Delphine Publications<\/a> back in 2017, two authors who were still very active under Delphine Publications offered to help me keep it going. They expressed they did not want me to stop publishing others but I, for one, wanted to just do my own thing. I had enough of opportunists coming into my company trying to get a leg up and not promote their work. And unfortunately, I had a lot of writers between the years of 2014-2017 who were signed to Delphine Publications and did not even host one book signing for their book (violation of their contract), which is my fault for not enforcing. And when their book flopped who did they blame, me of course. Duh!<\/p>\n\n\n\nAs a boss or a leader, you have to be ready to receive the backlash as well as the praise. It\u2019s funny how people want to share the glory but will point fingers when things don\u2019t go their way. So when shit started to hit the fan, a lot of authors who I invested in and lost money from, had a lot of things to say about me. Granted, I wanted to respond to a lot of the things that were being said about me, but why? Part of me truly did not care about what authors (who did not even promote their books) had to say. A larger part of me felt betrayed. I began to question my leadership, my Genuity, and the friendships that I thought I had built and was cultivating. I put a lot of energy into some of my authors that I started to consider friends or family of Delphine Publications. Many of whom I’ve been in their homes, know their children, did hospital visits when they were sick, loaned money and advice, and even spent my personal time helping them build their own dreams. I’m not gone lie ya’ll<\/g>… a bitch was hurt. To spend countless years building others and often not gaining any credit or financial gain from it, I began to question my efforts and my purpose. I didn’t understand how anyone could spend more energy trying to get people to dislike me instead of promoting their own work. <\/p>\n\n\n\nYou see, publishing is a business. Granted I can be personable and a cool person but my mentoring my writers created a foggy relationship. People tend to forget that they were an investment and I wasn\u2019t just their friend. I needed to make my money back and until I did, I would rightfully own the publishing rights to every damn book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But here came one author who I allowed to work within my company, teaching them how to build a company and to make money. We call him in this episode #PissAnt. They took that time to create a story about me and I find it interesting that so much energy was spent trying to figure out my success and how I spend my money rather than promoting their own books. Call me crazy, but if your book flops and you haven\u2019t promoted it anywhere other than Facebook, how is it anyone else\u2019s fault?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now granted I\u2019ve built some successful authors. Very successful. Every author under Delphine Publications was mentored into being an artist. They know how to promote offline; they know how to do interviews, they know how to engage with their readers, and they know how to invest in themselves. How? It\u2019s because I took them on the road with me. Yes, an independent publisher took their time to take their authors on the road. Then I took my time to sell some of my author’s books to bigger publishers so that they can outgrow me and flourish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that\u2019s what you\u2019re supposed to do right? Pay it forward. But just like a lot of my peers, I was talked about and dragged on social media. But that\u2019s not new. I was first talked about online when I was 21 and burst onto the scene, stepping on some Vets toes. Granted, I don\u2019t have feelings when it comes to pursuing dreams. I think so many people get caught up in social media gossip and bullshit versus focusing on their dreams, goals,<\/g> and making money. <\/p>\n\n\n\nSo, I address the bullshit that was said about me and my company for the very first time in this episode. Why address it? Shit, why not? People love mess and although I was too busy on the road then to sit my ass down and address some social media gossip, I felt that now it was a cool time to say heyyyyyy<\/g> to every author who was under Delphine Publications. Whether you like me or not, I bet you\u2019re still getting money from the work that we did and the things that I taught you. That\u2019s what I want them to remember, that Tamika taught them how to make money. Anything other then<\/g> that I don\u2019t care about. <\/p>\n\n\n\nOk ok, I\u2019m done rambling\u2026.I\u2019ll let y\u2019all listen. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n