Writing mode…
I have been frantically working on my newest FBI thriller these past few weeks. I spent most of May writing it to the detriment of marketing any of my other books. I rarely posted on Instagram and only did marginal new material on facebook, just “sharing” many other posts from friends. I did keep up with my tiktok posts because I could film a week’s worth in one day then schedule them to release daily. And to be honest, it’s easier to make a 15 second video than to write a blog post or design a new graphic for the other socials.
I’m telling you all this to make a point. My book sales have tanked. Like, sinkhole dropped. They are flirting with the Earths crust tanked.
I haven’t sold a book/ebook/audiobook in weeks. If I was writing to support myself I’d be either starving or out on the streets by now, lol.
Marketing is my least favorite thing to do in the publishing world, that is no lie. I am not a natural born salesperson and I get hives thinking about having to hawk my wares.
One of the main reasons I have stopped applying to big book, multiple author booksignings is because I am so bad at tooting my own horn and I am sick of losing money at each event because of poor or no sales. Readers walk by my table and I get nervous trying to draw them in, so they typically just smile and walk by to buy books at other tables.
If I had any kind of disposable Income ( like Powerball winnings!) I would hire a publicity firm and let them do all the marketing for me.
Unfortunately, Powerball has not shined down on me, lol, so it’s up to me to push my books.
But I really just want to write and finish my next FBI profiler book.
A rock and hard place? Yup.
Ah, the fabulous life of a writer…. if they only knew.