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Originally Posted by dorotea
My two cents  :
I think the most important part of all is to create high quality stories. If the few people that start reading your stories like it, they will pass along the word and the stone gets rolling. Therefore, I think that a good way to start promoting your writings is by 'befriending' influencial bloggers. A.k.a. you ask them to read your story and write an honest review about it.
Also, I think it's important that people have the chance to get to know the author. This means you have to get yourself out on the internet! Make sure that when people read about you, they will also get triggered to read your story. You don't have to make a fancy website, a Wordpress template will do as well. Just make sure it looks nice & professional, e.g. for wordpress blogs I would buy a package that includes your own domain and has some webspace (like, for example, this one: http://www.1and1.co.uk/wordpress-blogs ). Also, make sure you use a nice template design and ofcourse, that the information on your website is well written. |
I guess I'm one of the weirdos. I have precisely zero interest in the author, their personal life, their dog's life, etc. I think that getting to know authors is, by and large, probably like finding out about movie stars--that's absolutely diminished my enjoyment of many, MANY movies, once I find out what a twerp somebody really is. I also think that blogging is an overrated activity for most authors, and that it takes away from their commercial writing time. I've read exactly two blogs, by authors (I own over 6K books) over the years. So....take that for what it's worth.
I'll also say that I would NEVER consider a 1st part of a serial from an unknown. I won't even buy GOT until it's finished. I got burned by an author on a trilogy, nearly two decades ago--she STILL hasn't written the last book--and I'm not getting hung out to dry like that again. Lots of writers have one chapter in them. Many have 10. Not many can finish a book that will keep my interest, and if they do, I want to be sure that I'm not stiffed. LOTS of readers check to see what you've finished and published previously. 3 is the magic number--THREE full books. Not 3 parts of a serial; three complete books, anthologies--something.
Offered FWIW.
Hitch