tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525164961376721511.post4351228137369938760..comments2023-10-15T04:09:16.002-07:00Comments on A Home for Word Nerds That Kick Butt: Patience....Rebecca Woodheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106239932549493237noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525164961376721511.post-49155361917503158952009-11-06T08:35:37.729-08:002009-11-06T08:35:37.729-08:00I'm a Knight AND I get to be called sir? Aweso...I'm a Knight AND I get to be called sir? Awesome! :) Thanks so much. I may get new electric blue army boots for the honor.Angie Ledbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407006980893727627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525164961376721511.post-44634022360657418082009-11-06T06:16:42.739-08:002009-11-06T06:16:42.739-08:00Patience is something I was thinking about particu...Patience is something I was thinking about particularly during Monday's #litchat in respect to those of us who are self-publishers. It's a well-known stat that self-published books sell 40-100 copies tops. My intuition is that this is because most self-publishers try it once and give up. <br /><br />When I started Year Zero Writers, I figured it would take us 3-5 years to get anywhere, and that each of our first books would be nothing but a platform for the second, and that for the third. <br /><br />Fanbases take time to build, as does an author's voice, as do relationships in the literary world. Writing - for those who ever DO make it - is a career with one of the longest apprenticeships of any. Yet most of us expect it to happen now. <br /><br />I hope I can keep my wonderful Zeroes on board for a good three years - unless you give it at least that long you can't really say you tried. So far it's been three months. I worry most days that if we don't see big results soon people will leave. Fortunately there are enough results to keep them so far - but I echo your sentiments wholeheartedly - patience.Dan Hollowayhttp://www.yearzerowriters.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525164961376721511.post-33462606254748492792009-11-05T03:09:29.224-08:002009-11-05T03:09:29.224-08:00Thank you Brian. You've put some great though...Thank you Brian. You've put some great thoughts up on the blog this month and have been a great Word Nerd Knight, as has Nikesh. I hope you've both gained something from the experience.<br /><br />I'm reading Chris Brogan's book Trust Agents and you are the definition of a Trust Agent to me. Over the last year I have watched how much you have done to help other people and promote the work of others - whether they were clients of yours or not. Anyone who knows you well, knows how tolerant and selfless you are towards other writers and we're very lucky to have you in the online community.<br /><br />Rebecca :)<br /><br />Brian can be found here: www.The-New-Author.blogspot.comHRH Word Nerdhttp://www.rebeccawoodhead.comnoreply@blogger.com