Write Good or Die

the key is to keep it in balance and write the next book.
    General Rule of Thumb on Self Promotion: If you are spending more money than a tiny fraction of your advance on self promotion and more time than it took to write the book on self promotion, you are doing it very, very wrong.
    Second General Rule of Thumb on Self Promotion Make your next book a better book. That’s the best thing you can do to promote your career and your writing.
    Remember that self promotion is in the distribution area of publishing. That is part of the publisher’s job to handle. If you self-publish your own book, then it’s your job, but if you are selling books to New York publishers, keep your focus on the next book.

    Dean Wesley Smith— http://www.deanwesleysmith.com
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AFTERWORD

    There you go. Now you, too, can be an award-winning, best-selling writer, preferably one who doesn’t end up like Hemingway. The only conventional wisdom I’d add is to take the advice that works and leave the rest. You decide which is which.
    Thanks for reading and good luck with your writing. Please visit http://writegoodordie.blogspot.com and share your writing advice and interact with other writers and readers. This volume will be continually updated as we come to realize everything we knew was wrong, or if smarter writers come along, or if for some reason we don’t survive.
    While this book is free wherever possible, any proceeds generated will be donated to Literacy Inc. (http://www.literacyinc.com), a non-profit organization that promotes reading for teenagers. All works are the property and copyright 2010 of the respective authors, but may be freely shared, reprinted, or published, as long as the writer’s byline and web address are included.

    Scott Nicholson

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