I’ve tried budgeting it doesn’t work. I barely scrape by enough to live. I have zero in savings. My monthly expenses are exactly enough to keep me alive. Which I know isn’t good but it’s not that different from a lot of people living paycheck to paycheck. I don’t see any possible way to afford a marketing agent within what budget I have unless I get a significant pay raise.

Also being a successful author does have a lot to do with everything I said. Having connections or a gimmick or something that stands out above everything else. I don’t have anything like that. I’ll read the book you’re recommending but my money situation is not going to change any time soon I’m sure of that. Unless I literally cut out meals and starve myself (and I’m already going hungry a few days a week) an agent just isn’t in the cards for me.