AIN aka Authors In Need. Yes. Authors. Many successful authors probably experience the same things those in the shadows face. Maybe with them, there's more potential for burnout, stress. But all authors need different kinds of help and affirmation. Those starting out need to understand what they're facing. If they desire to go with traditional publishing, they need to know it could be a long journey and what it takes to make the proper steps to advance the process. Those who decide to go the indie or vanity publishing route need to know those very same things in addition to several more.
If you have those answers and experiences to assist a beginner in any way you can, shouldn't you? Whether it's simply a post on your website, an article on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Instagram, a podcast, or whatever social media agency you traverse, shouldn't you throw one out there once in a while to help that random author hopeful?
If you've met a future author and have had the time to read their manuscript or a partial of something they're developing, and if you have a connection to someone who might be interested in them, wouldn't it be benevolent to make contact possible between the two?
The world labels it "giving back". The Bible calls it "reaping what you sow". Simplify it to offering your help to someone who might need it when you become aware of it. It's a kindness, a considerate act, a remembrance of how hard the journey's been for you or would've been if you hadn't had a measure of help along the way.
AIN can often apply to any of us when a note of affirmation is just as important as a good review.
Father, help us all to do the right things by each other, to be helpful and benevolent if there's any way we can. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.