Why I Am Launching A Newsletter For Writers

To share the lessons from my journey from ‘writer’ to ‘author’

On the first of October 2021, I was excited about the upcoming launch of my book, Rewriting My Happily Ever After — a memoir of divorce and discovery. Although I had been writing personal essays, memoir pieces and op-eds for several years, the journey from ‘writer’ to ‘author’ was a new one. Yet, instead of feeling exhilarated, I woke up one morning feeling utterly exhausted.

Writing, it turned out, was the easy part.

The difficult part was the learning, decision making and effort involved in bringing the book to life and into the hands of readers.

If you are a writer who has written and published one-off pieces (as I once did) or are currently dabbling in writing or working on a magnum opus, you have probably figured out that the life of a writer requires much more than single-minded devotion to the muse, practiced in silence and solitude.

On a daily basis, you need to choose between attending to your art or the business or the craft of writing. Your goal is to slot the fun part — writing, into the many demands on your time and energy.