“If you are feeling disheartened, that you are somehow not enough, set your heart ablaze. Dry your eyes and look ahead. You may feel like digging your heels in, but the flow of time waits for no one…”

“Someone, somewhere needs to hear what you have to say because it will have an impact. And hopefully, for the better.”

"Writing is not something I am doing primarily for an audience. It helps me understand what I am experiencing, along with helping me understand the experience of others. And that combination feels like a very worthwhile thing to pursue."

"The finished piece is the polished version and the graveyard is the diary. So, if you ever want to know what a writer’s really working through, don’t read what they published. Ask to see what they deleted instead."

"Language isn’t just how we describe the world. It is how we decide what the world contains. If the only words we have for our lives are performance, capacity, impact and next steps, eventually we may start believing that those are the things a life is made of."

Makes such great points. A worthwhile read!

Some interesting points in a new release from The Daily Draft. Hopefully will help more self-published authors to avoid being duped by scammers. As Alan says, learn from his mistakes!