My last post got a nice response by Becky, who also had mentioned some marketing thoughts in her blog, though more on a cautionary vein…a good reminder that, in all our efforts to reach a larger audience, we shouldn’t forget that often the best writing reputations and such are built on word of mouth and that precious connection writers have with readers as individuals.
What with all the talk about marketing and promoting your writing, I decided to unload a few more links I’d saved to go with the theme. Starting, we have this awesome blog:
Buzz, Balls, & Hype. While it runs a lot of book reviews and dissects, as it mentions in the title, the hype surrounding some of the more questionable bestsellers, it also is a wealth of insight on what helps a book sell on the market today. For instance, some of the latest posts have to do with the key asset for having a successful podcast (again, the relationship and trust with listeners) and the most recent post which shows an awesome trailer for a new thriller coming out by Lisa Gardner, and reveals how effective an author interview can be when done properly, with good mood music, and lots of sharp knives and other instruments of death.
And, yes, while this next link comes from a Romance magazine, the approach to marketing it helps you run through in your mind looks like one that can easily cross genres. It’s nice to actually sit down and clarify in your mind who exactly you are trying to get your stories across to.
So that should be enough on marketing for a bit now. Though I’ll probably forget I just said that in about a week and find some more links to share. Let’s see how long I can last. Is it bad to enjoy this kind of thing?
I see that smile.