/lit/ - Literature

My first book is set to come out in April.

I had the option between going with a British publisher or publishing it myself. Initially, I was completely averse to the idea of dumping my work into the sea of mediocrity that is Amazon, but after doing hours upon hours of research, I've come to realize that if you see it more as a business endeavour than a creative one, there is plenty of room for success. You guys might not know this, but it takes, on average, a year to get a book to market after you've signed the contract. For more topical or commercial work like mine, that's a death sentence. Your joke is already old the moment your name appears on that shelf.

I'm at a make-or-break moment in my life. I'm 24, degree-less, working a shitty teaching job to fund this thing. But there's a genuine thrill to chasing a dream with this much passion.

That's because novels are for women and children... I thought we had been over this already.

How can you create when all you do is hate everything you create? How do you stop hating yourself long enough to write? Normally I just drink, but been too depressed to drink lately.

Any good books on normies would be done from a non fiction point of view. A good author wouldn't be a normie, and would have a difficult time creating such a character. If I had to pick a work of fiction though, 1984 is an accurate depiction of how normal people operate. If you dont believe me, watch someone watch the news.