Whether through reluctance or mostly flat-out refusal, I’ve drawn my lines in the sand on social media for increasing the odds of selling my books—particularly my second novel, ‘An Enlightening Quiche’.

1 – I refuse to open a Twitter or Instagram account.

2 – I am reluctant to set up a new author Facebook page, having already invested considerable time and energy setting one up in ( July 2016), prepping for my second novel’s launch date in September. Just when I had momentum going for me, I was locked out of my account. Rather than swim against the tide and still get towed under, I’ve moved on. My personal timeline suits me just fine since most of my friends are authors who share similar news and interests.

3 – I refuse to set up an author website. Since I don’t engage in copious freelance writing for magazines where my own unique, standalone link might entice readers to click, peruse, and check out my featured books—it’s not happening!

4- I refuse to write a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly newsletter and ask people to subscribe to it—preferably through one’s own website.

*Here’s what I do have going for me, and I can’t even vouch for its effectiveness, although I am extremely grateful for every click registered on my counters, which I check at least twice daily:

I have my own Gold Membership web page on Authors Den where I let it all hang out: (117 Memoirs; 69 Articles - Retro 60s Flashbacks & Rhode Reads; 8 News Items; 101 Blogs; front & center links to my novels). Due to having celebrated writing my 100th Blog last week—Eva’s Byte #100: Centennial Cerebration Celebration, for nostalgia sake, each day this week, I shared one of my Retro Blogs. As of March 24th, 5:45 A.M. EST – my Blog section alone had 814 clicks for the period starting on the 17th.

I also noted that my books get at least 1-2 hits per day.

Again, I have no idea how any of this translates to actual book sales, but my rambles are generating interest. My stories consistently make the Top 20 List for “Popular Memoir Stories” …

http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco

5 – Due to the conundrum that I’m a self-published author who is independently published, my Kindle Edition will never be free or $.99 for a limited time at Amazon. Retailing at the self-appointed price of $3.95—I’d refuse to sell it for less anyway!

With all due respect for every Indie author’s valiant efforts to market and promote, may each of us rise above the ashes of obscurity in our own way.