: In general, there is no path to success in any field that doesn't require hard work, persistence and initiative. Successful self-publishers are usually wonderful self-promoters, which seems unlikely

@Kevin153

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In general, there is no path to success in any field that doesn't require hard work, persistence and initiative. Successful self-publishers are usually wonderful self-promoters, which seems unlikely to be your particular strength just based on what you have told us.

Some people do very well as writers, but it definitely is not a career for people who want to sit back and watch the money roll in (if you discover that career, do let the rest of us know!). Some successful writers are insanely prolific, like Stephen King. Others, like Richard Florida, use their books as platforms for speaking engagements and consulting work. Others, like Richard Paul Evans, are relentlessly self promoting. And those whose work succeeds on its own sheer merits are generally those who have put their entire lives into their work, and have years of struggle and rejected manuscripts to show for it.

However, given your self-description as someone with "no life," what do you have to lose by devoting yourself wholeheartedly to something? Anything you succeed at will take hard work and sacrifice. If you enjoy fantasy, why not write it? You can live in your own fantasy world full-time... or at least part-time. You're arguably in a better place in life for the often intensely solitary work of writing than someone with a fuller social calendar or more responsibilities. As far as whether it's all been done before --it's ALL been done before, the question is can you do it in a new and better way?

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