My story ‘failed’ yesterday.
The reviews were great.
The sales were not.
The biggest concern is that the publisher
(a big New York publisher)
will drop my low selling a$$.
That will likely happen.
There’s little tolerance in many big companies
for failures.
Decades ago,
that would have been a huge blow
to my career.
Now, I have choices.
If I’m dropped by the publisher,
I could self publish these already edited stories tomorrow.
I could sell to a smaller publisher.
These options could be BETTER for my career.
And that’s why
the price of failure has never been lower.
I can fail and fail and fail
until I finally succeed.
You can also.
Don’t be afraid of failure.