I have to admit I have a problem with this. I’m
not shy or introverted or anything, I just really, really don’t like talking
about myself. Even this blog is a huge stretch for me. You’ve probably noticed
I’ve gotten around it a little bit with my Survivor Tuesday posts. It’s not
that I’m insecure, either. It might have something to do with my job. As a
psychiatric nurse, it’s engrained in me to redirect every part of every conversation
back to the patient. And as a mom, well, you can imagine how much time I have
to talk about myself there. I literally loathe it. This makes the act of
promoting myself for the sake of selling my book almost like a living
nightmare.
Which made Rachelle Gardner’s post the other day
almost miraculous.
She was talking about promoting your book, not
yourself. While I was reading it, a light went off in my head, a green light
that told me it was okay to talk about THIS, because THIS was not me. I may
have written it and love it like a fourth child, but like the rest of my
children, they ain’t me.
It was a small step, but an important one.
You are a humble woman, so of course self-promotion feels uncomfortable. Book promotion is part of business just as music promotion used to be for me. You are doing GREAT!!
ReplyDeleteLee Ann
Lee Ann, I'm sending you a hug right now. Love ya!
DeleteI suck at promotion, unless I'm doing it for someone else. I dread the day I'll have a book to promote! Which is why I think I'll go the traditional route -- self-publishing is way too scary!
ReplyDeleteDamyanti
Co-host, A to Z Challenge 2013
Unfortunatly, even the traditional houses are expecting their writers to do more and more. I guess that's the curse side of social media.
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