tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905880.post3614441547492126978..comments2023-11-06T09:30:34.467-08:00Comments on Medusa's Muse: Why is it so hard to promote my own writing?Renahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911608453762091207noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905880.post-86496560462421521692009-02-21T07:38:00.000-08:002009-02-21T07:38:00.000-08:00The book is indeed a wonderful accomplishment -- t...The book is indeed a wonderful accomplishment -- testified to by the fact that I admired it even more upon my 6th (or it might have been 8th) reading than on the first 5 (or 7).<BR/><BR/>However, you might help yourself by turning around your thinking -- removing yourself from the equation. Instead of regarding it as "your book," think of it as an incredible resource for people who are in the same position as you -- a resource that you can't wait to share with them. <BR/><BR/>Think of it as a resource that you want to tell the (small press/self-publishing) world about because you want to play some small part in preventing others from having to struggle as hard as you have.<BR/><BR/>Which is why you wrote the book in the first place.<BR/><BR/>love you lots,<BR/>jJane Mackayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576374977139248319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905880.post-57020563058908136582009-02-06T12:54:00.000-08:002009-02-06T12:54:00.000-08:00We're trained to say, "Oh, it was nothing" when th...We're trained to say, "Oh, it was nothing" when the truth is we just Saved the Universe {dun-dun-DAH!}. Tooting your own horn is "egotistical", which is "bad."<BR/><BR/>Only arrogant, self-centered jerks boast about themselves...so anything that might possibly be considered, you know, <I>boasting</I>?<BR/><BR/>Bad. Ditto being pushy ("buy my stuff!").<BR/><BR/>That there should be a clear difference between being a self-absorbed, self-promoting jerk and a proud author of a fine book gets lost, somehow.<BR/><BR/>Say it loud, say it proud: You're a writer, and a damned fine one. Also, I love the cover of your new book. :)Mother of Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.com