Have you started to build your author platform yet? Or do you get stuck on trying to figure out which channels you should be on? Authors are expected to have a social media presence. Expected. Not only by their fans and readers, who want to connect and fan all over them, but also by publishers […]
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There was a time when most of the writers I knew, including myself, were introverts. We didn’t much care to leave the house, so staying handcuffed to a computer and surrounded by books instead of people was what we looked forward to. But it’s not that we didn’t want to be around people. It’s sometimes exhausting
Authors sit down to start writing and dozens of thoughts run through their minds. Character development, plot points, story structure, settings…. Not so many thoughts about marketing, though. Not that I can blame them — no one ever says “when I grow up, I’m going to write the next great American novel so I can
Are you constantly watching your social media followers and engagement rates? As much as we are lovers of words, authors are number-watchers. How many followers do I have? How many books have I sold? How many people have voted on this poll? Did someone just unlike my page?In other words…. Do they love me? What
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If you’re not using Twitter as a part of your author platform, you are doing yourself a huge disservice. But if you are on Twitter, then knowing how to maximize your presence on Twitter before it sucks up all your time becomes the next important task. First of all, Twitter is all about conversations. Unlike
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