writing diary #1-2026

📚 Events locked in for 2026
Clunes Book Festival ✔️ Book Fair Australia ✔️ Panels, workshops, library events. I’m officially out in the world again—booths, talks, the lot.

💰 Sales & mindset shift
Direct selling is still uncomfortable, but two successful Kickstarters have shut up the doubt. Momentum matters.

📢 Marketing moves
Facebook ads are finally running (yes, properly). Promos booked. Amazon ads… still skeptical, but I’ll test them instead of theorising forever.

🌍 Translations reality check
Bosnian first or nothing. After a messy start, I’ve cracked a ChatGPT-led workflow that actually works. Once that’s out, other languages follow.

📖 Publishing decisions
Middle-grade book is getting released without the bells and whistles. Teaching resources will do the heavy lifting. Perfection was stalling me—done with that.

✍️ Work in progress
30k drafted fast, now the hard part: revision. Book 4 needs fixing. Book 5 needs finishing. No drama—just work.

🗞 Substack plan
Mondays: personal essays
Wednesdays: writing/life lessons
Weekly: honest writing diary

​I’m taking my indie career seriously this year—and documenting the whole thing.
If that sounds useful (or entertaining), you know what to do.

Read the full diary on my Substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/amrasarmchairanecdotes/p/writing-diary-1-2026