Two Years of Being a Full-Time Author and How I prepared to quit my job | Self-Publishing
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- Опубліковано 3 кві 2022
- Today I'm posting my two year update of being a full-time self-published author along with what I did to prepare to quit my corporate job. I shared some of my takeaways and also reflected on things that have happened over the years. Thank you for being here for your continued support. I appreciate you guys so much!
If you watched to the very end, I mentioned a channel who gave me slot machine tips, lol. I'm not even kidding, I binged @JackpotFamousvideos when I was in Vegas then went downstairs and won over $13,000 after my bonus round completed. I'm not encouraging gambling, but if you like to play slot machines, I can't recommend his videos enough. He's a cool dude and I like his vibe. His magic slot machine voodoo worked. LOL, I NEVER WIN ANYTHING. EVER. So I was shocked AF. :)
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//A B O U T M E//
Pen names: Lyra Parish & Kennedy Fox (we're an author duo!)
I've been in the indie scene since 2011. I published my first romance novel in 2014 (Weak for Him). Under Kennedy Fox, we've made USA Today 5 times since 2017. As Lyra Parish, I made the top 100 list several times on Amazon.
If you're looking for those books, you will not find them. I unpublished my Lyra Parish backlist in 2020 with zero regrets. You can watch that video here: bit.ly/3k8P6pa
Want to check out Kennedy Fox's Books? Visit: www.kennedyfoxbooks.com
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//2022 R E L E A S E S C H E D U L E//
The Heart of Us - February - Released
Claiming the Cowboy - April
Tempting the Cowboy - June
Seducing the Cowboy - August
The Fall of Us - October
The Joy of Us - November
Plus...we're releasing 12 Italian books and some collections!
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I’ve wanted to write full time since I was young, and knowing there’s someone out there accomplishing this goal in such a sensible way is SO encouraging. 🙏🏼
I’m happy to share! Thank you for being here. I’m proof it’s possible. ❤️❤️
I started not working a day job due to life circumstances, which is years before I would quit it just so my books will have the time they need. Anyways, I am now juggling freelance writing work while also working on my books. I figure working my day job is easier and pays more. I'm taking only half of what I used to earn (given I don't work the full forty-hour week with my freelance gigs, but then who in a day job actually works the full eight hours without slacking in between?)
Not recommended to anyone, but the freedom is great. I can wake up by ten and start writing the first word around three in the afternoon while wrapping up at around twelve in the night. Good for me and I can't wait to be able to write fiction all day.
If I would’ve had an amazing boss, I probably would’ve stayed. There is zero shame in writing and working at the same time. I’m so glad you found something that works for you! Not gonna lie, freelancing seems like it would be a fun!
@@TheCourtneyProject The boss is great, but then some external circumstances made it impossible for be to stay and work there. Those factor made mw quit. One day, when everything lines up, maybe I will go and look for a job again. I like the stability (compare to freelancing that is, no true stability after all).
Girl, you are my favorite hype woman! Your videos are so dang motivating. I really appreciate your honesty. Your channel is my favorite writing tool and I recommend it to anyone who even looks at me sideways about wanting to be a writer. 😂
Aww, thank you! Lol, send them my way…I’ll set them straight! 😂😂
Your videos are always good and inspiring. Writing is hard and turning it into a business is even harder. We all need to help each other because there is enough for everyone. I'm clearing my schedule for Saturday!
Aww, thank you Garnell! There is enough room for every single person out there who wants to write. ❤️ I’ll see you soon!
Congrats on 2 years going strong!! 👏🏻 Despite all your setbacks, you're still living your dream. Grief will always hit you when you least expect it, so it is important that you take the time to process it. Otherwise it builds up and builds up and you're just pushing it off for future you to deal with the fallout. I'm always glad to hear when people are able to give themselves the grace and space they need to deal with hard things.
