Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 449 - The Myth of "Upload Your Book And They Will Come"
Dec 15, 2025
46:47
In this solo episode, Mark reads from an article that he recently shared on the Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing Substack page.
This is be Part 2 of a two-part series of episodes. (See Part 1)
Prior to the main content of this episode, Mark shares a personal update, comments from recent episodes, and a word from this episode's sponsor.
This episode is sponsored by The 7 P's of Publishing Success by Mark Leslie Lefebvre, which you can download in eBook and/or Audiobook format for free at this link.
Links of Interest:
- Article: The Myth of "Upload Your Book And They Will Come": Why PATIENCE AND PRACTICE matter just as much for self-published authors
- Article: When Your Writing Gets Rejected "A Gazillion" Times: Why PATIENCE and PRACTICE are two of the hallmarks of publishing success
- EP 446 - The Future of Hybrid Publishing with J.D. Barker
- EP 445 - Overcoming The Self Sabotage From Buried Trauma with Andrea Torrey Balsara
- Manuscript Report (Mark's affiliate link - use MARK10 to save 10%)
- Buy Mark a Coffee
- Patreon for Stark Reflections
- Mark's YouTube channel
- ElevenLabs (AI Voice Generation - Affiliate link)
- Mark's Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup)
- An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and Libraries
- The Relaxed Author
- Publishing Pitfalls for Authors
- An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores
- Wide for the Win
- Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books
- The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Yippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard
- Merry Christmas! Shitter Was Full!: A Trivia Guide to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- I Think It's A Sign That The Pun Also Rises
The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast ("Laser Groove") was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0