Some writers have visions of grandeur and wholeheartedly believe they can achieve the big dreams and goals they have for themselves and their careers. More commonly, writers—like a lot of other people—doubt their ability to achieve success. Therefore, they create goals and dreams that fit the mental construct they have created. They think and dream small. In my last post…
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Have you ever wondered what makes one author more successful than another? It’s possible that one writes better or another devised a fabulous, more-marketable book idea. It could even be that an author with a not-so-great book mastered the art of promotion. More than likely, you’ll find that successful authors, much like successful people in almost any industry, share one…
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Do you have a picture in your mind of what it takes to become a bestselling author? Does it include someone toiling over his manuscript for many hours per day or late into the night for years? I’d like to debunk the idea that it has to take a long time for a writer to produce a bestseller. The belief…
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Many wannabe authors have one-tracked minds. They think only about the book they want to write. If you have dreams of creating a career as a successful author and spending your days writing bestselling books, you may be focused primarily on your book idea and time at your computer cranking out manuscripts. In today’s publishing environment, however, this type of…
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You’ve written a book or plan to write a book, and you want it to succeed. You dream of it becoming a bestseller. Everyone tells you the same thing: For your book to outsell all the other titles in its category– for it to become a #1 Amazon bestseller or even a New York Times bestseller–you need a book promotion…
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