Why Do Authors Lie to Themselves?

Authors lie to themselves daily. They say things that won’t happen, promise what they won’t deliver on, and vow to do something that they have no real intention of doing. Why?

You know what gets said. Writers will say:

“I need to do x.”
But they fail to do it.

“I want to do x.”
Buy they don’t do it.

“I should do x.”
But nothing is done.

“I deserve x.”
But zero is done to achieve it.

“I will do x.”
Nope, not at all.

Authors must have PTSD from all of the psychological wars they wage routinely with themselves. They exhibit a great range of athleticism in their psychological gymnastics, but in the end, they fall flat.

Wishes get made but not acted upon; empty promises are stated, but go unfulfilled; and vows are said without backing them up. Writers bullshit themselves.

It is time to act, not talk.
Time to do, not think.
Authors, you get what you deserve, based on what you do. 

 

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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.