All that being said, your video was pretty much the confirmation I needed that I'm on the right track. My partner and I had drafted up a budget and plan last year so that I could eventually quit my job and write/art full-time. We've been making cuts where we can to throw money into our savings. And we've both been contributing to our 401k with the intention of moving it to an IRA or ROTH IRA (still researching). This video gave me so much hope and that's been hard to come by lately so thank you. I appreciate you.
Aww, thank you Erica! Grief is such a B, but I let her take hold because it makes me stronger in the end even if I’m at my weakest during. I dunno if that even made any sense, lol. But anyway, I’m so excited for you! It does sound like you’re on the right path to throwing ✌️. Once I made my plan, I knew every single day I walked in those doors, that I was the one in control of my destiny, not some corp jerk. It gave me my power and patience back because I had a clear path of where I was heading. My days were numbered and I had complete control of it and THAT is what kept me motivated to stay as long as I did. 😏😏 It seems you’re right there! Virtual high 5 for saving for the future right away and getting rid of the needless things! Those are two big things! Document all your wins along the way while you’re working because one day, you’ll look back at it all like a distance memory! Can’t wait for you to make it happen. ❤️❤️❤️ SUPER excited for you!
I think people who get huge egos and try to go out of their way to put others down or show off, just didn't get enough love, validation, and support growing up. You seem like you have a family that loved you which is why you're humble. When I deal with people who have huge egos, I try to remember they're probably hurting.
I love love LOVE your videos where you just talk about it ALL. Thank you so much for being on here, for documenting your process, for being vulnerable and REAL with us! I found your channel when I was feeling all sorts of messed up about my life choices, struggling (as we all were) through the 'Panini' and wondering if writing was what I really wanted. But your videos literally lit a fire under this girl's a$$ and I haven't stopped. My "quit the day job" plans aren't quite at the point where I can set a deadline, but I am at the point where I'm working DAILY to write my books and work to get them published.
So yeah. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Omg, wow. Thank you for this! It means a lot! Also, I’m so PROUD of you and I hope that fire stays a blazin’! You can do it! ❤️❤️❤️
That is exactly what a millennial person goes through. Same here, no generation wealth, working and paying uni through quit a couple of times and started again and again. Writing was a dream since childhood, being told writing is not good money. Moved to another country, trying again to listen to myself and my wants and needs. Anyhow, 37 years later, working as a nurse studying English Literature and Creative writing, while dealing with a divorce and growing an amazing girl. Dreams are not linear but maybe they are what is to fight for. Well done!!! I need same things : financial stability for a period of time and to be able to write. Now to be honest my writing is not perfect, I don't have a problem with my creative fluff but with grammar and build strong amazing sentences. Anyway! Congratulations for your success and keep going
Congrats!! I wish to write full time one day!!
Thank you so much, Lisa! I’m proof it’s possible! ❤️❤️
I LOVE your discussion about the unlimited readers. I was stuck on this until I heard this one day. Now I only focus on my writing and that big stress about ‘if this is goin to happen for me’ has shifted to WHEN. 😀
Yes! I love it! I always talk about things I want to happen in the “when’s” not “if’s”, might take years, decades even, but I truly believe those things will happen. A mindset shift can go a long ways! ❤️
Courtney, thank you for your sincerity, your vulnerability, and your eagerness to share your expertise and experience. Congratulations!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
Woe. I am so grateful to hear your story and I am just beginning my writing career and I want to thank you because I also have ADHD and I am a full time caregiver for my mom who had several strokes and the similarities between your story and mine are astonishing it feels like a light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you.
Aww, LaNell. I’m sending you love and grace. I survived and made it through the other side. It wasn’t easy, but I’m stronger for it. And grateful I was able to be my dad’s warrior. ❤️❤️ Please take care.
Just found your channel. I'm a new romance author and struggling to figure it all out, but loving it as well. I have to tell you I love love LOVE your content! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you for posting this video. Most people don't talk about the financial situation on how to plan the transition, so this was very useful information! ❤
You’re welcome! I don’t believe in gatekeeping. I wish someone would’ve shared all these things with me instead of having to figure it out the hard way. ❤️ Happy to be that person for others.
