Two years of writing, publishing & marketing - 8 books released - and down the $20k of my own money I had invested in this dream. I was broke, depressed and ready to quit. But then I realized that I had spent every day of my author journey learning new skills and building my platform. And that if I just kept going slowly I would eventually find my audience. Less than one year after my reckoning I was a full time author feeding my kids with my book income.