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Transcript:

So, today's topic is one that's very near and dear to my heart, largely because it's a feeling that, and it's a topic that I've experienced myself, but it's also one of those things that a lot of my clients have experienced, whether they recognize it or not. It's one of those things that I see in people a lot, I, that I witness them experiencing whether, yeah, whether they realize it or not.

So, it, it's ultimately overthinking. I think overthinking is one of the things that holds people back so much when it comes to launching a book. And, you know, it's, it's not one of those things that we're gonna solve in this podcast episode. Like, we're not gonna solve this problem right now. But my hope is that we can each walk away with like, Okay, am I overthinking something right now?

What am I overthinking that is paralyzing me and preventing me from actually making some forward progress on my project? So, for me, overthinking looked like a few things. It honestly showed up before I even wrote the book. And it came up in the form of not knowing Which route to go for publishing? Do I go the self publishing route?

Do I look into getting a literary agent and going after a traditional publishing deal? Do I look into a hybrid publisher to help me through the process? I felt like I needed to do the research to figure out exactly how best to go after the process. Once I made that decision, then I was able to pursue the next steps.

So like for me, I had a, an outline and, you know, I, that's about as far as I got for a long time. Once I decided and gave myself the permission to move forward with the self publishing route, I felt like I had a game plan and knew what to do. Then I could write the rest of my manuscript. But until I had that permission almost, I felt a little strange about, Doing too much work that might just get ripped to shreds and not ever see the light of day.

And at the time, like, I just wanted to be smart with my time and make sure I was investing my efforts in things that were gonna work. So, once I went the self publishing route, then it was like I was off to the races. But there's other points in the process where I see people get stuck as well. Um, another big spot where I see people get stuck is figuring out their book title.

Now, don't get me wrong, coming up with a book title is extremely difficult in my...