Publicity and the Reluctant Writer - Funny Video

P is for Publicity....yeah! Uh...no?  

Writers don't really like this very much do they?  Its intimidating and outside their skill set. I mean, when you're writing you slip into a whole other world of your choosing and making. You manipulate events and feelings.  You are the creator with capital "C" and you like it!


Publicity...not so much fun.  This funny video encapsulates the dilemma perfectly. He may be a marketing train-wreck, but we can learn a lot from this guy. Just, you know, opposite of what he does.



Some other sites to help you build up your publicity "Know-How" are:

• How To Write A Press Release - Article
• ShoutLife - Social Networking
• BookBuzzr - Free online book marketing
• Blog Talk Radio - interviews and reviews

What are some things I've missed? Have you come across some great tips to share with the A-Z Bloggers?  

Until next time...Go Write!

Photograph by Sasha W.

Digital Dose And The Twitter-Sphere

A lot happened this week in the Twitter-sphere. I'm here to give the highlights I found helpful as a writer. 


We start of with a post from guest blogger and author, Mary DeMuth, over at Rachelle Gardner's Rants and Rambles on 10 Ways To Be Awkward at a Writer's Conference. This is a hilarious tongue-in-cheek list that exhorts you to "Be a Stalker" and to be sure to "Get Visibly Angry" at rejection. Some helpful stuff couched in humor.


Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Christian publishing giant, Thomas Nelson Publishers had a great post on Defending Your Brand Online. This is especially helpful to speakers and non-fiction writers. Amazing how a bad experience with you can snowball into thousands hearing about it via blogs and Twitter. His best piece of advice: Respond quickly.  Take that to heart.


For those of you with impending book releases or who are set to sign contracts, there are were two awesome Tweets to help with marketing. Alexis Grant had a post on How To Write a Press Release For Your Book and Weronika Janczuk wrote an eye opening piece on What Your Publicist Can Do For You.


Over all a great week to garner information for building a platform, working the marketing end of publishing your book, and honing your net-savvy. For a lot of authors, the business, especially the techie-side, of publishing can be intimidating but there are sources out there...take a peek.


Until next time...Go Write!
Photograph by Vancouver Film School.