I feel very good going into
the new year! The past year saw my
second print book, “Tarot, Rituals, and You” http://tinyurl.com/aywlljb , go into
publication (it is due out from Schiffer Publishing in June of 2013), and a
self-help book, “Surviving the Holidays” http://tinyurl.com/bfsyfxd, released through the Amazon Kindle program. I have an outline ready for a
second Kindle book that should be up by the end of March, at the latest. I set
the groundwork, along with a friend, to co-author a book on empowerment, and am
working with another friend on a companion book to a Tarot project that she is
working on. Then there is the mystery book that I have the backbone ready to
build on. It is going to be exciting, and very, very busy!
What was left over from
2012 was not necessarily something that needed to be brought to closure, it was
more building on what was there. Setting up informational pages for my books,
and deciding how and where I am going to promote them. I have a new voice
recognition system (Dragon) that I am working with (it is still in the “getting
to know” stages), which should streamline my writing.
Over the past few years I
have learned a lot about the writing process. The biggest misconception – that it
is a linear process. I find myself working on one or more projects, while
outlining another one. I have to pay attention to making professional contacts
wherever possible, and make a consistent effort on the social media sites.
Probably the most surprising thing to me was the fact that I need to plan for
promotion before a project is done – to know how, when, and where I want to
promote my work. I love what I am doing – which is fortunate, because it is a
lot of work!
I do have one link that I
would like to share with you - http://writetodone.com/2013/01/02/writing-brand/. This is a wonderful article on ways to develop and protect your writing
brand. (You did realize that you needed to first find your voice, and then
brand your writing, yes?) You need to be able to envision your brand (form a
clear picture of it in your mind), format how you are going to market it, know
what is important to you, and deal with the details one at a time. BTW – There is
a freebie right at the top of the page – an e-book entitled “The (nearly)
Ultimate Guide To Better Writing”!
What does 2013 hold for
you?
© January 2013 Bonnie Cehovet
Mine has got off to a fairly dreadful start, so just hoping that things improve :/
ReplyDeleteI had a go at Dragon a while ago, but found it much slower simply because of all the mistakes it made and it required me to speak more slowly than I can type LOL Perhaps the software has improved since.