Unless you've written a best-seller, it's unlikely that the book sale will get you a mansion and a Ferrari. Maybe you'll get a little spending money, and the ability to take some time off from your "real" job. Still, you should be prepared to keep your day job, or find part-time work, or even find work as a creative writing teacher if you have the degree and your book is successful enough.  If you're really all about the life of an author, the most common route is to teach creative writing. But those jobs are hard to come by, and your published book has to really stand out if you do. You can also teach different summer workshops. If you get these gigs, they'll give you some extra spending money and the ability to travel to a great location. Being a true author will require you to maintain an online presence these days. Even if you're not tech savvy, you'll have to get the hang of promoting yourself online and developing your author persona online. Make a Facebook fan page for yourself; make your Facebook profile about promoting your book. Get a Twitter account and tweet about events related to your book. Make sure you have a website that is well-maintained and that all of your other online profiles link to it.   Start a blog about the writer's life that you update as often as you can. Keep things fresh so people keep on reading. Don't feel guilty about shamelessly promoting yourself. Even if you have a publicist, your job will now be 50% writing, and 50% promoting yourself as a writer. Get used to it. If you have a publicist and a successful book, then you will likely have a reading schedule for your book. You will travel across the state, or even the country, to read from your book, sign your book, and promote your book to your audience. You may read in tiny bookstores or a big Barnes and Noble (for as long as they exist, anyway). This will be a great way to meet more people, make connections, and to get people to actually buy your book.  Promote your reading schedule on social media so people know where they can find you. A writer is not an island. Make sure you go to the reading events of other writers, go to panel discussions or be a part of a panel if you are invited to do so, stay in touch with writers in your area, and generally make yourself known wherever you are. Meet other writers at writer's retreats, writing workshops, or in your institution if you belong to one.  Get to know writers in your field and genre. They can help you get ahead. You've published a book and are going on tour -- awesome. But this doesn't mean you can rest on your laurels, consider yourself done for a while, and toast to your own success for months. In fact, when you sell that first book, you may often tell the editors about the second book you're working on, or you may have to pitch your second book to your agent ASAP if you haven't already. The writer's job is never done, and if you really want to be an author, then you always have to be thinking about the next book.  Don't worry if you don't have the idea for a second book all lined up. Just make a goal to write every day and soon enough, an idea will present itself.
अपनी नौकरी मत छोड़ दीजिये: अपनी ऑनलाइन उपस्थिती बनाए रखिए: पढ़ने वालों के परिपथ में शामिल हो जाइए: लेखकों के समुदाय में नेटवर्किंग करिए: ’’’अपनी दूसरी पुस्तक पर काम करना शुरू कर दीजिये .