Resorting To Love: Small Town Steamy Romance by Kelsie Calloway

Author:Kelsie Calloway [Calloway, Kelsie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Anneliese

I found the Great Room, I have a mug of tea, and it’s all coming together.

I spent Tuesday wallowing, I’m not going to lie. When Lex said that we should call it quits and I needed to go back to cozies, I spiraled a bit. I filled the giant jetted bathtub in the Bishop suite full of hot water and bubbles and sank up to my nose. With hair piled on the top of my head, I allowed myself to think about the future honestly with nothing holding me back.

I tried not to think about my rent and bills. While those would come due every month, if I continued writing cozies, I could pay them with a little extra money every month. I left my day job two years ago to become a full-time author because I could afford my lifestyle on what I was making. I was working as an Event Planner and writing mysteries on the side. I was earning enough money putting out a book every couple of months to take some time off and start publishing once a month. While my income didn’t soar exorbitantly, I did replace my Event Planner salary.

So what had changed? Why was I so desperate to leave a gig that would, sooner or later, start paying off?

It took me almost an hour of soaking to figure it out. I talked through several reasons and shot them all down. By the time it dawned on me, most of the bubbles had popped and the water was starting to get cold.

I no longer felt challenged.

It was the same reason I had started writing in the first place. I’d gotten my degree in Hospitality Management at twenty-one and started working fifty, sixty-hour weeks the next day. For four long years, I planned weddings, funerals, luncheons, and everything in between. It was fulfilling for a while.

But about three years into it I started getting bored. It was all the same. What kind of food do you want? What kind of linens do you prefer? Let’s pick a venue. Let’s get some entertainment. I had some creative say, but not enough. I could make some suggestions, but the bride could veto them. I was stifled and bored and I couldn’t see a way out.

That’s when I saw an article online about self-publishing. I’d always thought I had some talent as a writer, so I looked into it. I wrote a quick little 15,000-word book, bought a $20 cover online, and threw it out there for anyone to read. I expected the royalties to roll in. I don’t know why. Maybe because I read so many success stories. But when I checked my dashboard a few days later and saw that I’d only made $12.52, I was disappointed.

I had talent. I could string together a few sentences in a creative manner. Why couldn’t people see that?

Because people couldn’t see my work. I was one of the thousands of people putting their books out there into the world on a daily basis.

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