Guest Post: Terri Herman–Poncé
I’m on Mysteristas today, talking about dirty words i writing (it’s not what you think…or is it?) and the writing spirit. :)
Originally posted on Mysteristas:
How Book Marketing Rejuvenated My Writing Spirit
Marketing. It’s the ugliest, dirtiest word an author can probably think of. It’s something most of us avoid with every possible effort— even me, a degreed marketer — and yet it’s something we can’t live without.
There is a point to my bringing up this very sore subject, but I have to backtrack a bit first. When I released my latest book in December, I spent most of my days plugging forward, trying to market the release, trying to find traction, and trying to get noticed. Yeah, that other ugly word known as “discoverability”. Then I got bogged down with the holidays, the New Year, and other real life situations that sucked the momentum and the motivation out of me. After I released that book late last year, I used all of those circumstances as excuses not to start writing my next story…
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