Re: a talent for writing doesn't translate to a talent for marketing

On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, joseph harris wrote:

<http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/author-driven-marketing-what-is-an-introvert-author-to-do/>

where it's asked "What is an introvert author to do?"

Do something else?

The river is fast, strong and deep. You can dip your toe in - but 
if you want to swim in the river, you will need to be a strong 
swimmer. The river doesn't slow down for you.

I am reminded of Loreena McKennitt. She is a self-published, 
self-managed musician, who owns her own record label. Years ago, 
I read an interview, where she noted that she had tried to find 
some way to offload the management portion of the work - ideally 
hiring a business manager. But she couldn't find an arrangement 
that didn't make it seem like she was working for *them* rather 
than the other way around. (*1)

So, she did it - and continues to do it - herself. I really wish 
I had a reference and not just a memory, because I recall her 
saying that the managment work took 90% of her time - time she 
rather would have been working on the music.

So - maybe it's partly a matter of expectations? Perhaps doing 
your own marketing won't seem like such a problem when you 
realize that to do it reasonably, it's going to take over half of 
your time - and take it away from your writing.

(*1: some expressed here http://preview.tinyurl.com/3p35tn4 and
here http://preview.tinyurl.com/3n4cmm6 )




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