INTRODUCING TOUCHY SUBJECT TUESDAYS

This post introduces "Touchy Subject Tuesdays," a series of weekly posts addressed to stuff few of us writers want to talk about and even fewer want to hear.

Today'stopic speaks directly to all of you hoping to get your book(s) published, and starts with a little math assignment.

Think back on the past twelve months and guesstimate how much money you spent on buying books. Specifically, books that are written by living authors, are new rather than used, come from the midlist (the ranks of ordinary writers) rather than the best-seller list, and are in genres other than reference.

Note that the question isn't how many such books you read, but how many you actually bought. You don't have to be accurate down to the last twenty bucks, but do be reasonably honest.

Once you have a number in mind, click here to get the rest of the assignment. You'll be directed to a confidential page on my bookstrategy.com/artybutsmarty.com web site, but I hope you'll come back and visit the blog again after you're finished there!