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By Catriona

Well, all I can say is thank God for Cathy Ace - see yesterday's entry. After seventeen years as a fiction writer, I now know the difference between marketing and promotion. (Just promotion and publicity to go . . .)

So. Is marketing (or promotion anyway (possibly publicity)) oppressive or liberating?

First, what do I do in the way of marketing?  Yes, I try to write the best book I can. Today I spent twelve hours reading page proofs out loud with a ruler to follow the lines, mak...