I've sold a lot of different product. Very briefly, I sold Time Life Books on the phone.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others.
I think I'm more marketing- and sales-oriented than others, and the notion of selling books continues to interest me.
My real life helped me sell a lot of records.
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.
I made my money by selling too soon.
All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road.
I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea.
Once you've published a few books, you drag around this ball and chain of a back list. All the evidence of how few you've sold is there. I think a lot of writers my age have this strange experience of going from would-be to has-been.
I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.