TWO YEARS ALREADY?! OMG!!!
I KNOW. Time flies!!
Your comments about close brought back the anxiety and stress I used to have doing that at another job. Oh my gosh, so funny. 😆
LOL, I’m glad you understand. That stress would’ve taken years off my life, if it didn’t already.
Congratulations on your two year anniversary! I’ve found your content the most relatable and enjoyable of any of the other channels I’ve found since I started writing again in November of 2019. Your the only one I am excited to see has posted and can’t wait to watch. This last month I published my first book. I’m taking it easy to start. But hopefully my second will be published next year. Thanks for the encouragement and sometimes brutal honesty about what needs to be done to reach your goals.
Thanks so much for the kind words, Tammy! I appreciate it. Congrats on publishing your first book and yay for the next one coming. ❤️
Congrats on your two year anniversary!! I’ve always found your videos to be Informative, fun and also real. Even when we have chatted about travel, rv life and the great state of Texas I’ve always found you to be relatable and it’s like talking to a friend. Okay, I’m going back to watching this long video :)
Aww, thank you! I feel the same chatting with you too! Lol, we like the same things! ❤️
This is awesome to hear! I am glad you’re thriving! You took a chance on yourself and it paid off!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing your journey and the tips that helped to make you successful. I love your transparency!
Thank you!! I really appreciate it. ❤️
Congratulations on your two year anniversary. It has been a pleasure and a honor to witness it all (the good, the bad, the weird and the tears).
Thank you so much for all the wisdom you abundantly share. And your writing stream are magical! I hope I can keep watching as long as you still want to share.
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you’re here experiencing all of this in real time with me. It’s been wild!!
Great tips, Courtney! Also congrats on 8k and 13k!!
Thank you so much!!!
Congrats on your two year anniversary. As I sit here at my corporate job, dealing with spreadsheets, numbers, and other people's problems, you give me so much hope. I would love to be a full-time writer.
Thanks so much! I can relate so much because I was literally you. At work, watching writing UA-cam videos! I’m proof it’s possible! ❤️
Hi Courtney, good to have you back! :-) I'm sorry to hear that you got sick whilst on vacation, hope you're well now. All along I thought you had an MFA or did something along the lines of creative writing as a career; as an accountant turned writer, I am encouraged, there's hope for me after all! :-) I can't wait for the 8000 subscriber celebration on the 9th, see you then! :-) I also get depressed too especially when I spend too much time at my desk but walking even if it's just for 30 minutes a day around the block with my mum lifts my mood; dwell on positive thoughts and get Will or a friend as your walking buddy, it may lift your mood! 🙂
Haha, I have all business degrees and didn’t start writing until I was 26. If I can do this, I honestly believe anyone can (if that’s what they want to do). I also decided I was going to write on a whim after hiking. It was a lightbulb moment, and I went all in with it. I’m so excited about the celebration and I’m happy you’ll be there. I should take your advice about walking. The weather has been very nice lately and Will has been asking me if I want to walk outside because we’re going to Yellowstone over the summer. So it would be a 2 for 1-a way to clear my mind and get ready for the trails. ❤️
Thank you so much for this Courtney
Aww, I’m sorry to hear that. I completely understand how that is, and just know, whatever it is… while it may consume you right now or months from now, it’s really not forever. I hope things get better and start looking up for you. ❤️
Thank you for this video. I enjoyed your tips and transparency.
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing your journey, this has given me so much inspiration and encouragement to continue to pursue my own writing dreams and shown me the power of planning ahead. I love your humility and I wish you every success as you continue to live out your author dreams. :)
Thanks so much, Tegan! I’m happy to share whatever I can. I’m rooting for you!
Thank you so much for making this mammoth video! It was really interesting to find out how you took steps to quit your job. Congratulations on winning a jackpot! How crazy?! Your face, and Will's, was priceless. LOL Looking forward to the 9th!
