From construction to making up crap for a living.
I had the chance to go and also speak on a panel at Thriller Fest in New York a week or so ago. It was a great time and sad to say most of the panels were...well... worthless. From big publishers trying to tell a room full of writers how to make it big yet most have no clue about the market, to classes about everything but what is relevant. Needless to say there were a lot of agents and publishers that looked like zombies walking in the land of eBooks and social media.
But before I doom you with my poor outlook, let us forget the bad and focus on the good. My panel rocked! I got to sit with talented authors and one Indie publisher started by (Bob Mayer). We talked about eBooks, publishing and junk like that. In the middle of all this I was honored to have lunch with CJ Lyons. Now this lady can flat-out sell books! We were talking about the silver bullet... the thing we get asked all the time, "How can I sell like you, what is the secret...tell us!!!"
So I am going to open the gates, lay it all out there and tell you how to make a ton of money and how to reach a ton of fans. You ready? No really, this secret WILL work, it has like a 99.9% rate of success... get your notepads out... here I go... the super secret to making a living and going big!!!
Write more books.
Author Aaron Patterson: Blog: The Worst Book Ever.
That's what I keep telling people too. Stop obsessing over your one book and write more.
ReplyDeleteWrite more *great books!
ReplyDeleteWrite...write...write...It's the write way to get rich....Nice one AP...
ReplyDeleteThe .1% dice roll/coin flip (i.e. random chance) method was perpetuated by traditional publishers looking for that hit debut author that would be a bestseller based on the .1% methods rather than support an author to build up to the guaranteed 99.9% method. The remaining .1% seems to be what everyone talks about and focuses on. It has become the myth that unpublished writers cling to. Probably because the 99.9% option is 99.9% more work than the .1% random happenstance.
ReplyDeleteSo glad I found your blog! Always informative and entertaining
ReplyDelete"It was a great time and sad to say most of the panels were...well... worthless. From big publishers trying to tell a room full of writers how to make it big yet most have no clue about the market, to classes about everything but what is relevant. Needless to say there were a lot of agents and publishers that looked like zombies walking in the land of eBooks and social media."
LOL, I can visualize exactly....
Could it really be? ... Write more books? ... *gasp* Oh my gawd! It think that's actually crazy enough to work!
ReplyDeleteAaron, you rock. But you know that already, so we're cool. :)
Oooooh Big NY is sooo mad at you right now for telling "their" secret. haha!! awesome blog post, Aaron!
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