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Mark Gilroy January 31, 2012

My Book Is at Press – What Do I Do With All My Free Time? (video)

What does an author do after his or her book goes to press? Is it time to kick back and recover after the drive to get the content just right? Or is there more work to do?

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  1. Jay Cookingham says

    February 1, 2012 at 11:32 am

    Really enjoyed that Mark…I suppose an author’s work is never done!

  2. Mark Gilroy says

    February 1, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    As someone wisely said to me today, you better be as passionate about marketing your book as you were about writing it.

  3. P. J. Casselman says

    February 1, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Good vid, Mark! Work on that next book so we don’t have to wait another year! 😛
    So true about marketing…A buried treasure is just another mound of dirt unless it gets discovered.

  4. Mark Gilroy says

    February 1, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    We are looking at November 2012 for book 2 – thanks P.J.!

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