Quote from: boyptc on March 22, 2025, 11:30:07 PM

I didn't so I haven't but, I am planning this for a long time but I just can't execute it.

Quote from: planingkoala on March 22, 2025, 11:15:29 PM

But I keep wondering: what does it take to turn all that into something real? Like, how do you go from idea to book without totally losing steam halfway through?

How about by just writing it and looking for the steps and guidelines on how you'd do it.

I think that I've seen some guidelines from udemy or such websites on how to publish one. As long as you've got your write up already, publishing will be easy but of course it comes some investment on your side to pay for the publisher.

It's also likely that the publishers can help you by giving some idea, I haven't contacted any though.

I published my first novel in 2017. It was a fantasy one, and the feeling was very good when I received my author copy. I also had it when I published two more after that, but then you may face certain life issues and make choices about whether it is worth continuing to do that. You need to take into account how much time it takes you to write regularly, and how much time you have left to spend with your family and to make a living. I have already published eight novels, six of them in print with traditional publishing houses, two were self-published. Before those novels, I published short stories in printed magazines. The feeling when you hold magazines/books with your first stories is great, you really feel high. But it fades away gradually, at least for me.