So you probably saw this book on the shelf, or on a website somewhere while searching for some advice on how to be an indie author—someone who publishes their own work—and thought “Suck a little happy juice? What the $%#@!does that mean?”
Let me enlighten you.
I started my professional writing journey in 2013, and in May of 2015, I launched my own blog—a place where I could talk about life, the universe, and share with my readers the meaning of being a writer and an author.
A few years later, I transitioned from having a publisher to being a hybrid author, meaning I publish my own work and have some titles with by a traditional publisher.
In the last decade or so, I have written close to 450 columns on the blog, many of them about the ins and outs—emotional, spiritual and practical—of being my own publisher.
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One of those columns in particular really struck a chord when I wrote it, and I knew it would eventually become the title of this book. It was called “Suck a Little Happy Juice,” and it was an exploration of the need to hold on to all the good things that happen during your indie author journey—reviews, kind words, great sales—and using them as a fuel and a panacea to keep yourself going when things get rough. From that chapter in this book:
We need to bottle up all those great things and put them away, ready to be opened at a later date when things don’t seem quite so rosy. When imposter syndrome runs us down, it’s time to grab that “bottle” of “all the great things,” off the shelf.
Got a rejection? Open that file and relive some of those wonderful things folks said about you and your writing.
Latest book sales in the gutter? Take a ride on the happy memory train.
Hit with a horrendous edit? Suck a little happy juice.
With life and the world in such a weird, precarious, and sometimes downright awful place, you have to grab the good when you have it.
This book a celebration of the joys of being your own publisher boss, a balm for those difficult times when it doesn’t seem quite so glorious, and a warm blanket for when you feel left out in the cold by the book business.
I hope that it makes your indie author journey just a little easier and more enjoyable.
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