(NOTE: contest at The White Forest goes until my birthday (Feb 17). I also have another Giveaway Contest over at GoodReads that goes through Feb 18. Although, over 600 people have entered, so your chances of winning are better on the White Forest site.)
Today I’m hanging out over at my White Forest website, hosting a contest in celebration of the new Indie Debut website.
If you pop over to the site, you could win a signed copy of the book. Oooohhh, aaaahhhh.
All this social media and virtual upkeep is a necessary challenge for debut authors (I’m guessing for seasoned authors as well). One of the things I tell people who want to get a book published, is that the hard work starts after the book is written. I think there’s a certain romanticism and nostalgia around the way it used to be in traditional publishing. But those days are gone, not coming back, and we need to figure out how to play (and stay sane) in the new paradigm.
One must be careful, though, to keep nurturing the creative side. If I had my way, I’d stay locked in my office five hours a day minimum working on writing the books series. I wish there were a monkey faerie who could do all my social media for me. (oooh! Monkey faeries! Like the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz.)
Aww – I missed the deadline. Oh well, guess I’ll just have to buy myself a copy – and maybe get you to sign it someday 😉
Oops, I missed it. Hope it went well!
Best,
Suma.
Meesh and Suma – actually, the deadline was extended through my birthday (Feb 17), so you can still win. I forgot to update that on my post.
Haha, you ARE funny! I like your latest post by the way…on the bicycle mammogram.