In April…
I participated in the A-Z
Challenge…
My theme was Pulp fiction.
One of the authors I
highlighted…
Was H.P. Lovecraft…
Who now is regarded…
As the most significant…
20th century
author in the horror genre.
Success should have happened
in his lifetime…
But it didn’t...
He was virtually unknown…
And only published in Pulp magazines.
Never able to support
himself…
From earnings as author and
editor…
Lovecraft saw commercial success increasingly elude him…
Lovecraft saw commercial success increasingly elude him…
Because he lacked the
confidence and drive to...
PROMOTE HIMSELF! (source: Wikipedia)
And that in a nutshell is my insecurity.
PROMOTE HIMSELF! (source: Wikipedia)
And that in a nutshell is my insecurity.
But when I think about it…
I'm surprised that way back then…
Authors had to promote.
I always thought…
They had an agent and a publisher…
Who would do all the promotions…
So authors could just write, write, write, write. Right?
Guess even back then…
If an author wanted sales…
It was all about promotion.
And what about you?
Is the process of promotion…
Easy, hard, or not even a concern for you?
Got any tips?
Always,
Em-Musing
