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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
DO I REALLY HAVE TO BLOG TO SELL BOOKS?
Serving up a Dish of Self-Absorbed Bloviating
Why, oh why, must I tweet, Facebook, email and blog in order to sell a few books? Why can't I just have a publishing house who'll do all the grandstanding for me? I understand that when you're an indie author a bit of boastful advertising is a necessary evil, but I find habitual blogging about what I'm doing or thinking as a writer to be an absolute bore. I guess that's why months pass between my blogs which are never more than meager posts guaranteed to garner little attention. I suppose my apathy toward self-promotion is also the reason I had very little success in finding an editor back when I penned my first novel. Maybe "Wrote a book. Wanna read it?" wasn't exactly the best query for an unknown author to use.
Now, don't get me wrong. I love to write...and I do have very strong opinions, but so does everyone else. And thanks to social media they're here to tell you, me, and everybody else about it! Which isn't necessarily a bad thing...BUT...as we all know, some folks just do their prattling much better than others, galloping through the blogosphere shrewdly commenting on everything from politics to recipes and amassing huge numbers of followers with their wit and wisdom. Gosh, I wish I had the time and talent to be one of those people! But I don't. And since that is the case, I will quit blogging about not having the enthusiasm or conviction to blog and get on with this post.
As my scads of followers (hi Mom) may remember, I was asked by a producer (who miraculously discovered my revenge novel, ROCKING HORSES PAINTED RED) to turn one of his similar screenplays into a book. Well, I did it. And ULTRAVIOLENCE: A LOVE STORY is available now at Amazon.com with a book giveaway to begin on Goodreads September 20th.
As the title suggests, when ULTRAVIOLENCE begins shooting next year, it will be an exploitation film in the same vein as Kill Bill or Sin City. Hey!...maybe I'll write more on that the next time I'm feeling a little oomph!
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