Don’t just write the book – get it published too

 

So you’ve written your first book. It’s been proofed and edited. You love what you have before you – a finished book, a great story that’s even more than you had hoped for.

The words flow. After all, you sat down and wrote the first draft fast and from the heart.

It’s been a few weeks now since you’ve made the final sweep through the book and made all the needed revisions.

Now what?

Are you sitting on the book, afraid to have it published? If so, why? Surely, you plan on getting that manuscript off to literary agents. Or, if you planned to go the ebook route or Print on Demand, you must be ready to get that book into cyberspace or print.

So what’s stopping you?

Interesting enough, many writers give birth to a book, only to find themselves frightened to send their baby into the world. The hardest part is behind them, but now they’re scared what others might think of their finished project.

Hey. You wrote a book. It’s the time many writers dream about. Not too many people you know have done that, I’ll bet. So why the hesitation, the fear that what you wrote won’t be good enough?

If you’re an author who’s finished your first book, someone who’s spent all that time writing and re-writing and getting it into shape, don’t you think what you have in your hands is a pretty good story? Do you really think everyone is going to hate or laugh at what you wrote?

Get your book out there and move on to the next one. If you always wanted to be a writer, sharing your words with others is part of what it’s all about.

Chances are you have a pretty good book on your hands. Don’t you think?