So I've decided to do some more active promotion for my book and my facebook page. Because you know I really want to be known out there in the world. So far it's been a struggle.

Being an indie author isn't as easy as some people might think. You have to do everything yourself and if you lack the funds you have to rely on the goodness of your friends and hope that they will share what an awesome book you wrote and get it out there for you. Since my target audience is people who can read English and love to do so, I'm meeting deaf ears of course in my circle of friends. I mean, I'm from the Netherlands, most of my friends aren't proficient in English or want to put the effort in reading my book.

It's a brick wall I keep running into and it sucks. But I'm not giving up. My second book will come out this year and I will keep on promoting. There's a giveaway planned on Goodreads and I already started with a contest on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ellenwindvan...