AS I AM IN THE MIDST OF WRITING I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT GETTING YOUR BOOK OUT THERE ON THE SHELVES TAKES MUCH MORE THAN JUST WRITING YOUR STORY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH SELF-PUBLISHING. IT SEMMS MOST OF MY TIME IS SPENT PROMOTING MY BOOK. BUT I AM NOT COMPLAINING. I AM FINDING THE PROCESS ACTUALLY FUN AND INFORMATIVE. THE LINKEDIN SITE HAS HELPED A LOT WITH FINDING USEFUL TIPS FROM OTHER OTHERS ON HOW TO GET YOUR BOOK MORE EXPOSURE. I ESPECIALLY FOUND THAT CREATING YOUR OWN BOOK TRAILER TO PUT ON YOUTUBE AND OTHER SITES IS A FANTASTIC WAY OF GETTING YOUR BOOK NOTICED. NOW, MY BOOK ISN'T EVEN DONE YET. I EXPECT IT TO BE PUSBLISHED IN MARCH, 2013. BUT I FIGURED I WOULD GET A JUMP ON THE GAME BY CREATING ANTICIPATION FOR ITS RELEASE.
I ALSO FOUND THAT MAKING A LOT OF CONNECTIONS ON DIFFERENT SITES IS VERY HELPFUL. I HAVE JOINED A FEW GROUPS ON LINKEDIN THAT ARE FOR CREATIVE WRITERS AND AUTHORS. THIS IS A GREAT WAY OF FINDING HELPFUL INFORMATION. I ALSO JOINED GROUPS ON FACEBOOK TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT. ONE FACT I DEFINITELY KNEW BEFOREHAND WAS THAT YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE RELATED TO YOUR BOOK. SINCE MY BOOK IS ABOUT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS I HAVE TARGETED THE MS SITES SUCH AS THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY AND MSCONNECTION. NOW, I AM ALREADY A MEMBER OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS SINCE I MYSELF HAS MS. BUT MAKING THEM AWARE OF MY UPCOMING BOOK TARGETS A PARTICULAR AUDIENCE THAT IS RELATED TO MY STORY. I AM NOT SAYING THAT I DON'T WANT OTEHRS TO READ IT WHO DO NOT HAVE MS. I WILL NOT BE SO NARROW MINDED. I KNOW MY BOOK CAN BE INSPIRATIONAL TO ANYONE DEALING WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS OR BASICALLY ANY CRISIS IN THEIR LIVES. STILL I AM FINDING MY FOOTING IN THIS WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE. I AM LEARNING AS I GO BUT FIND THE ADVENTURE QUITE EXCITING.
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