I am speaking directly to authors here - You have spent an incredible amount of time, energy, blood, sweat, and quite possibly buckets full of tears, all to create your manuscript. And if you earn the golden ticket of publication, you then need to give a little attention to an online presence. I am not saying you need to blog daily, nor do you need to join every single group or new social media widget out there... but you have to, at the very least, have an updated website. Why?
Because if you have written something that is worthy of publication, you will have readers out there who fall in love with the words you have put on the page. And when we, as readers, fall in love with a book or a character, we seek out more information! I want a little more info on you, the author. I want to read about what made you write and if you are writing more. If I can find you, and learn more about you, the more likely I am going to remember who you are and that bodes well for future books.
Ok, ok... maybe I am preaching to the choir... you know this... but do you have a kick-butt website? Is it updated and fresh looking? Or is it the same style or format that it has been for years? Is it too dark? Funky fonts? Does it look like this? It's ok to build your own if you know how. But if you could get a website built for free, would you go for it?
You would? Well, let me introduce you to Midnight Inker Cricket McRae... who happens to be doing a giveaway...The prize is a free, custom-designed Author Website from Bizango Websites for Writers, plus two years of free hosting. The website comes with a set of easy-to-use tools that enable the author to update it themselves. It's value is well over a thousand dollars.
Check out Cricket's blog for the details. This is a great deal for both established authors and authors who hope to be published soon... I know I have followers that fit in both critera, so check it out. :) And best of luck!!
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