Yes, I know. I recently told you to quit, if you must.

But it’s all part of the same game.

When you commit to writing, you don’t commit to a job. You commit to a lifestyle.

You’re brilliant. 

You know how to write an awesome book—a book that everyone will want to read.

The difference between you and those who sell books by the millions is simply that they’ve figured out how to do it before you.

I often get asked, “How do I decide what to write about?”

And I often answer, “Write about what you’re afraid of.”

We writers have the hardest time pitching our books to our readers. It can also be something else, like pitching the services we offer (editing, proofreading, etc.) or the interviews we’re interested in (inviting people to guest blog, to take part in our podcast, etc.) or the jobs we want (cold e-mailing publications or news outlets or places that are hiring writers).

Here is the thing.

Most of the time we do it wrong, and it’s because we’ve never been trained in the art of selling, and have a knee-jerk reaction to anyone attempting to teach us.

It may be the scariest thing you will ever do in your writing career.

Giving up on a writing project. Quitting it cold turkey. Shelving it for millennia, and then some.

But! Here is a big but.

It may actually serve as a catalyst for another amazing writing project, or…

Are you ready for this?

It may be that when you announce you're quitting, help will come.