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When You Have Nothing It's Hard To Accomplish Anything

Let me say that again, when you have nothing it's hard to accomplish anything. I don't think people realize how true that is...or maybe they do and don't care. Maybe people really only care about how much money they can make and don't care about anyone else. And I get it, it's a dog eat dog world we live in, but as someone who has nothing it sucks.

I wrote a children's picture book and it's available on Amazon as an ebook, but it would work much better as a printed book. Why isn't it available as one? Well, because I don't have the money to self-publish it and it's too small to create a print picture book on Amazon. So there it sits, only available as an ebook.

I also wrote my memoir and it's also available on Amazon because I don't have the money to self-publish it any other way. This isn't so bad, however, trying to market and promote it is difficult, because I can't purchase anything to promote it. Places like Goodreads offers you the ability to do free giveaways.. it's free for the customers.. but the author has to pay for it. When the author has no money, you can't participate in this program. 

I understand the need for businesses to make money, I do, but I also understand what it's like to not have any money and not be able to get your stuff out there because you can't afford it. It seems like the ability to be a good writer is determined by whether or not you have enough money to pay for everything. 

What is this really mean? There are probably a lot of writers out there with amazing books but you'll never know about them because those writers, like me, can't afford to pay for the promotional stuff. This is unfortunate not just for the writer but for the readers as well. Because you're missing out on a lot of really good books.

I keep being messaged by (what I believe to be) scammers on Facebook Messenger trying to convince me to give the money to help me promote my book. This is obviously something I can't do. It's disheartening on so many levels that I can't even begin to describe it really.

Some of us writers can barely afford to pay rent and buy groceries. I know I'm not alone in this. So for those of you out there like me, I feel your pain and I feel your frustration. I wish there was more I could do to help. Maybe someday.
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