Everyday is a holiday in America, so tomorrow is Bknights Fiverr day for me, the most cryptic day of the year, but maybe also the most profound. Tomorrow, will be the first day I've ever done any advertising for a book, and that's remarkable. I've been "self-advertising" since November, but what's happening tomorrow feels very different, or maybe I won't feel anything at all. I could sell no books tomorrow, and get absolutely no push on "If So Carried," and have to accept this is possible. Let's face it, I don't know much about Bknights except from what I've read online, and my "title, blurb, cover," could be all wrong!
The only thing I can say for myself in the face of failure is that I'm one man and I've tried very hard to play it to line and do what the readers except of a book to interest them since it's readers I'm writing for, and one or two illiterates who pick up a book every seven years and get something out of it. Sure, I'm writing for myself too, and if you don't do this I highly doubt your writing will mean anything to anyone else, but I really think this story has merit and why I'm trying to publish it. This will probably be important to remember when my sales reach almost nothing tomorrow.
*Did another BKnights run and it felt more hollow this time. I hope whoever bought my book likes it, but it didn't feel as good as getting people to buy it through my endeavors. I'm not a politician with an email list.
Published on June 06, 2016 01:58