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Why Not Retire and Become a Writer?

A Seniors Guide to Having a Retirement Career Publishing Books

Scott Smith

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

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C opyright 2020 by Scott Smith

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Introduction

D o you dream of one day retiring and spending the rest of your days sitting on your couch and watching TV? Maybe! But if you do, then you probably are not reading this description! Most people, even in retirement, want to have a job. We may not call it a job, or even think about it as a jobbut we want to do something.

For many people, that job is writing that great story theyve had in their head for years. While these people typically dream of making a good income out of it, most never do. Its not because their book was no good. Its because they never took the time to understand how to do it right. They spent monthsyears evenworking on something they cared deeply for, but only a few hours maximum thinking about how they would get people to read it.

The goal of this book isnt to tell you how to write your story. There are plenty of books on that. The goal of this book is to help you with that next step in the journey: publishing it. And by publishing it, I dont mean helping you find a publisher or agent who will do the heavy lifting for youI mean helping you do it yourself through self-publishing and bring home the income most writers only dream of!

Its going to show you the strategies used by thousands of writers (myself included) to turn their passion for storytelling into something thats more than a hobbysomething that has an actual livable income that comes with it.

Are you ready to start your retirement career? Lets go!

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Dont Expect Immediate Results!

B efore continuing any further, lets get one thing straight: this is not a get rich quick scheme.

Ive been doing this for over ten years. Ive seen all the schemes.

If someone is bragging about how you can earn six figures in less than an hour a week, theyre probably trying to scam you into trying something either frowned upon or outright bannedlike blank notebooks (this, its a thing) or PLR (Private License Resell).

The fact is, publishing is hard. Really hard! You think writing a book is difficultjust wait until you have to find readers to read it!

Statistically speaking, most authors think theyll become bestselling authors, but in reality most authors earn less than $50 a year. Yikes, right! You just spent a good chunk of your life writing what you consider a work worthy of a Pulitzer and all you make is 50 bucks?!

I know what you're thinking: the average author makes $50, but youre no average author. Unlike their books, yours is actually good! Like, really good! Like, so good youre surprised Brad Pitt hasnt knocked on your door yet to ask if youd let him play the lead. Heck, youve read books from some of these so-called Kindle Millionaires, and theyre not very goodnot as good as yours, anyway.

Lets put this into context. Every day thousands of authors just like you publish their book. Every day! Over the course of the year that adds up to several hundreds of thousands. And these are just new books. If you throw older books into the mix, there are millions of books. Millions!

So, John Doe logs onto Amazon to search for his next great read, and what do you think happens? Do you think hes going to sort through millions of books until he sees yours? Maybe? Possibly? Absolutely not!

Depressing, isnt it?

Incredibly depressing...unless you take the time to do things right. Thats what Ill guide you through in this book.

I dont like get rich quick schemes. This is a get rich right book. Its for the author who wants to make a career out of their writing. If that sounds like you, then keep reading.