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MARCH 4TH QUESTION: What elements do you include in your book launch? Or what do you have in mind for your future book launch? Or what advice do you have to offer to others planning to launch a book?
With a new release, I start by having an ad on eReader Cafe, for an example. I try to have a $0.99 or $1.99 sale for only a few weeks with posts on social media like FaceBook, Blue Sky, Instagram, etc. I put the novel on my BookBub and Goodreads profiles. I also make sure that my friends/acquaintances who read get a copy, and I ask for an honest review. I also run a few Amazon Ads. In this current environment where books are flooding the markets, it's very difficult to get noticed and sales.
FEBRUARY 4TH QUESTION: Many writers have written about the experience of rereading their work years later. Have you reread any of your early works? What was that experience like for you?
Yes, I have reread some of my works. I have seven novels, six novellas, and a collection of short stories. Actually, I sit and wonder how I developed a particular work and where did I get my ideas. It's rather scary to think about it. When I write, I don't outline, unless I get to a stand-still or a stop, and I have to ask myself (or my muse): where is this story going next?
I don't believe in writer's block since I've been a writer all my life, writing all kinds of copy, commercials, continuity, grants, or technical works. If you've ever worked with quick deadlines for radio or television, you know that writer's block is merely taking a break and a breath and proceeding to pound the keys and make that deadline which could be only minutes or hours away.
Basically, when I write fiction, I'm writing a story that is a movie reel running in my head, and I'm copying it to paper. People call it being a pantser instead of plotter. I think of it as knowing the beginning and ending of all my stories, but often having a sketchy middle that my muses must devise on the spot. Maybe I really need to go back and reread some more of my works and analyze them more to find out how I did it? Great February question!
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A movie reel running in my head - that's exactly how I see it as well!
ReplyDeleteSales help sometimes. Though I seem to sell more when my books aren't on a special sale. 🤷 Odd.
ReplyDelete"What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore." — Neil Gaiman
J (he/him 👨🏽 or 🧑🏽 they/them) @JLenniDorner ~ Speculative Fiction & Reference Author and Co-host of the April Blogging #AtoZChallenge international blog hop