Goodreads asked Robin E. Mason:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Robin E. Mason Network! Network! Network! My first blog post, in April, is called, "Drowning." Marketing [something no writer truly loves] blogging, twittering, promoting, etc, etc, etc. What I found, though, is that as I began to be more involved in author groups, both online and in person, my confidence (for one thing) and my visibility grew. I have enjoyed getting to know other authors via interviews, and posting book reviews for them, which I posted on my blog.
Maybe the biggest turn off, is to see continual posts that scream only, "Buy my book! Buy my book!" and nothing to balance it, nothing personal, is a turn off, and potential readers will tune it out.
I have started to build on my platform of mental illness, and have written some pretty heavy blog posts dealing with aspects of that. I also have made it fun, writing character interviews and vignettes that are not in the final product.

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