Do you have an elevator speech? Book writers are told that they need an ‘elevator speech’ — a one-minute pitch for when they inadvertently meet their star-maker. It’s also useful for talking about one’s book with everyone else.
Theoretically, that is. My elevator speech rarely gets past the first floor.
But I love my books, which is why I keep at them. My two novels are in the final edit phase as I build an audience of followers (that means you, dear reader) who I hope will be interested in them when they’re self-published. They’re narrated by a 40-year-old woman, in the form of letters to a deceased grandmother.
“An epistolary novel: written in the form of a series of letters.” Merriam-Webster Dictionary
The Hope Part of this Post: This video reminds me of me pitching my book — and Maria Keogh Semple’s “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” did great!
Here’s part 2 of her pitching (this time to another very successful author), which is also shown comically yet realistically…
Semple’s book is so successful that Cate Blanchette is starring in a movie version of it!
What’s been people’s reaction when you tell them about your books?
Happiness Between Tails by da-AL 
I wish you success with your two books. I know what you’re going through at the moment and share it with you: my own e-pub path involves a quint, with each of the five books topping 100+ words. My intention is to publish the first 3 books together and follow up quickly with the remaining two (thus all must be ready to go before I can put the first one out there.
My elevator pitch? I’ve not yet perfected it, It runs something like: The Mythic Quest of an earth-bound divine with epic amnesia and a need to discover what sin has earned her this banishment
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wishing you the very best 🙂
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I thank you. 🙂
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lol these videos are funny and accurate. Developing a pitch is hard work.
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somehow it’s easier to talk about someone else’s work, no?
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lol – definitely!
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Well, I am not a writer in the sense of the word, I guess…at least I am not trying to publish any books, etc.. however, like a book, any writing I would do would come from the heart, not just to publish something… “I do not do, say or write something to been seen or heard… I do, say or write something because it needed to be done, said or written…” (Larry “Dutch” Woller)
I would self-publish in order to insure that my words and thoughts would be published, not those of others in order for them to gain fame or fortune… 🙂 … and seeing as how my writings and thoughts would come from my heart and are a part of me and my life and there is no way I could explain my life in one minute to anyone, the one minute elevator speech would not work for me… 🙂
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” Gustave Flaubert
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Not past the first floor!! Very funny. It is a tough business!! But, there are more doors open to emerging writers than ever before. Blessings on your writing and publishing!
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Much appreciate it, Nora – wishing you the best with your writing, too ❤
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