The Promo
I used to absolutely loathe the idea of marketing myself, but in the last few months I’ve found it quite stimulating. It’s interesting to try navigating an ever-shifting landscape that’s still all very new. I stressed myself out for awhile when I was focused on the wrong thing: royalties. Now I’ve come out the other side of that bottlenecked problem; I’ve given away over 5,000 books for free in the last four days, and I’ve returned to a feeling that I lost somewhere along the way, a feeling of creativity. Of having something to say.
It’s quite gratifying that thousands of strangers pulled my novel out of thin air. Some of them will read it. Others will give me honest feedback, for they don’t know me and they owe me nothing. I am hoping to win over a readership, but I’m content enough during this brief interim to just sit back and see what happens. It’s the circulation that makes me happy right now.
It’s an exciting time to be a writer. Indie authors such as myself have no choice but to market ourselves, and this last week I learned what it means to get so caught up in it that you end up neglecting your craft. I just have to get through one more day, and then I can go back to doing what I love.
Wednesday is the last day that Preemptive will be priced at $0.00 for download. Please take advantage if you haven’t already, and please help me to spread the word. Thank you for the support from the bottom of my heart.
