Have You Given Up On Your Book?

 

The new year brings with it resolutions to achieve great things. Some want to quit their career and enjoy retirement. Others would love to dump a job and launch a business. Some want to find true love, vacation far away, learn a new skill, take up a fun hobby, or transform their body. And millions want to write a book, get it published, and see it hit a best-seller list.   

Before Valentine’s Day hits, many people falter and lose steam. They break their vows to change, get off track from realizing their goals, or get beat up by setbacks and challenges. Still, some will remain determined to stay the course and get that book done.  

Why do some give up, while others push forward? What will it take for you to see your dream come true? When is it the right time to give up on your book?  

If you believe you truly wrote a good, possibly a great book, keep pursuing your dream. See it through to publication and then market the heck out of it. Never mind the nay-sayers, the critics, or the challenges lining up before you. A great book has a readership that just needs to discover  it exists.   

It’s easy to give up when you:

• Get a negative review
• Don’t see many book sales
• Find errors in your book
• Feel like you don’t know how to market your book
• See better books from competing authors
• Realize that many Americans don’t read books
• Understand how many books are read for free 
• Feel rejected from the news media
• Sense social media doesn’t know you exist  

But you can change all of that. 

Start getting results. 

Lean on friends for support. 

Feel inspiration around you. 

Remain determined and focused on your goals. 

Build on what works and run from what doesn’t. 

Seek professional help to get you beyond whatever limits you. 

Rejoice in critical praise. 

Remind yourself of why you wrote the book, that you love to write, and are very good at it -- and that today you will fight. 

You can always give up tomorrow. 

But you won’t.

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” -Thomas Edison, Inventor

“Behind every beautiful thing, there’s some kind of pain.”  -Bob Dylan, Singer 

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Brian Feinblum, the founder of this award-winning blog, with 3.6 million page views, can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors promote their story, sell their book, and grow their brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator!

 

About Brian Feinblum

Brian Feinblum should be followed on www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.  This award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby  http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades, including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.