So, now you should be getting the hang of how to promote yourself and your work using my Seven Secret Clues to Successful Author Self-Promotion.
My next, third clue, takes you away from public speaking and into scrounging some key elements for your ‘media kit’.
CLUE 3:
Lounging Lions (credit E. Polinsky)
Get Your Lions in Order
- Write a snappy press release announcing the publication of your book for submission to media & online
- Pay for a professional photograph
- Seek marvellous reviews & blurb/quotes for your cover
- Invent an interesting bio; you’re a creative writer, remember?
- Brainstorm hooks—like a book’s locale, where you live, went to school, work—to help generate interest & find like-minded buyers
Now, you’ve got the makings for a media kit. Next, Clue 4 reveals how to use them.
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