It is interesting that the threat of death took away all my fears. In surviving, after spending much in medical cost, I need an alternate source of income. I am very blessed that my husband is my publisher. My eldest child is my editor and my youngest child is my proof-reader. Something like a family enterprise. Now that I am a published author, the next logical step is to give talks.
Now, if you are thinking of writing and publishing books, there are habits you have to pick up:
1. writing daily
2. my writing professor gave me the advice of reading good books, she separated her thumb and her index finger to be 2-3 inches apart and said keep reading weekly.
3. open your mind to life long learning - you must keep picking up new facts, new thoughts and new things to write about.
4. join a public library nearby and visit it fortnightly
5. love languages, be intoxicated with words, be accepting to new ideas
6. surround yourself with word smiths: language teachers, reporters, lawyers, writers, editors, people in advertising, people in public relations, bloggers,...
7. develop perseverance. If you want to be picked by a publishing house, you have to be able handle rejections, possibly years of it. Real gold is refined by fire. Real talents would last and perhaps win out ultimately against adversity.
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