So, I changed my (crazy!) expectations, and it's been working.After working tirelessly for over a year now to get…
Posted by Heather Grace Stewart, Canadian Author on Thursday, November 5, 2015
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Posted by Heather Grace Stewart, Canadian Author on Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Marketing: Not My Favourite Thing.
Ugh. Marketing. Just the word sends me running to the fridge for comfort food.
We authors are not built for marketing our books. We need to learn the business, and it’s not an easy one.
I do like interacting with readers online, and I especially love meeting them in person at readings and book signings. But figuring out how to stand out in a sea of millions of other hybrid (traditionally & self published) authors? Yikes. It gives me a migraine.
Yet, I try to spend at least an hour every working day marketing my work. I write every morning, then make business calls and compose or answer emails, and then I take at least one action towards marketing my latest two books. My earlier works? They take a back seat. I can’t do it all. I hope they’ll be discovered when I share a link to all my work online.
One tool that has helped me immensely in marketing my work online and creating printable posters for readings is CANVA.COM It’s so user friendly, and it’s fun! In the last few months, I have made a lot of promotional posts for Facebook, Twitter and even made my most recent book covers with it. It’s free to use your own photos and template. You pay a small amount ($1 each item) if you want to buy the rights to use certain photos and/or designs.
Made this in Canva today:
Yes, writers write, but we also need to learn to market what we produce, and not just for launch day. We need to speak up and help new readers discover our work. If we don’t (and we don’t happen to have a wealthy publicist who takes us out for a sushi lunch every week- yeah I’m not dreaming at all! ), who will?
Heather
This Is Remarkably Great!
It’s Remarkably Great release day! Thanks to all my new and longtime readers. Here’s a vid of me doing a brief reading from RG, taken today in our backyard.
You can get the new book here. Reviews and shares on your social media and by word of mouth are much appreciated!
Heather 🙂
Why Deprive Yourself?
Remarkably Great is available to pre-order NOW on Kindle or order it when it’s launched August 1, 2015! This is a stand-alone story – you don’t have to have read Strangely, Incredibly Good to enjoy its content, but of course reading both is twice the fun.
Prefer print? No worries – you can now order it from Amazon worldwide and Amazon.ca in September. Print copies will be $14.99 plus shipping & handling. You can also order printed copies via Paypal by contacting writer@hgrace.com and making note of your request.
Thanks so much for your interest and support! Please share this post where you can.
Heather 🙂
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