Greetings gentle reader!
I haven't posted here in quite some time because the recommendation that authors blog (to build readership) is more germaine to the self-help and how-to genres. (The stated purpose of author blogs is to establish yourself as an expert, so you become the go-to source for your chosen specialty/topic.
When it comes to fiction we have a different term for it. We call it 'giving away the store!'
It's been a year now since I took to facebook to promote my works and the result is more or less 'as expected'. If you don't have a marketing budget people aren't going to know your book exists.
In defense of my works, both have stood up well (meaning their subject matter hasn't become obsolete or their central premises debunked...yet)
Of course, the storylines are compelling and readers still say the story 'sucks them in' (making it difficult to put the book down...which has both it's pluses and it's downside!) At least the short stories can be completed in a short sprint instead of the marathon one of my novels can be.
But, and again we arrive at the 'problem' blogging poses for fiction writers, you aren't here to listen to me pump myself up...but if you are here for the sheer lack of anything better to do then I know of three good books that will occupy your imagination for hours if not days, should you be pressed for free time!
And if my fans are any indication, leaving you hungry for more...
Thanks for visiting,
Enjoy your day!
I haven't posted here in quite some time because the recommendation that authors blog (to build readership) is more germaine to the self-help and how-to genres. (The stated purpose of author blogs is to establish yourself as an expert, so you become the go-to source for your chosen specialty/topic.
When it comes to fiction we have a different term for it. We call it 'giving away the store!'
It's been a year now since I took to facebook to promote my works and the result is more or less 'as expected'. If you don't have a marketing budget people aren't going to know your book exists.
In defense of my works, both have stood up well (meaning their subject matter hasn't become obsolete or their central premises debunked...yet)
Of course, the storylines are compelling and readers still say the story 'sucks them in' (making it difficult to put the book down...which has both it's pluses and it's downside!) At least the short stories can be completed in a short sprint instead of the marathon one of my novels can be.
But, and again we arrive at the 'problem' blogging poses for fiction writers, you aren't here to listen to me pump myself up...but if you are here for the sheer lack of anything better to do then I know of three good books that will occupy your imagination for hours if not days, should you be pressed for free time!
And if my fans are any indication, leaving you hungry for more...
Thanks for visiting,
Enjoy your day!
