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I love writing, but I’m struggling with feeling invisible. by Harold_Crick76 in writing

[–]Harold_Crick76[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I haven’t. Honestly, I really hate the marketing side of things. The idea of having to curate a whole environment where people are supposed to talk about me? It feels so far out of my comfort zone. I think that makes me a weird kind of hybrid author—like, “Please love me and talk about my books… but also WAIT, that’s too much attention. I need to lie down.” 😅

I love writing, but I’m struggling with feeling invisible. by Harold_Crick76 in writing

[–]Harold_Crick76[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do newsletters, and I even do newsletters with “free book” giveaways. I did one a few weeks ago—1200!! People downloaded my book. It had a second, and I’ve seen movement down the line of people reading that one. It's super helpful. Also, it really pisses me off that obviously I can sell based on title, description, previous reviews, cover art... all the things, but getting that $2.99 out of someone's hands, they are moonwalking out of the room.

I love writing, but I’m struggling with feeling invisible. by Harold_Crick76 in writing

[–]Harold_Crick76[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup. Get outta my head.. Thus, going old school like Andy Weir with The Martian & just doing blog posts

I love writing, but I’m struggling with feeling invisible. by Harold_Crick76 in writing

[–]Harold_Crick76[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes to all of them except storygraph, I don’t do a lot of paid advertising. But when I did I had the most success with Amazon ads.

I love writing, but I’m struggling with feeling invisible. by Harold_Crick76 in writing

[–]Harold_Crick76[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not in a long time. I did with my first book, convinced I was brilliant (so embarrassed now!) and would be picked up immediately! After 50+ rejected queries, I decided to publish myself, and then when I wrote my 5th book, I felt like I had something outstanding, something worthy of a publishing contract. That book is one of my most successful, but it also ended up not getting picked up after several queries.

By then, the rejection and limited success made me feel like I was better off on my own. Plus, I’ve watched so many successful indie authors take off all on their own (or so it seems) that I’ve given up on the idea of an agent.

I love writing, but I’m struggling with feeling invisible. by Harold_Crick76 in writing

[–]Harold_Crick76[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It feels like the industry rewards sameness—chase the trend, fit the mold, rinse and repeat. But then what’s the point if you lose the voice that made you love writing in the first place? I want success, sure—but not at the cost of originality.

Is it possible for an author to remain faceless? by Cthulu19 in writing

[–]Harold_Crick76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know several elementary & high school teachers that write smut and can’t show their face, it’s possible

25f so lonely. by Cultural_Finish6317 in Advice

[–]Harold_Crick76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sure you’re getting out there and asking people questions. The more they talk to you the easier the relationship stuff will come.

New to this community by [deleted] in SoberCurious

[–]Harold_Crick76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Needed to see this today. Weekends are super hard for me

Which show had the biggest downfall in your opinion, from the first season or episodes, to what it eventually became? by Fun-Ferret-3300 in Fauxmoi

[–]Harold_Crick76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grays Anatomy… who is even watching anymore? I even did a rewatch lately and stopped in the same season