I am about to self-publish my third book, Captain Henry Green, a whaler from Sag Harbor, New York. How do I draw attention to this historical fiction novella?

Fred Van Lente You've contacted the whaling museum in Cold Spring Harbor to do an event like a reading and/or book signing right? If not got on that immediately! ;)

No need to overthink these things -- identify the obvious audiences for your work and leverage 'em. So, start small, with Long Island historical societies and libraries, museums, and that sort of thing, and expand also for libraries. And of course there are lots of great whaling and maritime museums on the East Coast who can help you out, like Mystic Seaport, the one in Salem, Mass., who's name I can't remember...

I am a huge historical fiction nut and one of my first-ever writing jobs, believe it or not, was a CD ROM adventure game (yes it was the 1990s) set in the Age of Sail so I have a certain background in your field. ;)

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Thanks for your great news! I will let my students know. They love your books and want MORE! They told me they learned a lot reading your first two books. Keep up the great work. You will be a millionaire soon, do you doubt it?

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I am about to self-publish my third book, Captain Henry Green, a whaler from Sag Harbor, New York. How do I draw attention to this historical fiction novella?

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What do you do when you find someone's told a story you want to tell? Do you tell it no matter what and hope to do well enough? Do you recycle it for later use? Do you write it only for your own sake?

What do you do when you feel drained and can't write? Not quite blocked, you have ideas, but you just feel defeated

Thanks for your great news! I will let my students know. They love your books and want MORE! They told me they learned a lot reading your first two books. Keep up the great work. You will be a millionaire soon, do you doubt it?

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