Mistake #9 (Re: Overconfidence and Impairment)

Let’s jump right in, shall we?

1. After eight professional edits, I felt pretty confident and ordered 100 author copies. And then realized my opening chapter was confusing, and there were too many points of view, and the cover wasn’t right, and . . . 

The result? A new edition and $500 sitting in unsellable paperbacks. (Want one? Hey, it’s a collector’s item.) Worse, my few hard-earned reviews on Amazon won’t transfer. 

2. Then I told a real honest-to-goodness publisher that my self-published book was selling poorly but I was sure it’d do great with them. Ha, ha, ha, so not funny. I never heard back.

3. I originally posted an example of publishing my IngramSpark files when I was really tired and then finding errors that cost $ to amend. But I.S. now allows 90 days for free changes after publication. God bless them. But the advice remains the same, whether it’s sending a newsletter, posting something, or approving ANYTHING. TIRED = IMPAIRED. 

WHAT I DID RIGHT:

•  Began to connect with Facebookers, bloggers, writers, fans of the genre, etc. (Tip: Most people like making friends and none like feeling used to advance a career. Bottom line? ENJOY PEOPLE.)

And that’s all my mistakes. For now.

May you have the courage to take risks. May you gain wisdom and resilience. And most of all, MAY YOU HAVE FUN.