Self-Promotion
My friend, Earl Creps, just posted a great thought on his writing journey. His book, Off-Road Disciplines, comes out in September.
Earl says something really profound on one of his blog posts: "Perhaps we can promote ourselves without being self-promoting. The daylight between the two might be called humility."
I totally resonate with what Earl says because I really struggle with anything that hints at self-promotion. At the same time, if an author really believes in what they write, they want anybody and everybody to buy their book. So there is a tension. How do you promote your book in a way that doesn't smack of self-promotion :)
Ultimately, I would like to think that In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day will promote Jesus :) I think that is my job as an author. I'm not just introducing myself. I'm introducting Jesus.
Earl says something really profound on one of his blog posts: "Perhaps we can promote ourselves without being self-promoting. The daylight between the two might be called humility."
I totally resonate with what Earl says because I really struggle with anything that hints at self-promotion. At the same time, if an author really believes in what they write, they want anybody and everybody to buy their book. So there is a tension. How do you promote your book in a way that doesn't smack of self-promotion :)
Ultimately, I would like to think that In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day will promote Jesus :) I think that is my job as an author. I'm not just introducing myself. I'm introducting Jesus.
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Thanks for the post about the book, Mark. I'm really westling with the promotional side of being a writer. Don't get me wrong, there's a part of me that loves the marketing angle. Being a communication guy, that side of things all feels good to me.
This is ironic given that O-RD is about leaders de-centering themselves and re-centering Christ. All 12 disciplines in the book (e.g., reverse mentoring) are oriented that way.
No one has even read O-RD and I'm already having to work through whether the writing/publishing/marketing process is re-centering me.
Well...maybe that can be the subject of the next book...
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