deanwesleysmith.com - 11/4/2009
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The myth simply is: “All self promotion for a writer is good.” Nope. Completely false. The truth is sometimes self promotion of your own book can hurt you, sometimes it can help you. The key is not falling for the myth that all self promotion is good.
Right now, in late 2009, the ...
kriswrites.com - 11/4/2009
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So, while I’m designing 3 new websites to
promote my work (one for Diving [buy it! buy...
it!], one for the Retrieval Artist, and one that I’ll announce next week), Dean goes and publishes a post on the perils of self-promotion. Hmmmm. Maybe ...
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch —
So, while I’m designing 3 new websites to promote my work (one for Diving [buy it! buy it!], one for the Retrieval Artist, and one that I’ll announce next week), Dean goes and publishes a post on the perils of self-promotion. Hmmmm. Maybe I should read it.
Seriously, I have read it and you writers out there should to. You can find it here.
Guess I should identify the Dean mentioned above. That’s my husband, writer extraordinaire, Dean Wesley Smith. He’s got lots of good stuff on his blog. Check it out.
November 5, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
... on The First Lady of Fantasy. Megan Crewe on The Sequel Question. Margaret Ronald on The Book as an Object. Emma Newman on The Savvy Author’s Guide to Podcasting. Aprilynne Pike on Firsts. (via Editorial Ass) Lynne Patrick on Ten reasons publishers don't offer feedback on submissions. Justine Larbalestier on NaNo Tip no. 4: Word Count is Not Everything. Dean Wesley Smith on Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Self Promotion. (via Kristine Kathryn Rusch) ...
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