A self-fulfilling prophecy. But remember this:
Bad reviews do not mean the book is bad. It merely means that someone didn't like it. Which still hurts, but reading is subjective. There are plenty of people whom you and I might consider bad writers that others love—and vice versa.
Bad sales do not mean the book is bad. It's quite possible it had a bad publicity campaign or that the publisher dropped the ball altogether. Too often these days publishers try a couple of things that don't work, then lose interest and move on. The advance is a write-off. And honestly, $500,00 sounds like a lot, but that's several advances from several different sources. And books with lower advances don't really get much push.
It sounds to me as if you're a bit too hard on yourself. Maybe you're not nearly as bad as you think you are.
Or you're simply using this as a gimmick to, hopefully, sell books.
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Maybe this is the problem. You think you're a bad writer. So you are. A self-fulfilling prophecy. But remember this:
Bad reviews do not mean the book is bad. It merely means that someone didn't like it. Which still hurts, but reading is subjective. There are plenty of people whom you and I might consider bad writers that others love—and vice versa.
Bad sales do not mean the book is bad. It's quite possible it had a bad publicity campaign or that the publisher dropped the ball altogether. Too often these days publishers try a couple of things that don't work, then lose interest and move on. The advance is a write-off. And honestly, $500,00 sounds like a lot, but that's several advances from several different sources. And books with lower advances don't really get much push.
It sounds to me as if you're a bit too hard on yourself. Maybe you're not nearly as bad as you think you are.
Or you're simply using this as a gimmick to, hopefully, sell books.
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