At Writer’s Relief, we’ve done a pretty thorough job discussing the importance of making a good first impression to editors and agents through formatting, following submission guidelines, and a great cover or query letter.
But in a world where everything is going online, Googleability can make or break a career. Agents, editors, and potential fans will Google you out of curiosity. Best to be ready for them!
The very existence of your author website shows that you take your role as a writer seriously. It’s an invitation for anyone who is interested in your work to get to know you better.
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This month’s Industry Influencer is John Kremer, the author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, editor of the Book Marketing Tip of the Week e-zine, and webmaster of a dozen websites—the most important of which is www.bookmarket.com, a leading resource in book marketing and book promotion. Read John’s advice to new writers trying to reach a broader audience, which social media platform he thinks is most valuable for writers, and how introverted writers can make the most of self-promotion.
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neil-gaiman:
wilwheaton:
This is the easiest way to make me leave your website and not give you or your advertisers a single additional pageview.
This is true.
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amandaonwriting:
40 Twitter Hashtags for Writers
#amediting posts from people who are editing
#amwriting posts from people who are writing
#askagent agent questions and answers
#author
#authors
#editing
#fictionfriday
#fridayflash flash fiction on a Friday
#nanowrimo national novel writing month
#novels
#novelists
#poem
#poet
#poets
#poetry
#pubtip publication tips
#publishing
#scifi
#selfpublishing
#vss very short story
#webfic web fiction
#weblit web literature
#wip work in progress
#wordcount
#writegoal
#writequote
#writer
#writers
#writetip writing advice
#writing
#writingtips writing advice
#wrotetoday
Some hashtags are specifically “chats” – which means they work in the same way as all tags, but are mainly used at certain agreed times :
#journchat
#kidlitchat
#litchat
#scifichat
#scribechat
#storycraft
#writechat
#yalitchat young adult literature chat
from Writers Write
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