tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380900576768870546.post3364700267060306787..comments2012-09-26T21:09:02.298-07:00Comments on Susan Tuttle: Woman of 1,000 Words: The Big SearchSusan Tuttlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608122792151883862noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380900576768870546.post-70869190616062278332010-10-03T12:42:37.342-07:002010-10-03T12:42:37.342-07:00This age of internet marketing and self-promotion ...This age of internet marketing and self-promotion is the only one I've known. Typewriters and carbon paper were in my undergrad days, when I was just trying to get through school and not writing seriously yet. I guess it doesn't seem like a burden or at all strange to someone like me who doesn't know any other way. <br /><br />I feel incredibly lucky that I was signed by an indie publisher in 2008, with my book out in 2009, and always assumed it would be up to me to do the leg work for promotion. When Oak Tree signed me, I purchased a domain name for my website, even though I wasn't quite ready to set it up yet. I took my time setting it up, and in the meantime got on Facebook, I was already on My Space, and registered for Twitter. I eventually got my website set up, as well as a second one, and started a blog. <br /><br />When I first started promotion, I didn't have a mentor or help from anyone as far as what I should be doing, but the steps I took seemed the logical thing to do based upon what I was seeing on the internet already. I'm sure if I had tried to get published in my college days, my experience would be different and I might not see the whole online promotion and marketing situation as normal. But since I have no other point of reference, I can't complain.Holli Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15976235735822063166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380900576768870546.post-8437920700705043162010-10-02T03:47:05.184-07:002010-10-02T03:47:05.184-07:00I've quit looking for agents. In my genre - we...I've quit looking for agents. In my genre - westerns - you can survive without them. Nobody does marketing for you anyway. My blog has kept me out there.<br /><br />-- Dac Crossley. (typepad.daccrossley)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380900576768870546.post-20436677548514610322010-10-01T21:18:47.902-07:002010-10-01T21:18:47.902-07:00Ah, but Susan, you weren't there when pages we...Ah, but Susan, you weren't there when pages were typed with carbon paper for duplicates. Where editing meant re-typing entire manuscripts. Where Wite Out was a strange new product. You can't complain about technology without admitting that it has made your writing life easier.<br /><br />The days of publishers giving PR to new authors and doing all the publicity are over--if they ever existed. Yes, much is on the author's shoulders these days. There are more authors out there since writing a book is a breeze with a computer. Competition is fierce and the only way to stand out is to use the best tool available: the Internet. <br /><br />I may not be able to travel across the USA on a book tour, but I can reach audiences around the world with a blog. It's up to me to be more interesting, more creative than the next author. In reality I might be at home in a bathrobe drinking Dr Pepper at 10 in the morning, but I'm a professional on the cyber road marketing to the rest of the world.<br /><br />As for all the different directions from each agent on submissions: I suspect it's easy to weed out people who can't follow directions or ignore them altogether. Who wants to work with that type of author?Sunny Frazierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03693884364418711551noreply@blogger.com