(IJCH) Author's First Book Blues...

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IJCH - Inside JaiChai's Head
(Meaning: My Warped, Personal Opinions and Musings)

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From the Author:

Salutations.

I am JaiChai.

And if I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you before, I'm delighted to make your acquaintance now.

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Author's First Book Blues

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Many years ago as a new author, I experienced firsthand that phenomenon called "Author's First Book Blues".

And I repeatedly witness it each and every year.

What is "Author's First Book Blues"?

Imagine this.

You are a budding, new author and are totally stoked about finally completing your first book.

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BUT...

Oftentimes, the first book is your "Spectacular Underachieving Baby".

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So much passion, sweat and pain; especially when you can't even give it away to your relatives!

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After massaging the bruises on your ass, the second book is usually much more successful.

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Why?

Because the first book was authorcentric;

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...while the second book is readercentric.

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In other words, "Many authors bomb on the first and bounce back on the second or third." - Hive account@blockurator (steemit.com)

By JaiChai

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About the Author

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Believing that school was too boring, he dropped out of High School early; only to earn an AA, BS and MBA in less than 4 years much later in life – while working full-time as a Navy/Marine Corps Medic.

In spite of a fear of heights and deep water, he performed high altitude, free-fall parachute jumps and hazardous diving ops in deep, open ocean water.

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After 24 years of active duty, he retired in Asia.

Since then, he's been a full-time, single papa and actively pursuing his varied passions (Writing, Disruptive Technology, Computer Science and Cryptocurrency - plus more hobbies too boring or bizarre for most folk).

He lives on an island paradise with his teenage daughter, log term girlfriend and two dogs.