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 [...]
January 20, 2010
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Mary · 
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Tags: book editions, book publishing, book revisions, editing · Posted in: Self publishing your book, Writing
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 of them, one of the best ways to sell a book is to do public speaking. Your book becomes the “back [...]
January 14, 2010
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Tags: Public Speaking, speaking skills · Posted in: Marketing, Public Speaking
