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When to start an author website?
Dresdenus Prime:
--- Quote from: arianne on March 03, 2013, 10:34:40 AM ---And what sort of thing should I put on my Twitter feeds/blog posts? I've heard some people say that I should go for personal everyday stuff, but others have said that it should only be author-related, writing-related stuff. Does anyone have any personal experience or advice? Thanks in advance!
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I meant to give my two cents on this question - This is from a reader point of view. There is an author on my twitter feed that has released 4 books on amazon, and she promotes heavily. Here's the problem with the way she does it - I think she uses some sort of automated service that tweets for her, because everyday I see the exact same posts, once every couple of hours. When I see this, it really turns me off as a reader and I get tempted to ignore her posts or stop following altogether. There's nothing wrong with having a main "template" tweet to promote with, but you should really focus on being versitile in your posting.
As to what to put on your blog posts and tweets, I took the middle ground between only writing related stuff and personal. I don't make posts about my family or specific events that took place in my life, but at the same time I take my interests (writing, movies, games, etc.) and make posts about them, so without divulging to the reader my personal life, they at least get to know me through what I like to do and see.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Dresdenus Prime on March 04, 2013, 03:42:21 PM ---As to what to put on your blog posts and tweets, I took the middle ground between only writing related stuff and personal. I don't make posts about my family or specific events that took place in my life, but at the same time I take my interests (writing, movies, games, etc.) and make posts about them, so without divulging to the reader my personal life, they at least get to know me through what I like to do and see.
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That strikes me as a good balance.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
If you're thinking in terms of traditional publishing, the advice I've had is; don't do anything until you've sold something, or you look indistinguishable from any other wannabe. And even then, don't do anything that treads on the toes of your publisher's marketing people; this being what they do for a living, odds are they are better at it than you.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on March 04, 2013, 04:50:05 PM ---If you're thinking in terms of traditional publishing, the advice I've had is; don't do anything until you've sold something, or you look indistinguishable from any other wannabe. And even then, don't do anything that treads on the toes of your publisher's marketing people; this being what they do for a living, odds are they are better at it than you.
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So I guess the question becomes are you looking to stick with the Self-Publishing Model, or are you trying to use it to attract traditional Publishers? If you are looking to attract a Publisher, be prepared to abandon any and all of this once you get a contract.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Quantus on March 04, 2013, 04:58:08 PM ---So I guess the question becomes are you looking to stick with the Self-Publishing Model, or are you trying to use it to attract traditional Publishers?
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Self-publishing attracts traditional publishers maybe a tenth to a hundredth of a per cent as often as it repels them; those are not odds I feel worth playing, myself.
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