What I've learned in the last few days.

We never know where we'll learn about writing or publishing. Here I am at my husband's 50th Officer Candidate School reunion. You know about my book. At one time the goal was to get the book out to market to these men. But due to some concerns about the writing, that idea was scrapped and was probably a good decision.

So the man in charge of the reunion said, "When I was looking for Tom Troestler on the internet to get his address, all I came up with was Carol Troestler. Then I went to authorsden to investigate Carol and decided to join and write." I love that stuff.

Next, a man here has just gotten a book published with a reputable publisher I had queried in response to the suggestion of another publisher. So we talked about marketing expectations, publishing etc., and he is going to email me a contact person.

Then I presented my brochures and interview questions and the man in charge announced that I was looking for individual's stories. Today he told me, "After reading some of your materials, you need more stories from women." So all day today I encouraged the wives, who said their husbands were going to answer my interview questions, to include their own stories.

When I get this book right it will be published, by someone somewhere.

You just never know where encouragement will come from. It shows me I need to keep talking, keep searching, that there is always room for improvement, and when it gets improved enough it will be published.

If I say that enough I will begin to believe it.

Carol

Good for you, Carol, I hope you get your wish.

Believe it!

Ann

When you least expect it...

Malcolm

Carol Troestler wrote:

When I get this book right it will be published, by someone somewhere.

I'm sure it will be. Why wouldn't it? You have a marketable idea and can write. Just stick to it -get a little bit done each day.

If even half the people who have promised me stories send them, I will have some work to do editing them and putting them in the proper place in the book.

Thanks Ann, LC, Alice, and Malcolm.

Carol

Well, if they don't send them, you can always make them up, haha.

I went to a marketing seminar where the guy said he wrote the endorsements and sent them to people, asking them if he could say they said what he wrote. He said no one told him ''no."

As Malcolm said, "when you least expect it..."

A truism: "If you keep throwing things on the wall, some of it will stick."

Carol, your perseverence will pay off.

You are definitely on the right track, Carol! I would wish you the best of luck, but I don't believe in luck. I believe things happen the way they are suppose to happen. Had you had the book published before, then you wouldn't have had these wonderful experiences to make the book even better.

I congratulate you!