Angela Booth's Writing Blog: Marketing your writing: it WILL work for you

Books: Write Fiction

Angela Booth: Short Fiction Secrets: How To Write And Sell Short Stories (Selling Writer Strategies Book 2)
Writing short stories is a fun and easy way to get started writing fiction — you can get paid to write, in your spare time. If you're new to writing fiction, you can learn the elements of writing fiction — short stories are much easier to control than longer fiction.
Angela Booth: Master Fiction Writing: Craft A Novel in 31 Days: Selling Writer Strategies 4
This program began as a 30-day challenge which I organized in 2010. Hundreds of writers joined the challenge; they wrote novels. You can write a novel in 31 days too.
Angela Booth: Step By Step To Fiction Which Sells: Plotting And Scene Magic
What if you could leave boring fiction forever behind you, so that the story in your head becomes the story on the page? You CAN, when you discover the magic of story, plotting, and scenes.

I'm always amused by the "Yes, but___" attitude that's prevalent among unsuccessful writers when you discuss marketing with them. Here's an excellent relevant post on the Cold Calling Blog, It Won't Work For Me:

There's nothing more frustrating than people who buy my books, then decide it won't work for them.

If you're convinced that normal marketing practices WON'T help you to sell your articles or books, or get copywriting gigs for you, it's because you've never tried.

Give marketing an honest try. Send out 200 magazine article queries, or book proposals, or make 500 cold calls to prospective copywriting clients. (For extra credit, do all three.)

You'll be snowed under with work. It will work for you. If you do the marketing work.

There are no secrets to marketing. Just (please) do it.

BTW: If you're looking for a complete manual on how to promote and sell your writing and writing services, check out my ebook (instant download): Tell, Yell and Sell. One of the benefits of Pro Write membership is that you get FREE copies of my ebooks as part of your membership: great value, whether you're a new writer or an experienced pro.

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