Her background in marketing enabled her to research how best to sell herself. It was the success of the comic author Nick Spalding that encouraged her to try self-publishing. вЂњI hated being so impotent after having a career where I had control over my own destiny.вЂќ вЂњThe waiting was a horrible experience,вЂќ she says. вЂњIt was fantastic that I could hold my book in Polish, but I wanted to have it in English,вЂќ she says.Д«loom completed a second novel and changed agents, but still no British publisher would take her on. It signed her up and sold the publishing rights to several countries at the Frankfurt book fair, but no British publisher was interested. She submitted a synopsis of the novel and the first three chapters, and one agent replied asking for the rest of the book. A year later she began seeking likely agents through the WritersвЂ™ and ArtistsвЂ™ Yearbook. I decided this was my chance,вЂќ she says.Д«loom enrolled on an evening course in creative writing and began drafting a romantic comedy. вЂњIвЂ™d always enjoyed writing in my marketing roles and had dreamed of writing a book.

Her first ebook, No-one Ever has Sex on a Tuesday, became a No 1 bestselling ebook on Amazon and she now makes a living from self-published romances.

In need of an occupation and an income, she decided to try her hand at fiction. вЂњIвЂ™d intended to return to work as a marketing manager at Alton Towers after my maternity leave, but two weeks after my first child was born my husband told me we were moving to Connecticut,вЂќ she says. Tracy Bloom commissioned rollercoasters for theme parks until she started a family and gave up her job in 2007. Most of us have felt that we have a book inside us вЂ“ the stumbling block was always finding a willing agent or the private funds to get it in front of an audience.Д«ut the internet enables anyone to be an author with access to an audience and increasing numbers of people are discovering that they can earn an income from their own ebooks.

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