A couple of days ago, I decided to put together a video with which I intended to both ask and offer some help to fellow writers as well. Promotion and marketing have been mysteries for me, although I’m making much more of an effort to do this than I ever had before.
So, I shot the video. I’m getting a bit more confident with editing skills and putting videos together. For example, as part of these experiences, I learned Instagram doesn’t use its algorithm to recommend videos, so stay away from those. Meanwhile, I learned Substack helps you generate shorter clips of videos to use as promo clips. So I can use the promo clips on Insta while referring the Insta viewers back to Substack for thew full video.
Well, the video is below. And it wound up being almost more of a soliloquy and reflection than a request to my audience.
I can’t approach writing as just another job. It’s something far more important to me, my identity. I want to tell the stories that are important to me, and if they aren’t as obviously commercial-ready as other authors, then so be it.
The irony is it was me getting interested in fan-fiction – an absolutely non-commercial enterprise – that got be reinvigorated in the process of fiction writing again. I think it’s about time for me to do another one of my An Author’s Biography pieces about the influence that experience has had on my work.
Until then, take care, everyone.