Enjoy the Process

Sam Bates
1 min readMar 20, 2023

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So for the past few days, I’ve been emailing book influencers from Tiktok and YouTube. I’ve had a pretty good response so far, and they’ve all been very nice to talk to, and very encouraging. And surprisingly, they seem very grateful that I would take the time to reach out to them.

No, no, no, that’s not how this works. I’m supposed to be the grateful one! And I am! Immensely!

The first two boxes I packed, ready to ship out to some wonderful reviewers.

Anyway, as I was packing those boxes, I found myself really enjoying the process — building the box, selecting the book, wrapping it, cushioning it, sealing the box, all of it.

And I realized something — if one day I become as successful as I’m working to be right now, I won’t always be able to handle this part of the work. So for now, I’m going to enjoy this part of the process.

Because one day, I may be too busy, have too many meetings, deadlines, or other obligations and responsibilities. And I’m sure some days I’ll wish I could just go pack some boxes.

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Sam Bates
Sam Bates

Written by Sam Bates

I’ve been creating stories of my own since I was 8 years old, and I’ve spent years improving my craft. My favorite genre to write is fantasy!

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