I Quit my Job but I'm Okay

Stop This Game is breaking records

It’s almost been a month since Stop This Game was published, and it’s been a decent first month. It’s not on a NY Times Bestseller list, but a copy or two is sold almost every day.

Regarding royalties, June was the best month for me on Amazon. I did put a lot of money into Amazon and Facebook ads, but I’m selling this book at a higher price than the previous ones, so the revenue is higher too. I’m still far from breaking even, but hopefully, I will soon.

Sometimes you just need to stop

In other news, I decided to close my publishing company and focus on writing more. It was the only sane and logical decision. I never truly felt like a publisher and I was practically a one-person band with no public funding for over a decade. The calculation was simple. That business could never be profitable to the degree that I could live a good life and I would never succeed in publishing walking that path.

But wipe your tears, dear reader. You see, I found the time and energy to write this post a few days after my decision. In the last couple of days, I wrote 500 words of a new novel I’m working on. It’s nothing to brag about, but authors will know what it’s like to start writing after a month-long pause.

Of course, the most crucial question is where I am regarding my mood. I’m a solid six. Many things are on my mind, but I’m compartmentalizing them as I go. Focus is one thing I need the most to maintain my stability in these times. I know what I’m capable of when I can concentrate my thoughts and emotions on one thing. It’s just been a while since I did it (and wasn’t manic).