What is it really like to be a professional author?

About this episode

Skip Coryell shares his personal experiences and challenges as a published author in an interview with Sara.

This week Sara interviews me about what it's like to be a published author. It's not what you think it is. I talk about my books "Civilian Combat" and "Concealed Carry for Christians" and "The God Virus Series". I also share some of the challenges, the excitement as well as the discouraging aspects of being a writer. This one is very personal.

People in this episode

Host: Skip Coryell

Guest: Sara

Topics covered

• professional authorship
• writing challenges
• published author experience
• personal stories
• book discussion

Keywords

• professional author
• writing
• Civilian Combat
• Concealed Carry for Christians
• The God Virus Series
• challenges of writing
• author experience

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Civilian Combat, Concealed Carry for Christians, The God Virus Series

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