Updated August 16, 2021.
You mean I have to build a platform at the same time as I write my book? you ask.
Yes.
And as I look at what September, October, and November hold for me—teaching at 3 writers conferences, a trip for book research, finishing book 2 of my Her Inheritance series, maintaining two blogs, launching new CrossRiver books, and somewhere in between all that, paying the bills, cooking meals, shopping for groceries, doing laundry, and keeping my apartment clean—I totally understand the writer’s dilemma of finding time not only to write, but also to build one’s platform.
The publishing world demands authors have a platform. Without it, it’s almost impossible to get picked up by a traditional publisher. They want those numbers up in the thousands, because after all, those numbers represent potential book buyers, and for most publishers that’s really what it’s all about—selling books.
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