Get Off Your Aspiration (And Write Something)

I’m not going to begin to try and count the number of people I know or people I’ve met who’ve told me they’re “going to write a book some day.” I can tell you how many of those I know or have met who have actually gone on to do it, and then get it published.

Two.

Robert Thompson. (And The Offsite is a cool little book, too).

And Tommy Spaulding, my oft-mentioned GTY. (It’s Not Just Who You Know, is coming out at the end of the summer).

You get the point: aspiring is one thing; doing is quite another.

So, for the somedayI’mgonnabeawriters out there, here’s a great opportunity to get off your aspiration and do something:

Biz Book Pitchfest 2010, a joint contest from Networlding and crowdSPRING, gives you the chance to pitch your idea to a panel of judges. Namely, Kevin Small, Sarah Miller Caldicott, Brett Farmiloe, Melissa Giovagnoli, and yours truly. And if you go on to win, get that puppy published.

There’s only a week left to enter, so to get all the details (and see if you qualify) go on over to Networlding now.

I promise not to Simon-Cowell you.