By DiAnn Mills
What do
you do when the best book you’ve ever written doesn’t hit the sales numbers you
or your publisher expected? What do you do when the numbers leave you wondering
why you stay in the game? What do you do when you stay awake at night and
question your ability as a writer?
In short,
what do you do when the Boo Birds Sing the Blues?
I’ve been
there, and if you haven’t ... it will happen. Don’t be afraid of the industry’s
fickle love/hate relationship with its authors. Don’t quit Simply be prepared.
Here’s a list of fifteen sure-fire ways to shoot buckshot into those Boo Birds.
The above
suggestions will not keep the boo birds away, but it will help you live through
the moments when they “drop” bad news. Keep your aim focused on your career by
being proactive in this wild crazy world of publishing.
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Award-winning author DiAnn Mills is a fiction writer who combines an adventuresome spirit with unforgettable characters to create action-packed, suspense-filled novels. DiAnn's first book was published in 1998. She currently has more than fifty books published. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists and have won placements through the American Christian Fiction Writer's Carol Awards and Inspirational Reader's Choice awards. DiAnn won the Christy Award in 2010 and 2011. DiAnn is a founding board member for American Christian Fiction Writers and a member of Inspirational Writers Alive, Romance Writers of America, and Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country. She and her husband live in sunny Houston, Texas. Her latest book is The Chase: A Novel (crime scene Houston).
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I understand those boo birds well. Wish they didn't ever come home to roost, but I guess we have to keep plugging away in spite of it.
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