Your writing is so good. You are definitely a writer, no matter how you make money. If consulting allows you to write, then I would continue doing that. Maybe give your clients a copy of your book so that will increase your sales and have the other side benefits of getting your book out there.
That was a fun video! I kind of romanticized the “old country” because I was only 2 when we emigrated. But when I was 30 I went back on a great trip to see my homeland (Ukraine). My parents were shocked and refused to go with me. Luckily my grandmother and I went together.
Yes! My mother and I went back in 1988, and then I took my husband and kids in 2019. Must have been wonderful to go with your grandmother. Thanks for reading and watching!
If you can afford it, you do what gives you the most pleasure.
You are still a writer, whether most of your income comes from that or not. You won't sell more books by stopping doing the workshops. In fact, in the nonfiction world, most book sales take place at the workshops and talks. If you aren't already doing so, you can build the price of a book for each participant into the event. Then they go home with a tangible reminder of your value, and will share it with others, some of whom will buy your books for themselves or their friends. Or you can risk a perception of bias and get schools (or other relevant companies that target those same parents) to sponsor copies of the books for all attendees. That's why making money "from books" is so much easier in nonfiction.
Your writing is so good. You are definitely a writer, no matter how you make money. If consulting allows you to write, then I would continue doing that. Maybe give your clients a copy of your book so that will increase your sales and have the other side benefits of getting your book out there.
That was a fun video! I kind of romanticized the “old country” because I was only 2 when we emigrated. But when I was 30 I went back on a great trip to see my homeland (Ukraine). My parents were shocked and refused to go with me. Luckily my grandmother and I went together.
Yes! My mother and I went back in 1988, and then I took my husband and kids in 2019. Must have been wonderful to go with your grandmother. Thanks for reading and watching!
What Kit said, yes.
If you can afford it, you do what gives you the most pleasure.
You are still a writer, whether most of your income comes from that or not. You won't sell more books by stopping doing the workshops. In fact, in the nonfiction world, most book sales take place at the workshops and talks. If you aren't already doing so, you can build the price of a book for each participant into the event. Then they go home with a tangible reminder of your value, and will share it with others, some of whom will buy your books for themselves or their friends. Or you can risk a perception of bias and get schools (or other relevant companies that target those same parents) to sponsor copies of the books for all attendees. That's why making money "from books" is so much easier in nonfiction.