How I Went from Struggling Writer to Full-Time Publisher In Under 2 Years

It’s just a mindset shift.

Kristen Walters
Kristen’s KDP Project

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Many aspire to make “writing” their full-time career, only to end up frustrated, exhausted, and struggling.

This was me a few years ago.

I used to believe that the key to success was to work on my craft — if I could improve my writing skills, become a better storyteller, create engaging headlines, etc., surely the money would follow.

And this was true… to a point.

I used my skills to blog, write articles, create website content for businesses, script YouTube videos, and ghostwrite for small publishers.

It was pretty good… for a while.

I had achieved the dream of living off of my writing.

There was just one problem —

If I stopped working, my income went to zero (almost) immediately.

This made it very difficult to get ahead.

Luckily, I found a solution…

Publishing.

Writing vs. Publishing

Some think these two things are synonymous because there can be some overlap (i.e., self-publishing). But…

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