The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Promoting one's own work is as self-serving and annoying as a mother praising only her own child.
- In plain terms
- Authors promoting themselves are like parents bragging about kids.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid self-promotion when possible.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you feel when people promote themselves?
- When is self-promotion actually necessary?
Another view
Authors often must self-promote to survive in modern markets.
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