I recently purchased the newly released Stack and tilt book and gave it quick read. I plan to give it a closer read – their were parts I liked and of course parts I didn’t like as much. I’m also considering giving the book an in-depth review here on my blog.
But with my recent book purchases (I also purchased the new Jim McClean and Hank Haney book), I started to think about the possibility of writing a second book. In fact, I’ve already had some preliminary conversations with my literary agent about it. So why another book and how would this one be different? Well, to start, I certainly haven’t changed my philosophy since the first one, but rather it would be delivering the same philosophy in a different way.
First, let me state that there is no one book that is the “end all” of golf instruction for golfers. If you’re looking for a book that has all the answers – forget it – it doesn’t exist, and this is an author stating this. Just as one method can’t work for all golfers, one book can’t have all the answers for all golfers. One book can be really helpful for one golfer and be disastrous for another and the same can be both for the same golfer – depending on how the material is interpreted and applied. I’ve read a lot of golf books and have pulled “gems” out of a book that I felt – for me – was 95% useless. I’ve read others where I felt the much of the information was very helpful.
There’s what one of my Amazon reviewers, who gave my book 3 stars, called a “reader-book mismatch”. My interpretation of this is that I was just not connecting with the reader and while I have been very fortunate that my book, “The Negotiable Golf Swing”, has received overwhelmingly positive reviews on Amazon, I’m sure there are readers out there that found my book not as helpful and disappointing and just didn’t bother to write a review.
So how can I help all of the golfers in the world? Well, I can’t. But I do believe if the next treatment of my philosophy is different then possibly I can help some of those golfers that missed my message the first time (if they give me a second chance), help golfers similar to them, and provide more help to the golfers that found my first book helpful, and help golfers who will read my second book, but didn’t read my first. And when, and if, I do write the second book, it will be with the understanding that it can’t be helpful for every golfer – that’s just something I have to accept and try to deliver a message that can help a “majority” of the golfers seeking help with their game.
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