Comments on: So You Want to Write a Book? http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/ Small Business Marketing | Marketing for Small Business Fri, 18 May 2012 09:06:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kristen Moeller http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-2163 Kristen Moeller Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:37:18 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-2163 Thank you all for your comments! Michael - I love the eye roll image... I get it. Charles - don't over niche! Rabbi Issamar - I agree! Don't wait. Rob - way to go! Jason - thank you and congratulations on completing your book. Dave - Have you read "How to Write a Book Proposal"? Please feel free to email me too. Thank you all for your comments! Michael – I love the eye roll image… I get it. Charles – don’t over niche! Rabbi Issamar – I agree! Don’t wait. Rob – way to go! Jason – thank you and congratulations on completing your book. Dave – Have you read “How to Write a Book Proposal”? Please feel free to email me too.

]]> By: Jason Dove http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-2112 Jason Dove Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:58:44 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-2112 Dave Don't take rejections personally. I have had an article refused by a popular business software website only to have them hire me to write a review: all in the same email! My book was not taken up by the first publisher I sent it to, just keep plugging away until you find someone your book fits with. And if this is your first book write at least a sample chapter to prove to agents/publishers you can actually write. Jase Dave

Don’t take rejections personally. I have had an article refused by a popular business software website only to have them hire me to write a review: all in the same email!

My book was not taken up by the first publisher I sent it to, just keep plugging away until you find someone your book fits with.

And if this is your first book write at least a sample chapter to prove to agents/publishers you can actually write.

Jase

]]> By: Rob Anspach http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-2105 Rob Anspach Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:28:32 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-2105 A great deal of authors even established ones sometimes get rejected for whatever reason... some have started their own publishing houses just to get their works out there. A great deal of authors even established ones sometimes get rejected for whatever reason… some have started their own publishing houses just to get their works out there.

]]> By: Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-2096 Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:10 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-2096 The agent for Chicken Soup for the Soul said that they received rejection letters from twenty major publishers.... The agent for Chicken Soup for the Soul said that they received rejection letters from twenty major publishers….

]]> By: Rob Anspach http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-2094 Rob Anspach Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:50:08 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-2094 ...speaking of "chicken soup" if you mail the book back to the author - they will autograph it and mail it back on their dime …speaking of “chicken soup” if you mail the book back to the author – they will autograph it and mail it back on their dime

]]> By: Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-2091 Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:48:21 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-2091 Dave, Do you know how many agents declined "chicken soup for the soul"? go to linkedin.com and join some book and author related groups. get feedback, get involved. then get introduced to an agent that represents the kind of book you are writing... Or, send it to a writer that wrote a book in the niche... and get their feedback1 Dave,

Do you know how many agents declined “chicken soup for the soul”?

go to linkedin.com and join some book and author related groups. get feedback, get involved. then get introduced to an agent that represents the kind of book you are writing…

Or, send it to a writer that wrote a book in the niche… and get their feedback1

]]> By: Dave Brown http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-2048 Dave Brown Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:53:13 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-2048 The arrticle is great. I have taken the first step and possibly a second. The proposal has been created along with a query letter. However, so far it has been rejected by 4 agents. Any suggestions to attract interest by agents? The arrticle is great. I have taken the first step and possibly a second. The proposal has been created along with a query letter. However, so far it has been rejected by 4 agents. Any suggestions to attract interest by agents?

]]> By: Steve Sipress http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-2033 Steve Sipress Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:15:57 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-2033 These excuses go for ANYTHING -- not just writing a book. Excellent suggestions for how to get past them. Thanks, Kristen. These excuses go for ANYTHING — not just writing a book.

Excellent suggestions for how to get past them.

Thanks, Kristen.

]]> By: Jason Dove http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1993 Jason Dove Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:13 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-1993 Excellent article, and so true! I spent two years thinking about writing my book, when it actually only took a year to write it once I got started! A guide to writing Crystal Reports formulas was never going to be a bestseller, but the impact on my business has been huge (in a good way!). Excellent article, and so true! I spent two years thinking about writing my book, when it actually only took a year to write it once I got started!

A guide to writing Crystal Reports formulas was never going to be a bestseller, but the impact on my business has been huge (in a good way!).

]]> By: Rob Anspach http://dankennedy.com/blog/copywriting/so-you-want-to-write-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Rob Anspach Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:23:41 +0000 http://dankennedy.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-1990 I'm actually half way through my book ... Stay tuned! I’m actually half way through my book … Stay tuned!

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