Thank you so much, Caro! It’s all about having a plan and executing it. It’s one of my strengths among many weaknesses. 😂 Omg, I was so shocked when I won. I just… I still don’t have any words. My life has already felt like the twilight zone but that was the cherry on top. See you in a few days!
Thank you for sharing that, and congratulations on winning in Vegas!
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ I wassss so shockedddd. 🎰 I never win anything so it was like wait, WHAT?!
You are a true inspiration. So deeply happy I found your channel♥
Thank you so much, Beverly! That means a lot!
You are definitely an inspiration for me and I wish you were my mentor! Thank you so much for all that you do and have accomplished.
The great things about mentors is you can choose who is and who isn’t! I watched a video about mentors one time that was insightful. I wish I could find the link because I’d post it. ❤️ But with that being said, I’m honored. Thank you for the kind words and I wish you the absolute best!
Love you, babe!! Thanks for this!
re: your recent breakdown, I'm not here to tell you you, but I know that with my medical PTSD, just thinking back to the last 2 years will lead to a week or 2 of disaster. I haven't even been able to file disability because thinking about it all is so horrible that no one wants to do it. So I'd expect you to have some awful from going back over the past 3 years of prep and carrying out your well laid plans, and I'm super grateful for you doing that emotional work for us. This was really useful info
**And don't worry about my disability filing, if you're the kind to worry. I'm in between cancers (last year I kicked stage 3 melanoma for 2nd time, woot!) and now I also have MS, which is a listed disease unlike my rare genetic condition (EDS, go zebras!), so it will be a lot easier to just pay someone to file for me without detailing my historical misery, I hope. No worries!
I’m sorry you’re going through so much! Yes, it does take an emotional toll when I try to think about the last two years and everything that’s gone on. I’m glad you’re getting someone to help you with the filing. I know how dreadful it is to do the hard paperwork because I’ve been dealing with a lot of my dad’s medical bills. It’s so overwhelming, stressful, and exhausting. ❤️ I hope 2022 is much better for you and internet high fives and hugs for kicking melanoma’s ass again! I’m glad you found some helpful info in this video!
I love your shirt! I love anything spooky, so Mr. Bones with the books is just cute. Also, I can't believe it's been 2 years. Everything you've accomplished, even when you were still working in corporate. You're incredible.
Aww, thank you! The shirt is from Hello Lovely Box! Love a good skeleton girl with a bun. 😂😂 I really appreciate the kind words!
Thanks for sharing. This was very informative and sensible.
To hear you say you’re living your dream is so inspiring 💕
Thank you! 😍
You inspire me so much! I am in my 50s and finally got the courage to follow my dreams. I am publishing my very first book under a pen name. Still very scared to come out there and say that "I am a writer." :(
I adore you and your channel so much! Thank you for everything you do
Thank you so much! This means a lot to me!
It’s comforting to me that it took you five years to quit. I’m almost two years in and I feel really behind. Also, you winning the jackpot made me giggle.
It took me ten years from when I started writing! 😂 A full decade! You’re not behind!
@@TheCourtneyProject even better 😂 good job though. You’re an inspiration.
Congrats on two years as a full-time author! Great video! You're so responsible with your money. We're not and retirement is just around the corner 😨 I need to go back to work, but I also want to be a full-time author (stamping my foot). I also have ADHD and it only enhances this rabbit hole issue. Last weekend a friend and I stayed up until 3:30 a.m. watching old ice skating videos lol Looking forward to Saturday's line up.
Aww, thank you Shelly! It’s never to late to start saving for the future, but the sooner the better! ❤️ I can relate to the ADHD thing so much, especially when I hyperfocus on something that doesn’t matter. I literally did the same thing one day…but with cat videos. 😂😂 We’re cut from the same cloth!
I really love these insights into your life, because it is so easy to make certian assumptions about a person through minimal info we get, until they tell you. I always wondered why you never just left your corporate job before, since it seemed like Kennedy Fox was killing it, and it makes a bit more sense when you explained the certian debt you were carrying.
