Mike Nappa > Quotes

“Don’t assume that you are the exception.”
― Mike Nappa, 77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected

“If you want to appeal to the masses, make sure you appeal to the one. If you try to write with everybody in mind, you’ll appeal to no one because everyone will think your book is for someone else.”
― Mike Nappa, 77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected

“I am insisting that you’d better know how to spell my name before you send me a book. And you definitely should know something about my history and the kinds of books I’m looking to publish.”
― Mike Nappa, 77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected

“If you write for everyone, no one will buy. If you write for one, everyone who feels like that one will buy.”
― Mike Nappa, 77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected

“Do not say to yourself, “I’ve got a book in me!” (huge cliché anyway) and assume that means you are also competent to write a book.”
― Mike Nappa, 77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected

“There’s no law against writing a boring book…but there ought to be.”
― Mike Nappa, 77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected