In what I'm realizing more and more is a bit of a strange and exciting turn of events, later this week I'll be speaking at the Idaho Writers League annual conference.
My talk is going to be a little about editing, but mainly about the world of self publishing. So, when I was working up the topic proposal, I was debating what to call it. I didn't want to go for anything too bland (because I want people to come to it), but I didn't want a title that was all flash, because I also wanted people to know what to expect.
After some consideration, I came up with "The Seven Deadly Sins of Self-Publishing."
I like it. It's catchy. It's sort of self-explanatory. It's a little intriguing and a tad irreverent (which, hopefully, is what the talk will be like, too).
There's only one problem: I have to come up with Seven Deadly Sins of Self-Publishing.
Oh - and I have to make them last for 90 minutes.
(For a little context, I just read the above text out loud and timed it: 45 seconds. So I need to do something like 120 times that.)
I've got a partial outline that includes interactive moments. Q&As. And at least one quick writing exercise.
I also have a reminder to make sure that I have a very large glass of water with me.
What I don't have, so far is those Seven Sins.
Perhaps I should start with "Deadly Sin #1: Titling your book before you have any content" but that might be just a little too on the nose.
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