Terry Shames's Blog: 7 Criminal Minds, page 25

How to Become a Best-Selling Writer, and Other Bullshit, by Josh Stallings

Q: We all have to promote our work if we want to succeed, but there’s a lot of ground between hiding one’s light under a bushel and being that pushy author people hide from at events. What are your best promo ideas and what’s the most egregious hard-selling you’ve come across?

A: First off, this is a vital discussion for anyone working in a creative job. If you haven't read the responses from my fellow Criminal Minds this week, do. It’s a quick and free masterclass in how to honorably promote you...

In my book, in my book, in my book . . . by Catriona

We all have to promote our work if we want to succeed, but there’s a lot of ground between hiding one’s light under a bushel and being that pushy author people hide from at events. What are your best promo ideas and what’s the most egregious hard-selling you’ve come across?

It's not egregious hard-selling
if it's out next month. Right?

I think we usually adopt the position that these questions drop from the sky, don't we? In fact, we bloggers take turns dreaming them up for the month and this i...

Help others, help yourself by Eric Beetner

 We all have to promote our work if we want to succeed, but there’s a lot of ground between hiding one’s light under a bushel and being that pushy author people hide from at events. What are your best promo ideas and what’s the most egregious hard-selling you’ve come across?

How to get your book out there is the million dollar question facing authors. In the absence of a marketing budget and the unwillingness to pay out-of-pocket for PR (it's a hard sell to my wife to convince her that me spendin...

Nobody Knows Nada, by Gabriel Valjan

Nobody Knows Nada

 

We all have to promote our work if we want to succeed, butthere’s a lot of ground between hiding one’s light under a bushel and beingthat pushy author people hide from at events. What are your best promo ideas and what’s the most egregioushard-selling you’ve come across?

 

I think it’s safe to say these two things:

 

1. Nobody knows what works

 

2. Most writers are introverts, so self-promotion ‘feels’uncomfortable.

 

Implicit in the question...

Do What I Say, Not What I Do

 Q: We all have to promote our work if we want to succeed, but there’s a lot of ground between hiding one’s light under a bushel and being that pushy author people hide from at events. What are your best promo ideas and what’s the most egregious hard-selling you’ve come across?

 

From Susan

 

I’m a mid-mid-list author with great professional reviews, a tiny cohort of Amazon individual reviewers, friends and readers who show up at my launch events and buy many books at the store. The bookstore likes ...

Cooking versus cushions - by Harini Nagendra

 November is a busy month, at least in the USA. Some people send out for, pay someone to, decide to stop bothering with . . . the same things other people lovingly prepare, take pride in, look forward to. What bits of adult life would you ditch / have you ditched? What "chores" feel like treats?

November is a bittersweet month for me. It signals the end of the year, reminding me of the many promises I made to myself in January, which I didn't quite get to - but then, after November comes December...

My Work Is Never Done from James W. Ziskin

November is a busy month, at least in the USA. Some people send out for, pay someone to, decide to stop bothering with . . . the same things other people lovingly prepare, take pride in, look forward to. What bits of adult life would you ditch / have you ditched? What "chores" feel like treats?

Me doing a chore poorly so I won’t be asked to do it again.

I’m a doer. Not some spoiled rich kid with people to do my bidding. I handle these tasks myself.

So what are some of my regular chores? 

1.) I keep ...

Bring on the donkey work

November is a busy month, at least in the USA. Some people send out for, pay someone to, decide to stop bothering with . . . the same things other people lovingly prepare, take pride in, look forward to. What bits of adult life would you ditch / have you ditched? What "chores" feel like treats?

by Dietrich

Like anybody, I’m all for ditching chores I don’t like to do. Who wouldn’t want to have more time for the fun stuff? It’s better to be munching a carrot than doing the donkey work, but let’s ...

Let me Cook!

 

Terry here, with our autumn topic. November is a busy month, at least in the USA. Some people send out for, pay someone to, decide to stop bothering with...Thanksgiving dinner! While others lovingly prepare, take pride in, look forward to doing it. What bits of adult life would you ditch / have you ditched? What “chores” feel like treats? 
 I love this question. Let’s start with “treats.” I know several people who hate to cook, and for them it’s a chore. Me? By now, everyone probably knows tha...

Finding Our Groove

November is a busy month, at least in the USA. Some people send out for, pay someone to, decide to stop bothering with . . . the same things other people lovingly prepare, take pride in, look forward to. What bits of adult life would you ditch / have you ditched? What “chores” feel like treats?

Brenda starting off the week.

Being an adult means doing a lot of repetitive chores - cleaning, shopping, cooking, paying bills, and on and on. All of these tasks are real time-eaters, and as every writer o...