This episode is brought to you by: a shower, a hoarse voice from dictating, having grand and great plans I had to adjust due to fatigue. All of that got me thinking about ROMO. The Reality of Missing Out. Not FOMO. Not JOMO. The third thing.

I thought I'd made up the term. Yes, really. I was really proud of myself. I Googled it. I had not.

I talk about many things in this episode, including:

• dealing with declining profits from one year to another in my self-publishing business;
• the Kickstarter I'd love to do for Cancer Is Not My Brand (my upcoming nonfiction book) and why I'm not doing one right now, knowing my latest one for # The Leftover Bride audiobook Kickstarter didn't get fulfilled, but this isn't the only reason. I;
• about not going to InkersCon or the Write Better, Faster Academy digital conference this year, even though I really recommend both.
• about Ines Johnson's Romance Write Club Kickstarter, which I just backed, and how I'm learning that it's possible to look up to other authors and also not chase what they're doing (still learning that one).
• about how the reality of missing out, for me, is twofold...sometimes it's I cannot physically or emotionally do this right now, and sometimes it's I cannot financially or time-wise do this right now because it's not the best for my author business, and those are different. And then there's a third thing, which I figured out while recording (as one does, right?), which is realizing you're not actually missing out at all, because it may not be what you need at that moment.

If you're going through a hard time, I hope you feel a little less alone. That's the whole thing, really.

Links and resources mentioned:

• InkersCon — www.inkerscon.com (I think Golden Angel has a $50 discount code)
• Write Better, Faster Academy — https://betterfasteracademy.com/
• Becca Syme on author business phases:

- Phases for Author Business: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGX7gDqtvCM

- Deep dives on each phase: https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme/shop

• Ines Johnson's Romance Write Club Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/romancewriteclub/page-turner-craft-a-complete-page-turning-story-blueprint/description
• Cleveland Clinic on FOMO, JOMO, and ROMO : https://health.clevelandclinic.org/understanding-fomo
• Psychology Today on the reality of missing out: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-deeper-wellness/202506/understanding-and-managing-fomo
• Qamber Designs (cover designer) : https://www.qamberdesignsmedia.com/

If you want to tell me what you're missing out on or if you're currently more in a FOMO, JOMO, ROMO phase or all of the above, don't hesitate to send me an email: authorelodienowodazkij@gmail.com

Happy writing. Happy reading.

My website:

www.elodienowodazkij.com