Uh, why a mailing list?

Maeve says this is a thing you should do.
…Really, I just like this picture and wanted to post it again. Look at her hair!

That’s a very good question! I have a website, a Facebook account and a Twitter account. Why on Earth would I need a mailing list too? You know, besides an excuse to give each of you a free book.

If you’re a self-published author, then you probably know the song. Because Facebook isn’t predictable about displaying posts, even if you pay them. Because Twitter is time-sensitive and if you follow more than fifty people, noticing one particular tweet is not going to happen. Because most readers aren’t exactly watching my website like a hawk (that would be boring as fuck) and even if they subscribe to the RSS feed, that’s for this blog, not book pages.

When I have new books or want to give out advance reading copies, I need a better way to contact readers. I’ve been resisting building an email list for… jeez, a couple of years now. I need a new thing to manage like I need a flaming bowling ball dropped on my hands. At least, I used to be swamped. But with Amber’s help, I finally have enough free time to get started. Yay?

And now I have a mailing list. Ta da!

So if you want to know when we publish new stuff and get a free ebook selected from our entire catalog, sign up.

Obviously, I still need some practice pitching this thing…