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Polly Letofsky

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Polly Letofsky is best known for being the first woman to walk around the world. It took five years to complete her walk and another six years to write the book about her journey.

After a series of bad choices in her publishing endeavors, she launched into a deep dive to study the industry. The results were six national awards for her book, 3mph: The Adventures of One Woman’s Walk Around the World, and the eventual beginning of My Word! Publishing, a self-publishing project management and consulting business.

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	How to Bring Your Book to Life This Year: An Exploratory Guidebook on Writing and Self-Publishing by Andrea Costantine (Goodreads Author), Lisa J. Shultz (Goodreads Author), Polly Letofsky (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Stories that hit the editing room floor

An author of mine came to the table with a 200k-word memoir. We discussed that she should really try to cut the manuscript at least in half, or she’ll end up with an enormous, hard-to-market, unaffordable 700-page book.

She explained that the idea of cutting some of the anecdotes was painful because it would not tell the complete story, and she’d feel disloyal by ditching them.

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“When you change the way you look at things; the things you look at change.”
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“Even people who know nothing about Greece know something about Greece. The very name sparks visions of ancient civilizations that dominated the Mediterranean.”
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“When you change the way you look at things; the things you look at change.”
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“Every single road in the world is somebody's neighborhood, part of somebody's everyday routine and comfort zone. Why, I then reasoned, couldn't I be perfectly comfortable walking down their road?”
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“Women who behave rarely make history.”
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“Fear’s power lies in its ability to make us believe we are alone, abandoned to the mercy of monsters, beasts, and demons. To the extent that we discover strategies to overcome that sense of isolation, we find courage. —Allan J. Hamilton, M.D. Brain Surgeon, Professor, Horse Trainer & Behaviorist”
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