Self-Publishing

If you stick with one genre, learn it well and find the readers who are already predisposed to love that genre, you'll have a much easier road next. Always remember that readers want more of the same, but different. If at any point in your writing process you find yourself thinking, oh, i bet this could win an award, you're probably going down the wrong path for commercial success. Some books become commercially popular after they win big awards, but usually the s of books that win awards are the kinds of books that people reading for casual pleasure reading would not pick up. And if you can write in a series, it's harder to justify spending money on marketing book one