What Toastmasters has taught me about book contests

If you published a book, you probably want to enter it in a book contest. If you win, you will get a nice sticker to put on your cover and ads. If you don’t, you still get something all authors need: Someone to read your writing.

I’ve been an entrant and a judge of book contests. The experience reminds me of something I did years ago, Toastmasters speech contests. Like book…