It’s Gonna Be a BESTSELLER!
People not in the know think producing a bestseller is as simple as coming up with a cool idea. That’s it. And plenty of people will think they have it. They’re the one person in the world – the only person in a population in excess of 8 billion – who’s stumbled upon THAT ONE IDEA that is going to trump everything else. In the time I’ve worked in the hybrid publishing space, it’s the number one thing I hear. An author will come in and say, “I’ve written a book – it’s going to be a bestseller.” Or, “I’m going to write a book – it’s going to be…
Contemporaneous: Chapter 18
18. Wednesday, I go into work for the morning, but come lunchtime (Autumn ducking her head out of her office to wish me luck) I’m out of there and catching a train into the city (I hate driving into the city) to meet my publisher, Regina, for lunch – well, actually, she was appointed fiction publisher after I was signed and had my two books published, and I’ve only dealt with her briefly, and unsatisfying, over email. She’s only thirty or so, which worries me because I’m ageist – I’ve dealt with younger people in the publishing industry, and they think they know everything. I know that because when I…