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THE EXCITING JOURNEY OF Writing
​a Fictional Book

"IT'S A LUXURY BEING A WRITER,
​ BECAUSE ALL YOU EVER THINK ABOUT IS LIFE."

​AMY TAN






WRITER, AUTHOR,-----MARKETER

9/6/2017
Hours, days, weeks, and months have been spent creating your latest piece of fiction. It has been edited, the cover has been designed, and you are now ready to publish.

Off you you go! To great personal fanfare your book is now on the virtual shelf of one or many ebook platforms. You have told your friends and relatives and they have been supportive, but what about the public? You know, the stranger, the potential fan of your work.

They are the ones that you have written for. Someone sitting in a cafe or at the beach reading your work. But how did they find you? What did you do that out of the millions of fictional works in the marketplace they bought your book?

I don't know about you, but after spending well over a year on writing the last book I was exhausted. Physically drained.

It doesn't stop there, in fact it never stops. After you have published one needs to go into the other room and put on their marketing hat.
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No longer the dreamer you are now the business maven. You sit at your desk with a cigar hanging from your mouth. Your job- make your book a star!
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You have crafted a great story, but the public has no idea it's great until your marketing department comes up with a way to tell them.

The competition is fierce, you  need a plan.  I believe that the photo below best describes what it is actually like out there in the world of writing.
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There are only so many customers out there and you want your fare share. After all the work you have put into it don't you think you deserve it? You need a plan.

Today I came across this article written by Diana Urban that I believe is very helpful in the marketing department. This part of the process can be overwhelming, and often is.


After writing the outline of your book and once you are confident that it is a story worth writing take some time and also outline your marketing plan right then and there.

If you are like most independent authors you will be doing it all. Think of yourself as business, your products are the stories you write. As time goes by the more product you have to sell the more profitable your business becomes.

Check this article out it's time well spent.


119 Book Marketing Ideas That Can Help Authors Increase SalesSEPTEMBER 6, 2017 by DIANA URBAN

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#marketing your book, #book marketing,#diana urban,#writing a novel,#find your audience, #build your fan base
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    Robert Stephen.
    What makes a writer? What do you envision when you think about that question?

    Someone sitting by an open window looking out over the ocean, desert, mountains? Rainy day, foggy, sunny? 

    My definition of a writer of fiction. A person who drives himself or herself to the edge of insanity when writing a story to the best of their ability that you the reader find entertaining.

    I can honestly say my life has been interesting, far from boring.  Land baron, restaurateur, photographer, artisan, author. A life full of ups and downs. A life full of stories.

    Along the way I've met hundreds of people, some interesting, some not. Some dangerous, some beautiful, some kind, and some cruel. During my lifetime I've even had my heart run over a couple of times, but when all of it is said and done I wouldn't trade it in. 


    Writing has always been inside of me, but the siren never called to me. I wasn't ready until one day in October of 2015 when life said, "Start writing."

    Writing is a long journey, full of many perils, but don't be afraid it is an exciting adventure! 

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