Archive for January, 2010

When should you stop revising and publish your book?

There’s a point in writing your book when you have to stop writing and rewriting and just publish it.
The trouble is, nobody knows when that is. I like Dan Poynter’s advice to publish when your book is 95% ready. Print a few hundred, get some reviews to add to the next edition, fix a few [...]

January 20, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: self publishing, writing  No Comments

How to not suck at public speaking

I read somewhere that most people fear public speaking more than death. I know a lot of authors who take this attitude to the max. Writers can be an introverted bunch. Unfortunately for some ofВ  them, one of the best ways to sell a book is to do public speaking. Your book becomes the “back [...]

January 14, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Public Speaking, marketing  No Comments