You're a writer. You have a novel published or are waiting to hear back from an agent/editor/critique partner. You click around on Facebook or Twitter and find that someone you know has a bright shiny new book deal!

So, after years of torturing yourself beyond emotional repair, making several highly unnecessary sacrifices to the gods, and, finally, signing a contract (in blood) entitled Deal with the Devil, you've managed to finish your book.

Though we might not always have the answer, sometimes all we need to know is that writers much wiser than ourselves have asked themselves the same question.

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Today it is easier than ever to generate a following online for your work. If you are producing excellent content in your niche and expanding your personal brand your chances of landing a book deal are at an all time high.

I would also bet that Jenny will offer up in her new book a few things: More God, lots of sunshiny motherhood stories about all those fine men she's raising and a superb, even motivational read.