I was spammed this week by an organization that hosts book fairs. Of course, it’s all online again this year. No in-person meetings. No people walking around viewing books laid out on tables. Nobody shaking hands with literary agents. You know. It’s really…nothing of value to authors AT ALL.
If you let any other person or company host your website, they have the power to “cancel” you if they don’t like something in your book, something you wrote online, or even some of your social media posts. You may think you’re safe from this garbage right now but you never know which way the politically correct tide is going to move in the future…
Are the leaves changing yet in your neighborhood? They are here! And, what better way to entertain yourself than by entertaining US with a fantastic story on this cozy weekend?!
Will it be there be pumpkins, hay bales, and beautiful falling leaves? How about some crisp apples at an orchard? A cold wind, or an early snow perhaps? Maybe something dark and creepy awaiting unwary trick or treaters! Or…maybe not!
Running your own event online can offer the same advantages of appearing at live events, with the added bonus of reaching a wider audience, and connecting with your readers!
Big companies realize that you have to do more to attract the money that is out there. Writers have to do the same thing.
Forget what you’ve been told. Don’t believe the hype. Despite the doom and gloom predictions for the rest of the year, there will always be avenues to earn cash as a professional writer.
With each pitch I make, I ask myself three very important questions.
Don’t even WORK with a publisher who upsells authors on these kinds of (bleep)…
People are waiting to discover your book. You just have to reach out…and reply.
“It is not my intent to soft soap you but I have learned that you have a habit of telling the truth as you see it so please tell me…”
