I am a book proposal nerd. I just love sitting out on my deck and digging in, occasionally looking up to see a monarch butterfly or two glide along the wind currents, or a hawk circle above.
I love reading about book ideas, feeling the author’s passion for her or his subject and especially adding new creative ideas to help them make the book even more resonant for their readers and more attractive to publishers.
The biggest flaw I see in most proposals is that the author’s platform isn’t quite there yet. Often, I can suggest a few ideas specific to their book to help in growing author platform now.
Sometimes aspiring authors find the advice about growing author platform frustrating:
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Adele, lots of people feel that way. Let me know if you have any questions and I’m happy to answer. Is it just, where do I put my priorities? Or how do I reach my people? Or what? And what is the genre or topic you write on?
And, Chris, thanks for sharing my post with your community!
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Welcome, Lisa, and thanks for offering your help to Adele and anyone else with similar issues 👍🤗
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I get very confused about platform building, my mind just goes, wheee, I can’t seem to get to grips with it. I get embarrassed that I can’t quite get the gist.
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In my opinion, as long as you keep your blog generally interesting, display your books and buy links on the sidebar and mention them occasionally, it’s effective, Adele 🤗❤️
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Thanks so much, Chris. xxx
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