Why an unpublished author needs an online presence

Do you need an online presence if you’re an unpublished author? Yes. Oh yes.

My friend Jen, who is pre-published (she will be sometime, she’s good), still hasn’t taken the plunge and set up her online presence. I understand where she’s coming from, I did the same. We writers are all a little insecure as to whether we really are as good as we think we are. So, until someone like an agent or a publisher validates our writing by asking for more, we tend to hide the fact that we do anything intere...