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9 Mistakes I Regretted Instantly After I Published My First Book
What (not) to do if you want your book to sell and earn royalties
There’s something about learning from your own mistakes the hard way.
As a kid, people can tell you not to poke the wasp nest all day long.
Yet you’ll probably be quick to poke it when they’re not looking.
Until you feel the first sting. Then you’ll remember the lesson forever.
Similar to that…
I was ignorant and caused the problems I had with my first book.
Despite having paid for a course that taught from experience, I knew better and cherry picked what I did.
Of course the book flopped.
Since then I’ve been applying everything I learned into the next book, and the next book, and the next.
Here are the lessons that taught me the most:
Rushing through research
I thought I knew better than to go heavy on research. My first book was only half-baked, because I based it on what I thought would be great.
Sure, you might have amazing ideas.
