Building a Platform
There is always some new thing that authors are told they are supposed to do in order to promote themselves and their books. Building a Platform is one of the latest. Not THE latest, I'll write about that one in a different post. Building a platform is tied to name recognition and the kind of author you are/and the books that you write. In my case I have two series and two names that I write under--which means two names for people to recognize. What I hope I've set up as a platform that people are beginning to learn about me are the following: 1. I love to promote other authors. I have guests on my blogs often. 2. I lend a helping hand to aspiring authors--with tips about writing on my blogs. 3. Readers are important to me--I love hearing from them either online, via email or in person at book signings, book and craft fairs, and library talks. 4. I am an ordinary person--just one who writes. I have a big family that I like to write about on this blog. If you are o...