No one wants to fail. Some avoid failure as best as possible, forgoing its lessons. However, failure is not bad; it is necessary for success. Read More
Rules for A Minimalist Writer
Being a minimalist writer is serious business. These are the rules you need to follow if you want to be a minimalist writer: Read More
How Much I Really Write
If someone assumes that writing my books took a lot of time, I tell them the truth: It took me one hour a day, five days a week during six to eight months to complete one of my books. Read More
First Rehearse, then Perform
„Rehearsals are where you can screw up and feel safe to experiment.“
Bruce Dickinson, What Does This Button Do? An Autobiography, 2017 Read More
Publishing Your Book #6: After Publishing
The day has come: your book has arrived at the stores and you have received your free copies. Now, there are three things for you to do: Read More
Publishing Your Book #5: You’re Finished When It’s Published
Between the time you submit the final manuscript and the time that it’s published, some months may pass. My publisher, for example, needs half a year to organize and produce the book. But why does is take so long, you might ask, and what role do you play in the process? Read More
Publishing Your Book #4: The Contract
Has your book project been accepted? Congratulations! Now the real work starts. Read More
Publishing Your Book #3: Find a Publisher
Recently, I began looking for publishers for three different book projects myself (two book ideas and a finished manuscript). Nowadays, it’s both easier and harder to find a publisher: the Internet makes it easier, because every publisher has their own website; the Internet makes it harder, because there is so much, sometimes confusing information to filter through. Here are some strategies in order to find suitable publishers. Read More
Publishing Your Book #2: What’s Your Unique Selling Point?
You may think that the „unique selling point“ is just so much marketing rhetoric and doesn’t do justice to your academic goals? Maybe that’s true, but certainly not for most publishers: marketing is their main goal; hence they need you to tell them why they should publish your manuscript. Because if it’s important to them, it needs to be important to you too. The question is, how do you show them that your manuscript is worthy of publication. Or put differently, why should they take the financial risk to produce and market your book? Read More
Publishing Your Book #1: Why Publishing with a Publisher is a Good Idea
In a time when it is possible to produce, publish and distribute books yourself, why should you make the effort to find a publisher? Why not do it the easier way, knowing that your book will definitely see the light of day? There are some reasons you should consider before embarking on a solo publishing trip. Read More