With help from friends such as Chris Stevenson and Bob Andelman, I have been doing my best to create online interest for my fantasy series. This involves spending a lot of time doing interviews, posting on writers sites such as AW, blogging, and otherwise spreading the word as many ways as humanly (or maybe I should say, computer-ly) possible. Any of you who has done the same knows what I'm talking about. For the most part it's fun and you meet a lot of intelligent people, but it is very time consuming -- as in, the more you do it, the less you write.
Unless you've signed with a major publisher that has its own built-in mega-marketing machine, self-promoting is an integral part of the game. But the writer walks a fine line between building interest and becoming annoying. I'm doing my best to stay away from the annoying part, but I doubt I've been entirely successful. If I've already turned anyone off, I apologize.
What will be the end result of all this? I'll begin to find out in September when Book One makes its debut. Until then, I can only hope for the best -- and continue to work my ass off.
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About Me
- Jim Melvin
- Clemson, SC, United States
- I was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., but grew up in St. Petersburg, Fla. I graduated from the University of South Florida (Tampa) in 1979 with a B.A. in Journalism. I now live in South Carolina near the Blue Ridge Mountains, a pleasant setting for writing, to say the least. I was an award-winning journalist at the St. Petersburg Times for twenty-five years and I currently work at the Charlotte Observer. I am married with five daughters.
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Jim Melvin, a veteran journalist, debuts as novelist.
4 comments:
Good luck!
I am quite a believer in shameless self-promotion myself. Hope the hard work indeed pays off!
For you too!
For all of us!
Oh, gosh, I don't think one can do enough self-promoting. And for what it's worth, as far as I've seen, you aren't in the least bit annoying :)
That's very nice of you to say. Thanks so much!
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