According to BookScan US there were 1.24 million titles in print in 2004. The average sale per title through book stores was 15 copies. Only ten titles sold over 1 million copies in 2004 while 948,000 titles sold less than 100. These are the facts of publishing, but it should not stop a writer from going after their dreams. Fortunately there are accomplished writers that are willing to help.
Terry Whalin Will Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams
Terry Whalin has been published in more than 50 magazines and written over 60 books. He has been an acquisitions editor for a major publishing house, a literary agent, and is Vice President and Publisher at Intermedia Publishing Group. Whalin has concentrated his invaluable experience in the publishing world with his latest book Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams: Insider Secrets to Skyrocket Your Success.
The subtitle of the book is not overstated. Whalin is an insider to the publishing if ever there was one. He is a success story that is to be duplicated. Fortunately he is sharing what he knows with writers so that they may be more successful.
Steps to a Successful Writing Career
One of the most important pieces of advice Whalin gives in Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams is to start small. He describes his career with the age old adage, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” Whalin talks about how his writing career started and he started small. He wasn’t born with 60 plus books under his belt.
Many writers have a dream of being a bestselling author. What those writers don’t understand is there are small steps that could smooth the way to publication. Whalin gives many examples of how a writer can start out small in the publishing world and build stepping stones to their dreams. In fact there are three and half pages of ideas where a beginning writer can get their feet wet. This just scratches the surface.
A Guide for Amateur or Experienced Writers
No matter where a writer is on their journey they will find something in Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams. Whalin packs the book with his experience which is extensive. Whalin teaches the beginning writer how to gain publishing experience and the value of apprenticeship. For the experienced writer Whalin helps to build their platform and create a presence online.
Whalin packs this book with important tips and insight on the publishing world. At the end of each chapter Whalin has a section called Dig Deeper which gives additional resources such as books and websites for the reader to learn even more about the subject matter of each chapter. Another section and the end of each chapter is called Awaken Your Dreams helps the writer to evaluate how they will make use of the information in each chapter.
Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams is just Whalin’s latest book to help writers. He has a website and newsletter that is stuffed with helpful information. He has also written Book Proposals That Sell: 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success that has helped many writers get published.
Nearly every page of Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams has valuable information. It has so much information that this is a book that should be on all writers’ book shelf. Terry Whalin should be commended for all of his help to the writing community and for such an informative book as Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams.
Shane Werlinger - Shane Werlinger has been published in anthologies and written reviews and articles for BuddyHollywood.com and reviews for Infuze Magazine ...
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