Super Secret Writer

Last Thursday I went to the dentist. As usual, my dental hygienist started asking me how things were and what was new with me and I found myself saying, "Not much. Same old thing. Working." Then we talked about me and DH's trip later this month and how she was going to her parents' in Nebraska for thanksgiving. And not once did I say, "Oh, I just had a third novel come out!"

When it comes to face-to-face self promotion when it's not in the appropriate atmosphere - I suck. I know some authors who tell everyone about their books. Their hairdresser, their dental hygienist, the plumber, their mechanic and his wife, their butcher, their bank - everyone. For some reason, IMHO, it almost seems bad manners to me to A. Talk about myself to excess and B. Find a way to turn every opportunity for conversation into a talk about my books.

Okay - yeah - here I talk about myself all the time. On my Facebook I talk about myself all the time. But that's different. I use this blog and my Facebook for self-promotion. When I'm hanging out with friends in the real world I want to talk about stuff other than my writing. When I'm talking to my dental hygienist, I guess I want to talk about my teeth. Or maybe her going to visit her parents in Nebraska. Not my books.

Perhaps it's to my detriment. Or not. Not sure. It just seems uncomfortable and strange to me to tell everyone about my books. In fact I'd say a good number of people in my life have no idea I'm a published author. And you know what? I think I may actually like it that way.