Anyone Can Be a Writer, Don’t Expect Fame & Riches From It
I don’t earn anything from my writings and that’s okay. Writing as a career never interested me. Don’t like the deadlines and constant editing. I’ll write whenever and wherever.
When self-publishing flourished and despite publishing two short stories on a two-series horror book anthology for fun, I still didn’t want to write for a living. While I do have some book ideas publishing isn’t a priority right now. But for many writers, I sympathize with your anger, fear, and disappointments.
You want to earn a decent living writing what you love and people reading your content. Second, you also want to leave some sort of legacy. Finally, you want to tell people what many writers have failed to do: “I wrote and published a book.” But like everyone can’t be a doctor, engineer, or God forbid, a lawyer, not everyone can be a successfully published writer.
However, continue on writing. Get those experiences, ideas, and thoughts on paper or post them online. Maybe no one else will read them or refuse to give you money when they do. But at least try. Who knows. At least you’re recording them somewhere and it’s not forever lost in your mind as you get older.