C. Kevin Thompson

You’ve probably heard it said, “To sell more books, a writer must write more books.”

There’s some truth in that statement. If you write more GOOD books, people may stumble upon you in a bookstore or hear about you via word-of-mouth, and, after reading book #4, ask, “What else has this author penned?” And another set of eyeballs has been tapped.

However, is that enough? Do writers of fiction have to spend every waking moment (when not actually writing) Twittering, Facebooking, and whateverelse-ing to get their name “out there”? Rob Eagar, founder of Wildfire Marketing, would say, “Yes, and No.”

He claims marketing should not be hard. But simply writing more stories doesn’t cut it, either.

There are three things he notes in his Writer’s Digest article, dated January 27, 2012, entitled, “Tips to Make Selling Fiction a Reality.”

The three things he lists are: 1) Enhance your website; 2) Generate Effective Newsletters; 3) Connect your story to a current event or a cause.

For more details on how to accomplish these, click on the hyperlink above. It’s a short article, but it may help redirect your efforts.

I know it has mine.

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The Serpent’s Grasp by C. Kevin Thompson

C. KEVIN THOMPSON is an ordained minister, and his published works include, besides several articles in magazines and newspapers, two award-winning novels, The Serpent’s Grasp (winner of the 2013 Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference Selah Award for First Fiction) and 30 Days Hath Revenge – A Blake Meyer Thriller: Book 1.

Website:           www.ckevinthompson.com

Blogs:               www.ckevinthompson.blogspot.com (His Official Blog)

http://www.thehelpfuleducator.blogspot.com (His Blog for Parents of School-aged Children)

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Twitter:            @CKevinThompson

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