How to Build Your Author Platform

Guest blog by David Loy

 

“You need to grow an audience.”

 

“You need to build an email list.”

 

“You need to get more followers.”

 

These sound like different messages, but they all point to the same foundation:

You need to build an author platform.

Like most aspiring writers, you might wonder:

But do I really need to build a platform? 

Maybe not.

If you’re okay with no one ever reading your work…

If you never want to make money from your writing…

If your goal is to simply write for pleasure or...