Promo is a necessary thing when you're a writer, and can be enormous fun... but sometimes when you get involved with a fair bit of it, all at the same time, you get this disquieting feeling that it's sort of taken over your writing life and expelled all your writing mojo from your grey matter! There must be a harmonious balance between the two... because some authors do manage to be both prolific *and* entertaining and effective at promo as well! Me, I think I have a bit of work to do yet in order to find that equilibrium. At the moment, I have this list of jobs:
- select extract and write accompanying piece for promo blog #1
- answer some questions, compose a short bio and select a promo piece for blog #2
- write short contribution for blog #3
- send out books to various prizewinners
- think about promo angles for Suite Seventeen
So, I'd better stop foofing about and get on with something... no Easter Holiday Break for me!
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Telly: not yet
Chocolate: not yet, but I think that egg is gonna get raided before tomorrow
Mood: slightly desperate
Writing: wot is writing?
Reading: Passion of Isis
RSI/FMS: very, very achey, probably stress related
Don't forget Portia's Promos - new stuff being added all the time!
4 comments:
no Easter Holiday Break! And they say authors have it easy...
Hope you've crossed some of it off now, that always helps.
Whoever told you authors have it easy was wrong, Maria! I've spent all day proofing galleys. LOL
Well, I've done a few bits towards it... but haven't entirely finished any of those tasks. I've been doing a lot of thinking about writing, and a bit of editing, and have had some new ideas for Smalltown that are better than the ones I've got now...
So, no, authors don't have it easy! LOL
Good luck with those proofs, Saskia. :)
I get sidetracked with promo too. And when I do, heaven help me if I'm at a stumbling block in my WIP because I'll drag out the promo stuff to avoid staring at a blank page and a flashing cursor!
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