All it takes is just a little sprig of excitement to elevate the level of motivation for me to work harder. I was beginning to think that my book had failed in the sense that it didn't reach masses of people in the time frame that I had personally given it.
I confess that I assumed that word of mouth via facebook and other social media, was all it was going to take to get it to spread like wild fire. Simply not the case, as a self publisher it is very difficult to continue to keep pushing and keep pushing your book. I am not very savvy with websites and Like buttons and Twitter and or even making this Blog anything special looking for that matter. So it takes money to make money and although I hate risking my families money to try and get this book flying, I will soon have additional validation of it's worthiness to continue this forward push.
My book has been selected to be reviewed in the Indianapolis Women's Monthly Magazine, May issue !
Although I am on pins and needles waiting to read it to see if it will be a positive review or not, I was given a small portion to go on "an emotional read". I think it could go up or down from there still, but I feel positive with that thus far. Enough to get my wheels turning and focus on the push again.
So stay tuned for either tears or joy and hopefully this will generate more exposure, enough to allow me to spend a little more money on help with my marketing. Royalties are tiny, especially when people buy it on the nook or when Amazon discounts it. This learning process will definitely help with my next one, if I can convince myself to take on such a challenge again and the feedback is strong enough for readers to want more.
If you are in the website design biz or the marketing industry and will do some minimal work for me for minimal pay, please leave me a comment. ;D
Or if you are just a kind soul and want to help for free, that works too.
Hope you get a sprig of excitement today!
Thanks y'all
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