ll are rather well written, most have a fresh concept, and all are pretty well edited. So in this equation, we know that bestsellers have three things in common: 1) they’re well Bestseller generally means selling a great number of books, starting around 30-50 thousand copies. Certain bookstores report the sales to certain lists and the title is listed as Bestseller. Well, many, many bookstores that sell lots of author’s books don’t report to those lists. Then there are ordinary writers like you and me who sell thousands of books on their own and they don’t report to those lists. Those lists don’t include self-published or small press writers. Many bookstores and lists that have bestsellers don’t report to Publisher’s Weekly, the New York Times and USA Today. What a huge disparity!

But I want to share with you what all such books have in common, reported and unreported— all are rather well written, most have a fresh concept, and all are pretty well edited. So in this equation, we know that bestsellers have three things in common: 1) they’re well

Bestseller. Well, many, many bookstores that sell lots of author’s books don’t report to those lists. Then there are ordinary writers like you and me who sell thousands of books on their own and they don’t report to those lists. Those lists don’t include self-published or small press writers. Many bookstores and lists that have bestsellers don’t report to Publisher’s Weekly, the New York Times and USA Today. What a huge disparity!

But I want to share with you what all such books have in common, reported and unreported— all are rather well written, most have a fresh concept, and all are pretty well edited. So in this equation, we know that bestsellers have three things in common: 1) they’re well

on their own and they don’t report to those lists. Those lists don’t include self-published or small press writers. Many bookstores and lists that have bestsellers don’t report to Publisher’s Weekly, the New York Times and USA Today. What a huge disparity!

But I want to share with you what all such books have in common, reported and unreported— all are rather well written, most have a fresh concept, and all are pretty well edited. So in this equation, we know that bestsellers have three things in common: 1) they’re well

to Publisher’s Weekly, the New York Times and USA Today. What a huge disparity!

But I want to share with you what all such books have in common, reported and unreported— all are rather well written, most have a fresh concept, and all are pretty well edited. So in this equation, we know that bestsellers have three things in common: 1) they’re well

ll are rather well written, most have a fresh concept, and all are pretty well edited. So in this equation, we know that bestsellers have three things in common: 1) they’re well written. 2) Have a fresh concept, 3) they’re well edited—no typos or verb-noun disagreement, no misspelling, or run on sentences—only if the writer is breaking the rule to prove some point.

I’ve read quite a few bestsellers that are simple and straightforward, some with twists and turns, but they all have those three qualities in common, and my writing experiences allow me to take the myth out of how they get to be bestsellers. To show that you have a bestseller in you. We all have one; it just needs to be written, edited, polished and promoted. I took five years to write my bestseller-kind-of- novel, but I had no one to teach me the next step. I’m moving toward it in the trial and error mode. I wan