Looks like Paul has made a great find – be sure to check out the links he provides (and say Thank You to Paul for sharing) 😃
Like most authors I am continuously looking for ways to do things better, not only improving my writing, my plots, characters, details and realism/escapism of my words. But also in ways to promote my work, to get my books in front of potential readers, dare I say, even to create ‘fans’ of my writing, people who just ‘cannot wait’ to read my next book.
None of these things are easy and, as I often ask myself, why do I bother at all to make my work public? Why do I publish my stories, and why, oh why do I expend so much time promoting my books and my blogs?
There must be a much easier way to achieve my goals without spending hours upon hours in front of a computer ploughing my way through the hosts of social media sites, in the hope that one person may, just may…
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I get where you’re coming from – I’ve asked myself the same questions. I’m retired; my husband thinks my writing is time-wasting so why do I do all this? So many days the graph report on my Amazon sales is a straight line. But, when a blip is there, I get such a buzz…
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Telling your own story is never a waste if time Jeanette 😃
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The Book Reviewer data base is nice but it means countless hours of digging into each of those links. Where’s the heuristics? 😉
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Do I sense another post coming out from you Massimo? 😃
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I couldn’t resist. http://massimomarinoauthor.com/the-self-published-writers-hubris/
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Shared on Twitter and my two FB Pages Massimo 😄
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Ah, I replied from Disqus. I see now you meant a post about an environment that is not just a list of things, an environment that will ‘work’ for you. Something like http://www.bookgarage.com 😉
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👍🎉😃
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I thought the same thing and I’ve done that before only to find the majority full up or not accepting for six months etc. I wish there was a way to get a tight group of objective reviewers that weren’t Kirkus charging a zillion dollars to review new books and post on the relevant sites.
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We are working for you 😉
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Thank you Chris. I am constantly finding amazing info and resources via your blog.
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Great – That’s what I like to hear KD 👍😃
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