Please join me (@JenniferBecton) and these other amazing Jane Austen sequel writers Mary Simonsen @MarySimonsen Lewis Whelchel @lewiswhelchel Karen M. Cox @KarenMCox1932 Abigail Reynolds @abigailreynolds for an Austenesque Twitter Party! Sunday August 28th 4:00 Eastern Standard Time We’ll be talking Austen, books, and probably hurricanes! Use the hashtag #austenesque to participate. And consider using the […]
A recurring theme of this blog has been risk-taking because, well, writing and self-publishing a book is a big risk. When you put a book on the market, you put your very self in danger. You are opening yourself to public critique and criticism the likes of which most professions never see. But wait! As […]
I did not want to do a blog–ever–but I was told that it was a vital part of one’s online presence, so here I am yakking away and enjoying it. It is true; a blog or active website is a big part of social media marketing. It’s kind of a chain: Twitter and Facebook lead […]
What the heck is Twitter? I had no idea what it was until last year either, so don’t feel bad. Twitter is the most powerful marketing and outreach tool currently in a writer’s online marketing toolbox. Think of Twitter as text messaging or emailing everyone you know at the same time in public. This doesn’t […]
Face it. The world has changed. Social media marketing has become a wonderful tool for spreading the word about everything from books to yogurt. But how does one use it to the best advantage? The first step is understanding what social media is and what it is not. Let’s take each word individually as defined […]