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Helping those who want to self-publish their books.Are You “Published” Period?
This little post is about the importance of being a “published” author. I don’t care who you are, there is something to be said for anyone who is published. If we are in a group of people and you say you’re a published author, it affects the way people look at you, speak to you and listen to you. We somehow revere you to be accomplished. We listen as you speak, almost to see if your sentence structure is correct. This of course in ridiculous because you don’t carry an editor in your cheek to edit the words as they flow through your mouth on their way to our ears, but we somehow expect it. We look at your clothes, your style, your hand jesters, in general, your mannerisms. This also affects how we speak, how we stand and even how we’re holding our arms and hands. We start to scrutinize our own speech and vocabulary. It’s a good thing we aren’t asked to spell anything we’re saying at the moment—spell checkers are handy, but we don’t carry one of those in an earpiece like our author friend.
This “being affected moment” happened to me recently. I received a call from a woman that had some questions and needed pricing on her publishing project. Now, I get many calls a day from authors asking standard questions to received standard answers and I proceeded to give her what she needed. As we got more into the details of title and subtitle I shared with her some of my thoughts. After a few minutes, she told me she had been published. I kid you not! I had a change come over me (a noticeable physical and emotional change) and it stayed with me throughout the balance of our conversation. Yes, she was everything I had explained above; refined, accomplished, knowledgeable —even witty. Was she really? I don’t know and that doesn’t matter, but at that moment, I perceived her to be.
Those you’re standing with in your group may be curious. They may ask some questions. They may ask in what field of interest you wrote your book. But etiquette should prevail and specific details should remain unasked, after all, you’re a published author.
What an advantage to go from, “I’m working on it,” or “It’s still a manuscript (we all have one of those),” to “I’ve published a book.”
Give me a call and let’s give you a new “calling card” – your finished book.