I do love these open videos, because it is very realistic and relatable to a lot of people. It's so easy watch an author brag about being a full time author, yet there is so much we don't know behind the scenes. Did they come from wealth, had a spouse who can easily support them while they launched their career, not that any of those are bad things. It just makes going after your dreams easier, when you have less financial burden on you.
I do love your updates, I hope one day I can reach the day I can say goodbye to my corporate job. 🥰
Keep killing it Kennedy Fox!!!!❤
Thank you! I try to be as transparent as possible, and really what you see is what you get. ❤️ I like telling people the whole story because I think more are like me compared to the trophy wife who writes for fun. Nothing wrong with that, like amazing for them, but that’s not the majority who want to write full-time. It took ten years, and while some of them were harder than others, I just kept moving forward. Even if it took 20 years, I would’ve kept at it. ❤️ Even now, there is no finish line.
I wish you all the luck in the world and if I can answer any questions you have, please ask. I’m not special, just relentless.
This is my first time seeing your channel. I related to this so much. Thanks for the realness.
So glad you’re here! Thank you so much!
Thank you for being so transparent. I feel the experiences of our lives can be transformative through authorship 🙏🏽
Thank you for being here!
I've seen SO MANY dissappear. I used to write primarily MC Romance, because I started in 2013 and that's what was hot, but I've definitely had to pivot. While I've kept the small-town feel, I've had to move to other genres because MC isn't as big as it used to be. So much has changed since I started, and I'm lucky to still have a readership. At the same time, I've had to find newer readers, different readers, and it's hard, but I'm sooooo glad I stuck with it!
Then you know exactly what I’m talking about! Omg so many people have disappeared and i have to remember they really existed because I’ve got the paperbacks to prove it! So crazy. I’m glad you’re still here…I think we all pivot at different points. ❤️❤️
Ok, your shirt is my absolute dream shirt haha! Where did you get it?
More relevantly, congratulations on 2 years as a full time author! Tonnes of great advice.
Thank you! Hello Lovely Box! I loveeee their shirts so much! And thank you, I super appreciate it. ❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations Courtney! I’m so happy for you♥️♥️♥️
Aww, thank you so much Jasmine! ❤️❤️❤️
thanks for postings this. it's nice to hear
Thank you so much!
Woohoo! Congrats again on 2 freaking years of living your dream and for winning the jackpot in Vegas! Hearing the steps you took to make the leap was really insightful, as I've been thinking about starting the steps to convert from freelancing to writing full-time as it's taking up all my creative juices, and I wanna be able to have more time to tell my own stories (whatever those may be). My calendar has been marked, my alarm set and my evening cleared lol. See you Saturday!
I’m so excited for you! I know you can do it and will. ❤️❤️❤️ And thank you! I swear, I never win anything. It was my lucky day, I suppose!!
Don't write for the sales.....write what your truly passionate about!!! Writers gotta write ✍️✍️✍️ so why don't they stop over writing on tired out tropes.....write what YOU want....with NO fear!!!!
Yep, that’s right. Even if someone writes something that’s not “in” right now, doesn’t mean it won’t be the next big trope next year. All of this is cyclical, so you have to write what you love, or it’s nearly impossible to keep going. I’d have burnt out a long time ago if I was forcing words and worlds I didn’t enjoy. ❤️❤️
Your story is inspiring. Thank you
Thank you so much! ❤️
Congrats!!!! And thanks for being so open and honest. Wish I had been as strategic as you were🤦🏿♀️. Question: how did you clear your car note? We are a 1 car family at the moment. We planning to sell our car (with the car note) and buy a much older (much cheaper) car...
Thank you, Tee! Appreciate it! So when I started snowballing credit cards, I would put the extra I was previously paying toward my car note. So, essentially I just shifted funds slowly as I whittled down the debt amount. We also had some great royalty months and I’d put my “minimum savings amount” in savings and if there was extra, I’d put that toward my car too. So it was a combination of the two. ❤️
You'd be the perfect person to write a romance series for netflix.
Omg, I wish! What a compliment!
