So, a good friend of mine who is a bestselling author, brilliant entrepreneur, and publishing/marketing genius named Aaron Patterson posted the following today on facebook:
I know asking advice on Facebook is asking for trouble but I am not sure what to do so maybe some of you have something to say that I can use. My problem is with my 7 year old daughter. She is a slob and almost a hoarder. She keeps everything and packs it away in her room…
I was trying to encourage a fellow writer today who was feeling down because of mean-spirited Amazon customer reviewers. We’ve all read a few doozies that made us shake our heads, haven’t we? The struggle is not unique to writers, as Stephen King states. It applies to just about anything you do publicly, or that becomes public knowledge. We will always have detractors, critics, and naysayers. It’s a sign that you’re doing something that matters.
Anyway, I came upon some sage advice from some fairly well-known writers on the topic:
The fact is that most writers face many rejections before they make a sale to a publisher. It’s par for the course, and if you’re a writer who can’t handle rejection, or take it to heart as a personal evaluation (or devaluation) of your worth, you’d do best to do like they did in […]
Let’s face it. It’s been said, The meek shall inherit the Earth… But the same person (Jesus) who said that also said, Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. To accomplish anything beyond the ordinary it takes a lot of […]
On Saturday April 09, 2011 1:00 PM, I will appear on an author panel at Barnes & Noble to discuss the topic:Â How to Get Published Here’s the official announcement on the B&N Website: Please join us as we host local authors Max Sturman, T.J. Johnson and Joshua Graham as they discuss how to get […]