A Two-Minute Author Lesson on Persistence

About this video

Dale Roberts presents a two-minute Q&A recorded this past November at the Author Nation 2025 conference in Vegas with Kimberly Garcia, described as a multi-genre author and longtime supporter of Self-Publishing with Dale. Garcia writes homeschool curriculum and adult coloring books, has a children’s book series, and is working on a dystopian young adult trilogy. She says she has always loved writing and learned writing faster by doing than by studying, noting she was not much of a writing student and is more of a math person. Her core lesson on persistence is ‘don’t give up’: the one thing she wishes she had known before publishing, the best advice she acted on (‘keep trying’ even if the first attempt fails, because eventually things come together), and her answer when motivation drops — she turns to videos and people who have kept going. Her biggest fear as an author is not trying long enough, while her greatest excitement is figuring things out, finishing books, and being satisfied with what she wrote. Practical habits include watching less news, staying off social media, exercising before writing, and sitting down in the chair. She rejects the idea that success takes a lot of money as the worst advice she has heard, relies on advice from people who have done it before, and describes her process as outline, write, and rewrite. To beat writer’s block she advises simply sitting and writing as if you were going to write. Dale closes by promoting access to over 90 presentations, expert interviews, and strategy sessions from Author Nation.

Key takeaways

• Garcia’s central advice is persistence: don’t give up, and keep trying even when the first attempt does not work
• Habits that keep her moving: less news, staying off social media, exercising before writing, and sitting down in the chair
• When motivation drops, she watches people who have kept going and seeks advice from those who have done it before
• Her writing process in three words is outline, write, and rewrite; she says she loves the outlining process
• She calls the belief that it takes a lot of money the worst advice she has heard, and her biggest fear is not trying long enough

Episode details: published January 1, 2026 · 3:18 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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