For the self-publishers: James Patterson on CBS Sunday Morning

[mikey3times]

Check out this piece from CBS Sunday Morning.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-pattersons-reading-revolution/

- first novel got rejected 31 times

- writes 7 days per week

- currently writing shorter Bookshots, 150 pages, for our fast paced lives

- started as a copywriter and eventually became CEO of his company

- writes children's books!

- keeps writing because he loves it

 

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[Adam Nold]

That's a really good (and quick) capture of where James Patterson is at right now. He's definitely a smart and talented author/businessman. I read about a half dozen of his more-popular books a few years ago. The Alex Cross novels that I had the pleasure of reading were spot-on entertaining.

P.S.:

Earlier today I was going through YouTube, looking for videos of successful authors. Here are a couple I found that were pretty good...

Evan Carmichael's Top 10 Rules For Success of Stephen King

Evan Carmichael's Top 10 Rules For Success of J.K. Rowling

Creative Writing Lessons: Bestselling, award winning author Neil Gaiman on writing

Dean Koontz Exclusive with Raymond Arroyo