Upleveling your writing career

A few years ago, I was banned from the 20books Facebook group for reasons I can't even remember but probably had to do with self-promotion.

Two years ago, I begged to speak at their conference and my friends on the inside helped make that happen. Last year, we were vendors, and this year we'll be there as vendors, too.

A couple of years ago, I was denied membership into NINC. This year we are sponsoring NINC.

For years, I was roundly rejected by literary agents. Last July, I signed with one.

For years, my courses didn't sell. Last year, our course sales outstripped even my publishing company's revenue.

I tried to break through $10,000 raised in one project on Kickstarter for years. Then, I launched Monsters and Other Scary Shit and almost all my projects now break $10,000. Many break $20,000.

This is not a gripe session, though, or a bragging session, either.

This is about jumping levels in your own career. You see, most people say "I got denied X" and use it as an excuse to wallow.

Not you, of course.

You set a goal and see it through, but maybe, just maybe you know somebody who is looking to uplevel, and this is my handy-dandy three-step guide to get where you want to go.