Today’s reblog comes from Nathan Bransford, who has worked as an agent, author, and now freelance editor and consultant. He knows that there is a lot of side-work that comes with publishing—from query letters and synopses to promotion and marketing. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the things that come with writing, but aren’t actually writing.
He gives us a reasonably-sized list of things to focus on when writing and selling a book:
Particularly in this day and age when so many authors are lost in the weeds of Amazon algorithms and marketing strategies and social media and querying etiquette, it’s shocking to me how many people forget this: it all starts by writing a book that people want to read.
And not just want to read: writing a book that makes other people press it into other people’s hands so they’ll read it too.
That’s it. That’s by far (BY FAR) the most important thing.
Unfortunately, it’s also really, really, really hard to do, which is why it’s tempting to focus on things that are easier and feel more in your control.
Read the rest over at Nathan Bransford’s Blog…
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