This post is not about project management but about identifying an opportunity, business and self management. Something PMs need to understand no matter what industry the specialize in, they need to connect with the ‘business’ end of the work.

In the last year I’ve worked with a great business partner to bring an e-publishing company to life. PaperBoxBooks works with new authors to help them find their on-line reader. We created it to fill a gap we found between the way traditional publishers saw the market and the new fast growing e-publishing world.

Today – almost 12 months to the date we started talking about PaperBoxBooks – we officially launch Fiction Therapy. We found that new authors are hungry for feedback that helps them improve their writing and we weren’t able to devote the time to our PaperboxBooks authors that we wanted to. So, along came Fiction Therapy, a place for authors to hear the good, the bad, and the – well maybe not ugly but fixable?

From a PM perspective we did all the right things for initiation: strategies, smart goals, success measures.

From a business perspective, well that remains to be seen.

If you are a writer or know someone who is interested in getting feedback on their writing, check out Fiction Therapy.  If you want to follow us on Twitter we’re @fictiontherapy you can learn about special offers or giveaways.

As for self management, if I want to add anything else to my plate, I have to let something go. Not something my inner change junkie wants to hear.

Happy PMing

Perry

If you like fantasy romance and read ebooks, check out Off Track by Alice Griffiths (my romantic pen name).