How I Went from Aspiring Writer to Self-Published Author on Amazon KDP

Here’s what I earned and learned and what I’d do differently next time

Image: Author’s book on Amazon

As a child, I thought I was born to be a writer. My parents and cousins were pleasantly surprised and shocked at my ability to spell ultra long words with ease at the age of seven or eight. I effortlessly wrote four line poems and short stories as they came like a train of thoughts. My parents were proud, but…

But my dream of becoming a writer was suddenly quashed. After all who can ever make a living as a writer? My ambitious parents with a humble income pushed themselves beyond their means for me to become an engineer and get a steady job, and a predictable income, get married, have kids and be happy ever after. I’m grateful to my parents and my 14 years of steady income as a techie. I realized their dreams about me. But some situations forced me to quit my job in 2018. It was then writing came to my rescue, like a long lost friend.

I was thrilled to call myself a writer and thought it’d be easy for a natural writer for me. But real world scenario of making a living writing was not even close to my fantasy.

I was just another wanna be writer in a sea of wannabees. Nobody was in the queue to buy my books online. Also mindset matters…