I'd love to join Hapitalist. But as you say, "It also takes a spare $300, which is even harder to find these days." I barely have a spare $30 these days. This time last year I bought a Facebook Ads course and went close to $1000 in the hole, and despite iterating and reiterating on the principles the teacher provided, my ads did nothing for me.
I got out of burnout, launched the next book in my series, generated little excitement, threw good money away trying to get it some traction and reviews, and at this point, I'm just so pissed off about all of it I'm not even writing anymore. Trying to market stuff has destroyed all of my joy in writing, because why bother writing something when I've clearly lost my audience during my last burnout period?
I'm so tired. And the real world being on fire doesn't help.
I would support you if I could, because you are still one of my favorite gurus, and that's why I keep supporting your Kickstarters as much as I'm able. But after years of my writing paying for itself, it no longer is, and I can't afford to support it--financially or emotionally--anymore when I get nothing but crickets in return.
I'd love to join Hapitalist. But as you say, "It also takes a spare $300, which is even harder to find these days." I barely have a spare $30 these days. This time last year I bought a Facebook Ads course and went close to $1000 in the hole, and despite iterating and reiterating on the principles the teacher provided, my ads did nothing for me.
I got out of burnout, launched the next book in my series, generated little excitement, threw good money away trying to get it some traction and reviews, and at this point, I'm just so pissed off about all of it I'm not even writing anymore. Trying to market stuff has destroyed all of my joy in writing, because why bother writing something when I've clearly lost my audience during my last burnout period?
I'm so tired. And the real world being on fire doesn't help.
I would support you if I could, because you are still one of my favorite gurus, and that's why I keep supporting your Kickstarters as much as I'm able. But after years of my writing paying for itself, it no longer is, and I can't afford to support it--financially or emotionally--anymore when I get nothing but crickets in return.
That sucks buddy. I'm sorry to hear that. I think this is a very common refrain right now unfortunately.