- Feb 11
- Germany
- Deviant for 14 years
- He / Him
Current Residence: Germany Berlin
Favourite style of art: photorealism, realism, naturalism
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I don't know yet what I'm going to use the points for. Maybe I will donate them to other members or use them for me e.g. for a core membership or poster print. Let's see. Many thanks to all donors!
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Thank you so much for your attention. I wish you all the best in life.
Thank you so much for your attention.
I've always wanted to get in touch and thank you for all your thoughtful gestures. Unfortunately, I'm still doing extremely badly. I'm still suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder. I'm really struggling to find my way back to life, but I see less and less point in trying.
On the other hand, I'll probably finish my book about my mother sometime this year. We'll see if I then start looking for a publisher. The question remains, though, whether there's anyone out there who's even interested in what I write.
I don't want to bother you any longer with my dark thoughts. I think you're dealing with your own problems, just like everyone else. I wish you all the very best. I wish there were more people like you.
You're welcome! 
I hope you start to feel better in future. I really do. It can take long to come over from grief.
Luckily there are 80 million (?) germans so you have a huge audience for your book, if it gets green lighted.
Have a better spring ahead of you. 
Thanks for your encouraging words. The bit about the population being around 85 million is correct. But very few of them actually read books anymore. I read about an author who claims to have discovered that the average author in Germany earns an average of 20 euros per month from a book (70 cents per book, from which government taxes are deducted. In the end, you're left with slightly more than half. Maybe 40 cents.). That means that one person might earn several thousand, but the vast majority earn nothing. But money is only a secondary consideration for my project anyway. It would still be nice, though. As you said, the first thing I have to do is find a publisher for my "junk." That's the hardest part.
One alternative is self-publishing an ebook. If I remember correctly, you can earn up to 4 euros per book that way. But then you have to handle all the marketing yourself. I don't have enough of a network for that. Meaning, I don't know enough people who could recommend me. I also don't know any influencers with a large following.
Perhaps in the end I'll decide not to publish the book after all. But that would mean more than three years (including logo design, cover design, and about 15 book illustrations) wasted.
I'm curious to see how this turns out. Due to my "mental health condition", I can't say anything definitive anymore. But I hope that my project will ultimately alleviate some of my symptoms.
With that in mind, I wish you all the best once again. I hope things are going much better for you. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you from the bottom of my heart.
I wish I saw your deviants recommended to me earlier - you are a very skilled photographer, and you might even be better than haseeb!