- Quit your day job today and live off your savings for the three weeks necessary to accomplish steps 2-6.
- Become a good writer while writing your first book. (Ten days max.)
- Establish your author platform (Three days.)
- Develop a creative voice and style like none other to stun and create awe in the hearts of readers. (Two days.)
- Get an agent. (Another two days.)
- Get published and start making money (Four days.)
- Care deeply about what you write, but not so deeply you reject editing or suggestions.
- Treat deadlines as important, even those self-imposed. They aren’t set just for fun. Deadlines make things happen.
- Recommend books to others, which are not written by you. They’ll believe you more when you tell them about your new book.
- Care about other people more than yourself…or a copy of your new book.
- Give courage to other aspiring authors. Courage is currency given one to another. (Where do you think “encourage” came from?)
- Decide how you want to be remembered. Conduct yourself accordingly.