"Here, There and Everywhere"

When you're a self-published author, you're basically a one-man band, promoting your book. And so... I bought postcards and business cards from CreateSpace and created a separate card for myself as a writer. With a friend's assistance, I designed flyers and purchased print ads in the "Lambda Literary Review" and "The New York Review of Books." With legwork, phone calls and emails, I managed to get my novella into bookstores and libraries in Manhattan, Long Island, Boston and Provincetown. I entered literary contests, subscribed to "Writers Digest" and "Poets & Writers" and joined the National Writers Union. I solicited critiques from Kirkus Indie Review and BookPleasures.com, which I had reprinted in the front of my book. And I have done a number of readings in bookstores, cafes and public libraries in Manhattan and on Cape Cod. Also, as a member of the NWU, I do readings and book signings at the annual Brooklyn Book Festival. This coming Friday I will be attending the United Federation of Retired Teachers Book Fair in lower Manhattan. And the beat goes on...