In January, I wrote a post on WSW asking writers for questions that we could answer in our video chats. We received seven questions in the comments to that post, and in this month’s chat we tackled three of them. In addition, Mark Paxson has added some further thoughts on the question about the rules of marketing, asked by Liz Gauffreau.
You can find the chat HERE
I found Lucinda Clarke’s thoughts about ads, email lists, and newsletters to be especially interesting. They start at about 29:40.
Your discussion about the rules was interesting, Audrey. I blog and pretty much pass on everything else. I just don’t have time. I’d never be able to write. But I agree with you on your point about needing an online presence. And it was one of the things my publisher (way back when) insisted on.
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I started blogging after listening to an inspiring talk about self-publishing in 2010. Like you, I decided social media would be too much of a time-suck.
Thanks for your comment, Diana!
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Nice to put faces to other writers and listen to their views. Often this can have a greater impact than reading. The comments on Monsters was most interesting.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it, Roger!
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I picked up on a few fresh perspectives.
I think my mammoth projects are done after The Trilogy, and now maybe ‘shorts’ beckon in blog challenges and my own blog.
The video did help. Thanks every one of you.
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I’m thinking along the same lines, Roger. Now that I’ve almost finished with Herbert and his friends, I’ll experiment with short stories (although I suspect they’ll be related to one another).
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Only when you conclude a project do you realise how much time and creativity you invested in it and a break is needed.
I have the same feeling Audrey, somehow all those potential short stories will link up….
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Reblogged this on lucinda E Clarke and commented:
A recent chat with interesting tit bits and some advice for writers.
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Thanks for the reblog, Lucinda!
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Te blogged on Lucinda E Clarke.
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Rats! Yet another typo. That should have been re-blogged! I get worse, don’t I?
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The little imps do slip through!
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