Are You Kidding?

Good morning and welcome to Monday Blogs. Today we’re going to be focusing on your author presence on social media.
We all know it’s important for us to be on social media. Try working that in between promoting, a day job, and writing your next book. It can be a daunting task. Now, think about the posts you’ve made. Do you just write what you’re thinking and post? Is there a moment where you read you post and ensure says what you want to mean? Do you check it for spelling and grammar errors, because your editor doesn’t have time to do the last item, it’s very important for you to do it yourself.
Think about it. You are not just using your book promotions to sell your books. You sell yourself as an author every time you post on social media. This means ensuring that you’ve double checked spelling and grammar. The spelling part can be easy. Facebook and Twitter both identify what they are believed are misspelled words with a red line under them. Kind of like your word processing program does. Simply right click on the word and you’ll get spelling options. Make sure you click on the right option and your spelling error is corrected.
The grammar part is a lot harder to fix on social media. Many authors mistakenly use the wrong homophone. You know what that is. Those pesky words where only the spelling defines what you want to say. Yeah. Those. And they are hard to identify if you’re not used to making sure you’ve used the right one.
Lately, I’ve seen authors complaining no one wants to read their book. They’ll put up the letter they sent to the potential reviewer and it’s full of spelling and grammar mistakes. That’s why you’re being turned down for reviews. Your book might not have these errors, if you used a good editor. If you didn’t use an editor, I’d strongly suggest you do that and upload the new version. Readers know when a word is right or wrong; they will notice these problems and mention it in their reviews. That could be the reason your books aren’t selling well.
As authors, we don’t just write books. We have to ensure they are as perfect as possible. Hiring someone to edit, proofread, format, and work the kinks out of your blurb is great. Not making sure your social media posts are as error free as possible will not help you at all.



About K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.


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