Gearing Up

Two of my best writing friends–M.L. Rigdon/Julia Donner and D.P. Reisig–went with me to hear a speaker at the writers’ group in Auburn. She knew her way around marketing, and we were hoping she’d inspire us. Which she did. She gave an awesome presentation. She spoke for an hour, and then the group had their regular meeting. One of their members read from her WIP–a mystery–and it was really good. I especially enjoyed meeting her because she’s planning on putting the finished book on Vella in episodes. I’m wishing her well. And this sounds crazy, but I only just met her, and I only know her first name–Dee. (And I hope I spelled it right). It was really nice meeting all of the writers in that group, though. There’s just something invigorating about meeting writers you’ve never met before. Their enthusiasm rubs off on you.

Anyway, after listening to the speaker, she lit a fire under us to check into TikTok more. I signed up for it, and I’ve watched some of the memes, but I sure don’t feel confident that I can create one. My grandson called and gave me grief about that. When I complained that it would take me hours to learn how to do one, he asked, “And how long does it take you to write a book?” Touche’. But I enjoy writing books. I’m not so sure how much I’d like making a video. But the speaker gave us lots of ideas of what makes them snappy. Not just a picture of us holding a book in our hands. Something clever. And I’m usually short on that.

Her talk also inspired me to look at Threads, but I want to be able to use it on my computer, not on my phone, and so far, that doesn’t look promising. I hope they create a download for desktops, but so far, it looks like it’s only good on phones and tablets. I love my tablet for reading, but I don’t really want to work on it. So, I’m dragging my feet on that, too.

But, since I’m talking about marketing, I should probably add that I made my