tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post4261247396013785461..comments2024-03-07T09:26:21.305-05:00Comments on My Hogwarts Sabbatical: Slow Writers and MarketingChemist Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-62867740038470654152016-08-04T11:03:34.789-04:002016-08-04T11:03:34.789-04:00This sort of explains something for me. I feel lik...This sort of explains something for me. I feel like a lot of the marketing advice I get is contradictory. Maybe that's just because some (or most) of the advice I get is already out of date.James Paillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213113363979079375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-84904164250802681902016-07-28T11:18:03.738-04:002016-07-28T11:18:03.738-04:00I'm sad to hear about blog hops--that's th...I'm sad to hear about blog hops--that's the core of my debut novel marketing effort. Well, I'm doing a Kindle Scout campaign also which is just about over. I do agree--I don't really know what to do. I run online classes--last year they were wildly successful. This year, they limped along. Marketing was exactly the same. Sigh.Computer Tutorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938856237984732342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-44445343643207912912016-07-28T08:34:37.290-04:002016-07-28T08:34:37.290-04:00Lol! Love this post! Especially the tip about writ...Lol! Love this post! Especially the tip about writing a lot of books. Supposedly a good pace for self-pubs is 3-4 books a year (I've heard). Here's where I snort a laugh because my snail turbo charge couldn't even pull that...not in a million years. So it's off to game plan #2...whatever that might be :)Tonja Dreckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683717853264134466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-83695839307986193332016-07-28T04:00:19.649-04:002016-07-28T04:00:19.649-04:00Great post, Ken. Marketing is an entity to itself ...Great post, Ken. Marketing is an entity to itself and I don't think it's meant to be understood - LOL!! It's a bit like the lottery - we can strategically choose the numbers but when those balls come out... nothing. If I come up with a formula, I'll write a book about it and share it with the world - now, how do I go about marketing that? LOL!! Have a great week and thank you for the links on your last post. Keep the faith and keep writing :)Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674648154579013578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-51206012295067748482016-07-27T21:40:33.321-04:002016-07-27T21:40:33.321-04:00If ypu and Diane are having trouble, then us newbi...If ypu and Diane are having trouble, then us newbies are really in for a rough time. Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-51338329341769216312016-07-27T21:14:59.775-04:002016-07-27T21:14:59.775-04:00Marketing is a pain. I've been working my butt...Marketing is a pain. I've been working my butt if Marketing with hardly anything to show for it. And I know a lot about marketing too and different things to do. :\Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-73545557715704420072016-07-27T20:13:50.818-04:002016-07-27T20:13:50.818-04:00LOL, I have the exact same worry. And your one tr...LOL, I have the exact same worry. And your one true fact I think is maybe the only true fact in the end. Here is hoping when we both get there there will still be plenty of tricks to get ourselves seen and readers to buy. Great post. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.junetakey.com/posts/category/blog-life-happens/" rel="nofollow"> Juneta @ Writer's Gambit </a><br />Juneta keyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815758043024184034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-25059875146771462572016-07-27T18:30:13.672-04:002016-07-27T18:30:13.672-04:00Just try keeping up with it as a publisher. Some t...Just try keeping up with it as a publisher. Some things are stable. Send out review copies and pray for lots of early good reviews.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-64152009616778313882016-07-27T15:58:19.773-04:002016-07-27T15:58:19.773-04:00Don't worry, there will always be new tricks f...Don't worry, there will always be new tricks for you to try. Publication is very competitive, but worth it. I'm with you, building up a body of work will work for us in the long run. I'm a slow writer too, but don't give up. Murees Dupèhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781339206465690961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-56614571184710738612016-07-27T14:08:34.859-04:002016-07-27T14:08:34.859-04:00Yup. A lot of marketing advice is obsolete. And ev...Yup. A lot of marketing advice is obsolete. And even when you try what's supposedly working, it might not work for you or your book. (My <i>The Fall and Rise of Peter Stoller</i> is a case in point.) It's frustrating, for sure, and I'm one of the slow writers, too, that can't just keep putting out content. It takes me about a year on average to write a book, and <i>Peter</i> took three! Sigh.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13464393340517511305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-79199751644957261612016-07-27T12:55:29.556-04:002016-07-27T12:55:29.556-04:00You're right that so much of what once worked ...You're right that so much of what once worked no longer does. And yes, us slow writers are screwed.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com