And writers face rejection everyday – from literary agents, from publishers, from reviewers. The gatekeepers to traditional publishing are agents – much like in acting, where you need an agent to score an audition.
That’s when I discovered Wattpad, and writing fiction.īut in entering the world of published writing, I found myself in a not-so-unfamiliar position. But that same creative part of me that had loved acting and making music languished, underused, and I knew something was missing from my life. I was successful in my corporate career, and for a while, that was enough. I didn’t want to remain forever undiscovered in the endless pool of acting talent.Īnd so I went corporate, working a job where I knew if I put X hours in and contributed Y amount of effort, I was guaranteed success. I didn’t want to face rejection a hundred thousand times. And then I realized I just couldn’t hack it in the cutthroat world of acting. I even chose my university specifically for its theater program, and was deadset on becoming a star of the stage. That – not writing – was my dream for more than a decade. You know, it’s funny – a million years before I ever gave becoming a writer a thought, I wanted to be an actress.
Would anyone actually buy my book? (Besides my mother…I was pretty confident she’d grab a few copies.) Would the people who already read Paladin on Wattpad be interested in re-reading the published version? How would people outside Wattpad like Paladin? Did my writing stack up compared to other authors who pursued a more traditional path to publication? I really didn’t know what to expect when I made the official transition from writer-for-fun to published author.
For the past three years, publishing Paladin has been my dream, so to have my dream finally become a reality is…well, surreal. At the time of me writing this post, it has been a full two months and one week since my debut novel Paladin was officially published.
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