From Edie: Ready to move beyond ‘average’ as a writer? This post from DiAnn Mills will help you discover 4 practical steps to elevate your career, boost book sales, and aim for bestseller status.
Beyond Average: Proven Strategies to Elevate Your Writing Career
by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills
While working my first job, a supervisor made a comment that has haunted me over the years. He said, “Average is the best of the worst, and the worst of the best.”
Ouch. Not where I want to be. But friends, we must start somewhere and learn how to work our way up.
Publishers have a few top-selling writers; however, they have far more who sell consistently fewer books. Average writers pay the bills, and bestsellers are the perk. Although it’s nice to be needed, many writers don’t want to be shoved into a category as . . . the best of the worst and the worst of the best.
