Darrel Day's Blog
July 31, 2012
marketing
If I have learned anything about being an author, it is this. There are a million writers out there, competing at any given time for the "Hot spot" on the internet. They all want to have their book or their name pop up first when someone goes looking for a book to read.
Knowledge of marketing is more essential to an author than most anything else. Too little knowledge of marketing can be a huge stop sign to an author. There are websites to create and blogs to write as well as promoting your works elsewhere. Key words are a skeleton key that can open just about any door if they are applied right.
However, for many writers, the full knowledge of marketing simply isn't strong and therefore their writes sit in wait of a "drive-by" here and there.It isn't enough to boost their sales and get noticed.
I have sought the advice of those around me and have received wonderful advice and pointing in the direction I need to go. the problem with me, as I am sure it is with many authors, is there is always a rad block that stops you from reaching that final step that will get your writes seen by millions. To make a website and get a domain name, to promote properly and to find the right places and keywords that might rocket you to the stars is simply not part of my knowledge. I seek out and hope that someone, somewhere on the internet sees my blogs or concerns and holding the knowledge I need, will reach out and guide me.
Writing is a tough career to follow but there are fabulous awards if you can find the right person or site that will give you the upper hand.
Knowledge of marketing is more essential to an author than most anything else. Too little knowledge of marketing can be a huge stop sign to an author. There are websites to create and blogs to write as well as promoting your works elsewhere. Key words are a skeleton key that can open just about any door if they are applied right.
However, for many writers, the full knowledge of marketing simply isn't strong and therefore their writes sit in wait of a "drive-by" here and there.It isn't enough to boost their sales and get noticed.
I have sought the advice of those around me and have received wonderful advice and pointing in the direction I need to go. the problem with me, as I am sure it is with many authors, is there is always a rad block that stops you from reaching that final step that will get your writes seen by millions. To make a website and get a domain name, to promote properly and to find the right places and keywords that might rocket you to the stars is simply not part of my knowledge. I seek out and hope that someone, somewhere on the internet sees my blogs or concerns and holding the knowledge I need, will reach out and guide me.
Writing is a tough career to follow but there are fabulous awards if you can find the right person or site that will give you the upper hand.
July 24, 2012
What writiing is to me
Writing for me is two-ply. It is a means to put in writing the imagination that I was gifted with. Writing is also extremely therapeutic. I use my writing to release inner thoughts and bring to life the beauty, ugliness, happiness and sadness that is too often a part of everyday life. A brother that was blind... his hand on my shoulder at 7 years old, I became his eyes and he, became my teacher. Describing the world around him in living color gave me the knowledge and experience to write with great description. My wife of 24 years, Sheila was stricken with Muscular Dystrophy 1 year into our marriage. Wheel chair bound for half our marriage, hospitals becoming more familiar than our own home, she taught me to write with a love and caring and "quitting is never an option" mind. The process of writing is the transfer of my soul onto paper.
