re: Anyone here ever written or thought about writing a book?

I was once in a day-long state department of education training meeting at which the presiding person asked for a volunteer to read material from one of the books of materials being presented. I volunteered and read the page-long passage, after which the presenter complimented me by saying, "You read that very well." I responded, "I should have - I wrote it."

And I'm not an educator by training or qualification.

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I have been working on a book, it’s called “Somehow I manage”

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I’ve already sold over 1 billion under the same title.

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Anyone here ever written or thought about writing a book?

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i had an idea for a book once.
me and a buddy got as far as writing down a rough plot outline.

then The Hangover came out.

and while it wasn’t exactly the same story, our rough plot idea hit enough same areas as that we would have been accused of just ripping it off and changing details for our story so we never got further than that.

i’m a realist, so i know the odds of our book ever getting off the ground were astronomically slim without the movie ever happening.
But with the movie our odds sunk to somewhere below negative infinity.

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My sister's friend (no pics) is writing a Civil War novel, using several of her ancestors as characters.

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Always write what you know, people will connect with your writing much deeper if they can feel your own connection to your characters.

I've self-published 3. Naturally, I think they're pretty good. It's that whole selling them thing that's a problem.

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I've published four novels and two short stories since I retired in 2002. I'm currently working on a novel (about half finished) and another short story (running the idea around in my head).

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Did you self-publish or were you offering a publishing deal?

Yes.

Came out last year.

It’s relatively easy and inexpensive these days with Amazon print on demand.

A proofreader I used to work with has written 3 novels and sells them on Amazon. The first book got tons of great reviews UNTIL Amazon somehow figured out that most of the great reviews came from her friends, relatives, colleagues, etc. Amazon yanked those reviews. She was devastated.

But I’m still insanely impressed by the fact that she has three books on Amazon. (She used Amazon kdp to publish them herself, if anyone’s interested in her how-to.)

I'm writing a story now. Bronze Age/Scythian setting. I have good days and bad days. Not expecting much from it once I'm finished. I do enjoy the overall creative process. My bad days are usually due to a lack of confidence. Steven Pressfield's book 'The War of Art' is good advice.

Good luck! The idea deserves life.