Thank you for this video!! Will you share with us how you saved up the money to prepare for going full time? I think saving 70k is a HUGE accomplishment, wondering if you found other ways to make money while you worked towards saving.
I am thinking of quitting my job as it is mentally draining and i want to focus on my writing.
Make a realistic plan, save, and then execute! 🙌🙌
What is your technique or how do you manage to release so many books a year. Is there some kind of formula that you follow for each book that you hit and you know that that book is ready and then go to the next one. How are you able to do that? Thank you so much!!! ❤
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yeah you keep doing what you good at.
Thank you! ❤️
thanks have a lovely day enjoy life.
I'm only a minute in, but I need advice on writing through grief. My brother died last week. He was my best friend and the person who read all of my rough drafts, and supported me. He read a first draft I was working on, and I decided to change a plot twist and not tell him so he could be surprised for the next readthrough. Then he died. Him not being a part of this book eats away at me, and I'm so broken I don't know how I'll ever continue it.
I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Grief is such a B and I wish I could tell you how easy it is to move past it, but I don’t think I’ve figured that out yet. I try to think about my dad and what he’d want me to do. I try to imagine his praises and how damn excited he’d be about my books and writing. Instead of allowing the grief to consume me (don’t get me wrong, many days/weeks it did and still does), but I try to put my best foot forward to honor my dad in any way I can.
You have to be kind to yourself and take the days you need, but always look at the big picture. How can you honor your brother and everything he meant to you with this book? What would he want you to do? ❤️❤️ If he read your work and gave feedback, he believed in you, and your story, and your words! You have to put it out in the world, not just for yourself, but for him.
I wish I had the right answers, but it’s still a struggle for me. Some days I can laugh about things my dad did or said. Others I just cry because he’s not here anymore.
I don’t think the loss/pain ever goes away, we just learn how to cope and live with it. I’m so so so sorry for you loss, and know that the memories will always, always, always live inside you. It’s basically all I have left these days and I hold onto them as tight as I can. ❤️❤️❤️
@@TheCourtneyProject thank you
@@truthunwinding always! ❤️❤️
Congratulations! I've got a tech question for you. What brand and model of monitor are you using?
Oh it’s a Visio 47 inch 4K television hooked to my laptop with an HDMI cable. I got it on sale for a couple hundred bucks at Target!
Thank you.
Yeah. Hey sweets. ♥️♥️♥️
😘😘😘😘We have a date soon! Our book releases tomorrow! 🙌🙌🙌
@@TheCourtneyProject 😘😘😘 best offer in years boo. 😜😜😜
@@shannonnemechek BWHAHAHAHHA!!
You’re so productive! I want to be you when I get my s*it together.
LOL, omggg I’m a hot mess most of the time. That’s the truth. I’m just really good at making plans and executing them. ❤️❤️ Just gotta take it one thing at a time. I believe in you!
When working corporate and publishing, how did you find the time for your partner and maintain that relationship?
I was very strict with my time. Dinner was always our time, and I was 100% committed to being a wife while we ate with no interruptions. It gave us time to chat about our day, catch up on what was going on. So from the time I got home until about 9PM, it was time for me to hangout with the husband. Then at 9 until bedtime, I’d do my writer tasks, then go to bed at 1 or 2 or 3, haha. I had to be at work by 8-8:30 so I couldn’t stay up too late and learned I needed at least 5 hours to function. It wasn’t always easy, especially under deadline. I think Will knew that I wasn’t doing this as a hobby, that eventually I really would quit my job, and then be around him 24/7. It also helps that he has his own hobbies and is just as busy as me. ❤️
You're from Groves? I'm from Port Arthur!
Lol, I’ve lived all over the golden triangle during my life! I was born in Beaumont! 😂😂 I’ve lived in Beaumont and Vidor, and have been in Groves since 2003. ❤️ Small world!!
150,000 in IRA. Says she's behind.
Me with barely 10,000. 😅😂
Burnout is huge and getting tired of living your life on line to push books and nothing else I think has a big part in authors disappearing
I couldn’t agree more!