Wednesday, May 4, 2016

CENTURY OLD HORROR STORY


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…
Because he lacked the confidence and drive to...
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