For years and years (and years and years), I have been writing for the fun of it. Sometimes it seems like a shame not to have someone reading it, and so this year I made that jump to putting some of those stories out there publicly. I guess I forgot that the internet is fucking huge though. Putting something out there doesn't by any means guarantee it's going to be read.
So I did some looking at how to fix that. Self-promotion probably doesn't come naturally to most people. The world kind of demands it of us. That's what resumes and interviews expect of you, right?
Social media seemed like the easy, effective choice, right? Shit blows up on Facebook CONSTANTLY. But Facebook is already swamped with indie authors pimping out their stories, both shitty and underrated. It's easy to connect with other authors, but finding readers is trickier. There are a couple of people I see who are managing this effectively. One of them has a lot of incredibly revealing pictures on her page and as her profile picture. No disrespect for going with what works, but I kind of want to keep my writing world separate from the one where I have to actually maintain employment, so that's out. The other is just crazy active. I could manage this one, but it feels so obtrusive. Maybe I need to just get over that.
I don't really get Twitter. I'm told it's a good way to go, but I really just use it to read 140 char or less jokes.
I'm not sure where this is going. I just wanted to rant that self-promotion is hard and counter-intuitive for me. Now you know.
