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So I wanted to give up yesterday. It was a day filled with information. New Information. And not all of it was good news. I had done my book proposal wrong, my word count was too low, I didn't have a big enough platform, etc. I was sinking fast.
I texted my husband: My book is crap. His sweet text reaffirmed that it wasn't. I went to another session after lunch. Defeating Self-Doubt, Inka Nisinbaum (If you read German, read her book). Yep just what I needed and I was ready to pitch again. "They are going to love my book." I was on an emotional roller coaster here. Then I saw my name in red on the screen for the pitch sessions and my stomach dropped. I asked what that meant, but no one was sure. So I got ready only to find out that the red meant that the agent I had chosen decided he didn't want to hear pitches.They allowed me to pitch to someone else and it went fine. Not how I had dreamed it would go, but fine. Except I learned that no one would want my book because it had been self published. Although only in digital form, the rights were no longer on the table. So no one would pick it up. Exactly the opposite of what I had been told by those pesky self-publishing places. I drove home and ate a pint of ice cream. Had a good cry. And threw myself a pity-party. Then my husband convinced me that we aren't done. We can do this. I love him. So while I'm doing this without the help of a big publishing house or marketing group. I'm doing it. And that counts for more. I believe in this book and this story. And I'm going to see it through.
Solange
5/11/2017 03:43:33 pm
Yay, you! You are not giving up. You may not follow the same path as everyone else ... but that just means you get to find your own path. You can do this! Comments are closed.
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