That’s all the time I have left on my lunch hour. After that, it’s back to the daily grind. I have to say, though, that this lunch hour has been a productive one. My lunch buddies abandoned me today so I spent my hour doing some research on other authors’ websites. A dear friend of mine is going to build a website for me so that I can promote my books. (Note the optimism – I’m assuming that I’ll eventually write more than one!) My web designer's name is Scott Gordy and, if you look to the left, you will find a link to his company's website.
My website research has uncovered several sites that I like. I’ve also found several others that make me think “What the ****?” Personally, I’m not a big fan of clutter. That includes the visual clutter that you find on so many websites. If I have to read for half an hour to figure out what’s going on, yours isn’t the site for me.
I’m quickly learning that there is so much more to this business of being an author than just coming up with a good story. Websites, blogs, cover art, marketing – the list goes on and on. I’ve also come to realize that finding a publisher in the current market is next to impossible. That means self-publishing and self-promotion. I guess I can work on that stuff in my spare time between midnight and four, right? Right. For writers who also work a regular job, time becomes the biggest challenge of all.
Speaking of time, my twenty minutes are all gone and I hear that regular job calling my name.
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