I’m delighted to be a recent interviewee at Publishing Trendsetter, where I discuss what I’ve learned about building a personal brand and publishing career.
Here’s a snippet of what I say:
Remember that you’re the one who tells the story about your life and career—particularly at your own website—so tell it in a way that attracts the right opportunities to you. The goal is to have a cohesive message surrounding your name and the kind of work you do or want to do.
Click here to read the full interview.
And recently this blog was featured over at Publishers Weekly as Six Great Blogs for Indie Authors—a great round-up for just about any author, not just indies.
Jane Friedman has spent nearly 25 years working in the book publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend reporting. She is the editor of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World in 2023. Her latest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press), which received a starred review from Library Journal. In addition to serving on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Creative Work Fund, she works with organizations such as The Authors Guild to bring transparency to the business of publishing.
Great article, Jane. I read it and commented. Thanks for the tips. 🙂
Appreciate it!
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This really spoke to me Jane. Beautiful advice. Don’t know if I qualify as “young” anymore but it definitely resonated with me.
Thank you! 🙂
Very nice. I read this at Publishing Trendsetter and loved it. I like the advice about managing as a manager and not friends – well that is paraphrased as you said you can’t be friends with past friends and peers once you become the manager. I think that would be difficult, especially if the past friendship was long or close. What about managing a relative?
I can say that it is extremely difficult, having been in that situation myself and thinking it was possible to successfully switch between the roles. It really isn’t. Same would be true with relatives; most businesses don’t allow relatives to report to one another due to a clear conflict of interest.