When you say no one has given you the chance to show yourself, specifically what are you referring to? Do you mean that no one has hired you for writing gigs yet, or that no one has agreed to publish your books? Both processes can take a long time (especially when you’re just breaking into either business); a big chunk of a professional writer’s time is spent job hunting (networking, marketing, follow ups, etc.). Do you have an online portfolio to show prospective clients? Are your query-writing skills up to par? These are all things to think about as you consider why you haven’t had a nibble yet.

Be sure to keep me posted as things progress!

I must confess I am guilty of at least one of these offenses, not directly interacting enough. But I do okay on the other six, so perhaps my sentence can be commuted to time served?

I know what you mean about the non-stop promoting thing. I find Goodreads to be the worst offender of that. It gets old especially to another writer. Sometimes I feel like replying back “Yeah I know you wrote a book. So you said, and said, and said, and said…”.

I try to do a self diagnosis every so often on all ofl my sites to make sure I am mixing up the posts. If I am going to over do anything, I’d rather it be promoting one of the animal welfare causes I support. I figure my books are there and anyone who has an interest can find them easy enough.

Great info!