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Are
you “Published” period.
(Not
a question, but a statement.)
This
little post is about the importance of being a “published”
author. I don’t care who you are, there is something to be said
for anyone who is published. If we are in a group of people and you
say you’re a published author, it affects the way people look at
you, speak to you and listen to you. We somehow revere you to be
accomplished. We listen as you speak, almost to see if your sentence
structure is correct. This of course in ridiculous because you
don’t carry an editor in your cheek to edit the words as they
flow through your mouth on their way to our ears, but we somehow
expect it. We look at your clothes, your style, your hand jesters, in
general, your mannerisms. This also affects how we speak, how we
stand and even how we’re holding our arms and hands. We start to
scrutinize our own speech and vocabulary. It’s a good thing we
aren’t asked to spell anything we’re saying at the
moment—spell checkers are handy, but we don’t carry one of
those in an earpiece like our author friend.
This
“being affected moment” happened to me recently. I
received a call from a woman that had some questions and needed
pricing on her publishing project. Now, I get many calls a day from
authors asking standard questions to received standard answers and I
proceeded to give her what she needed. As we got more into the
details of title and subtitle I shared with her some of my thoughts.
After a few minutes, she told me she had been published. I kid
you not! I had a change come over me (a noticeable physical and
emotional change) and it stayed with me throughout the balance of our
conversation. Yes, she was everything I had explained above; refined,
accomplished, knowledgeable —even witty. Was she really? I
don’t know and that doesn’t matter, but at that moment, I
perceived her to be.
Those
you're standing with in your group may be curious. They may ask some
questions. They may ask in what field of interest you wrote your
book. But etiquette should prevail and specific details should remain
unasked, after all, you’re a published author.
What
an advantage to go from, “I'm working on it,” or
“It’s still a manuscript (we all have one of those),”
to “I’ve published a book.”
Give
me a call and let’s give you a new “calling card”
– your finished book.
Disclaimer: Not
responsible for advice, ideas, suggestions and/or
programs. By
mentioning these programs or any other program, I’m in no way
endorsing these or any other programs for you and/or your project.
Any advice, ideas or suggestions and/or programs mentioned are
considered my opinion only and am considered not liable. Not
responsible for sales or lack of sales of your project.
Brian@SunriseBooks.com
SunrisePublishing@gmail.com |
