Are you looking for some inspiration to finally push you towards writing your first eBook? Or are you a writer who wants to find that spark again? Whoever you are and whatever you want to be, you can find lots of inspiration from people who started small but made it big just by writing eBooks. Although their journey wasn’t something that is totally smooth, but they were able to go through the hurdle and came up triumphant in the end.

Well, you too can be like these people. If you want to earn million by writing, then you definitely can! Just remember that there is no secret formula to make it big in writing, you simply have to follow a self-imposed rule of continually writing and marketing your talent—no matter what it takes, and no matter how painful it takes.

So are you ready to meet these self-made millionaires? Check them out here:

From Huffingtonpost’s Best Seller Success Stories:

Peter Rabbit faced rejections from Mr. McGregor’s vegetable garden, losing his shoes and his coat. Beatrix Potter’s story, “The Tales of Peter Rabbit,” was rejected several times. She self-published in 1901. The next year, one of the publishers who had initially rejected the manuscript, the London firm of Frederick Warne & Co., published it and 22 more of her books over the next 40 years. Over two million Beatrix Potter books are sold each year.

There is also James Redfield who decided to self-published his first novel and sold his copy one at a time.

 James Redfield self-published his first novel, “The Celestine Prophecy,” in 1992. He sold the book one copy at a time out of the trunk of his car, which lends credence to the book’s statement, “We must assume every event has significance…the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.” It was later acquired by Warner Books, became a #1 bestseller and has sold in excess of twenty million copies.

You will also be inspired by Lisa Genova who was rejected several times by many publishers thus giving her the idea of taking the route of self-publishing her work.

Lisa Genova, a neuroscientist, wrote a novel called “Still Alice” about a 50-year-old Harvard professor who struggles with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. After being rejected by several publishers, Lisa decided to self-publish. Her literary agent advised against it, telling her it would kill her writing career. She self-published anyway and received wonderful reviews, including one from the Boston Globe. Simon & Schuster acquired the novel for a reported half-million dollars. In January 2009, it debuted on the The New York Times bestseller list at number five.

We can also find lots of inspiration from Rachel Abott who made it big in Amazon UK.

Amazon UK recently released a list of the ten biggest-selling self-published books of 2012. At No.2 was Only the Innocent, a mystery novel by Rachel Abbott, which had hogged the top spot on Amazon for a month early in the year, selling 100,000 copies at a price that earned Rachel the 70% royalty rate. She has now teamed up with Amazon who are publishing Only the Innocent in the US while Rachel remains independent in the UK.

Indeed, there are lots of people who were able to prove that success comes to those who work hard to get it. Despite the many setbacks they have encountered, they did not stop from reaching their dreams and so they are now reaping the harvest of their hard work. You too can be like them if only you start writing now. Good luck!