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Adapt or die.
Here we go. The controversial bit. It's not really as bad as it sounds, but I had to get your attention somehow with this one?
Your job as a writer who wants a readership is to write for those readers. Yeah, okay, you're writing for yourself, you're writing what YOU want to read? yadda yadda?but let's be real You want readers. That's why you're in this business. But here's the thing?you'd better be cognizant of what is acceptable and what isn't in the 21st century. We are not living in a Mad Men universe where things like sexual harassment and racism are (insidious) sociocultural norms. If you can't stand the thought of contemporary norms infringing on your right to be a disgusting piece of shit, and you want to flaunt your defiance, be prepared to watch your career die.
Don't believe me?
I've been a part of the horror community for only two years, maybe a bit less, and in that time, I've already seen several people in the community utterly self-destruct their careers due to their dirtbag behavior. One went on a frothing racist tirade and the others were revealed to be sexual harassers. I don't know why they thought they were going to get away with any of it since this is also the age of screenshots. A part of me thinks they wanted to be caught, like it was some sort of weird masochistic pull or something.
I don't get it. Some of my students do that sort of thing where they think they're not going to get caught plagiarizing, but they can't possibly think that because we've technology that catches it instantly. They quickly learn though it's an automatic zero, and then they have take the course again. Again, it has to be some sort of masochisme. They cannot possibly be that dense to think no one will catch them.
But I digress. The point is, you have to be a better human than that. Adapt to the modern world or watch your career go down in flames.
Always be gracious and credit everyone involved.
I had to be reminded of this one, and I was ashamed of myself for my lack of courtesy. I've learned though. Unless you really did everything yourself, your book, your baby, is an overall community creation. You did the bulk of the work in writing it, and it's your original story/premise, but if you're working with a traditional publisher?OR you're commissioning editors, cover artists, formatters, etc., as a self-publisher?you've a team that's working with you to make the book into something truly special. Thank all of them and acknowledge them. Even better, point others in their direction, helping them with their business, too.
That's all I wanted to share with you, my fellow new authors, for now anyway. In time, I'm sure I'll have many more to add to this list. Until then, keep at it?