We all operate through our emotions\u2014we can\u2019t help it. Emotions are built into us to be experienced and expressed. But we\u2019re advised not to allow our emotions to drive our book projects. And there\u2019s good reason for this.<\/p>\n
Sure you are excited about your book projects. Passion is an emotion. The sense of joy you feel while you\u2019re writing and when you think about helping others or pleasing others through your book is an emotion. At the other end of the spectrum, the disappointment you feel when your manuscript is rejected or when you get a bad book review is also an emotion. It is impossible to get involved with the writing and production of a book without some sort of emotion.<\/p>\n
Even staunch business-minded people experience some emotion throughout the process of creating and producing a book. But the most successful authors keep their emotions in check and even override their emotions when common sense and logic make more sense.<\/p>\n
But how many of us become so attached to our book projects that we make emotional instead of logical decisions on its behalf? I can tell you that it is way too many of us. We write from an emotional place, which can be a good thing. It\u2019s when we decide to publish and we start making business decisions from an emotional place that we find ourselves in trouble.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the things we might say to ourselves in order to justify our decisions. Can you see how they are emotionally-driven? <\/p>\n
\u2022\tI don\u2019t want to spend time trying to find a publisher so I\u2019m going to sign with this pay-to-publish company whose representative seems as excited about my book as I am.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tI can\u2019t wait to get my book published\u2014I want to give a copy to my dad for his birthday. So I\u2019m going to accept the pay-to-publish contract. I don\u2019t actually know how to go about finding a regular publisher anyway and this seems like a good solution.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tI read over the contract and it seems okay. There are a few sections I don\u2019t quite understand, but they tell me they have published hundreds of books for authors. They must know what they\u2019re doing. I just want to live my dream and finally publish this book.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tI heard a speaker at my writers\u2019 group talking about book promotion. Heck, I don\u2019t want to get all involved in marketing my book. I just want to publish it and make a little money back selling to whoever wants it. I have a website. My pay-to-publish company said they would make it available to bookstores all over the country. I should be able to sell at least 10,000 copies without even trying. <\/p>\n
\u2022\tI wrote in my query letter to a major publisher that this is going to be the next bestseller and that it is a book for everyone\u2014not just a specific niche audience.<\/p>\n
Some would call these authors short-sighted. Some would consider them arrogant. I suggest that they are somewhat delusional, but that\u2019s because they are not looking at publishing as a business. They have not studied the industry so they don\u2019t know their options, the possible consequences of their choices and their responsibility as a published author. Some of them do not want to know. They simply want to fulfill and\/or live a dream. They want to create their own reality without tuning into the reality of the industry. Their decisions are driven by their emotions.<\/p>\n
And then they wonder why their dream sizzles\u2014why they don\u2019t experience the success they desire.<\/p>\n
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