You know what’s great about dreaming?
You can take it anywhere you want it to go.
You know what’s dangerous about dreaming?
Your belief in it makes you forget that
It’s only a dream.
It struck me tonight that it has never occurred to either of us that we could fail at this. We just have such confidence in our mission and in ourselves that, in our heads, we are already published. We are just waiting for the rest of the world to catch up to us.
So, while we wait, we start planning our next step. Our second book, Ready or Not — Life’s Coming at Ya, is well on its way. We need to fill in one or two spots and tweak the tone and ending a bit, but, other than that, our second book is written. Depending on how quickly we can tie up the loose ends on it, we could, conceivably, have two books ready to go to press at the same time.
That may either open opportunities or create a dilemma for us. Which should we pitch first? Which would grab the attention of publishers faster? Which would draw a stronger audience? It’s hard to say which book is better. Like parents of two children, we love them both equally — differently, but equally.
We are now thinking beyond the publishing date. We need a plan that will make the most of the limited resources the publisher will share with us. Having our book published is only the first step. We really want to use the momentum generated by the first book — whichever it may be — to propel speaking engagements and workshops and book signings, etc.
We have confidence in our creativity and our daring tenacity, but we are also realists. We can’t accomplish all of this on our own. We will need some help from those who know what they are actually doing.
While researching publishers and joining writers’ discussion groups, I have noticed that publishers are expecting writers to do much of their own book promoting and sales. Publishers strongly suggest that writers hire their own personal publicist.
Let’s face it, writers are interested in the creative process of writing the book — not the business aspect of promoting the sale of the book. Publishers are more interested in the sale of the book—not the creative process that goes into the pages of the book.
Publicists are the people who keep both sides happy. They let the writer create, while they work on generating promotional opportunities for book sales — which keeps the publisher happy.
It so happens that Katherine has an acquaintance who is a great publicist. Katherine would like to bring her into the mix, once we’re published. But we won’t be approaching her friend until we actually have a publisher because, although we are dreamers, we are also realists.
So, we simply have to wait for the rest of the world to catch up to us before contacting Katherine’s friend…
You know what’s great about dreaming?
You can take it anywhere you want it to go.
You know what’s dangerous about dreaming?
Your belief in it makes you forget that
It’s only a dream.
You can take it anywhere you want it to go.
You know what’s dangerous about dreaming?
Your belief in it makes you forget that
It’s only a dream.
.
No comments:
Post a Comment