I didn't go very far with my blog when I started this website. I had big plans but they were sidelined by reality. Every nugget of writing I've done has been focused on my current novel and my upcoming projects. It's exhausting. Remembering to stay on top of a blog that, let's face it, no one is going to read? Exhaustinger.
Things are different now because this book is getting published and I need to be marketing it. I need you to buy my book so I can publish more books. Therefore, I need to prove to you that my book is worth reading. How do I do that? With a marketing campaign. It would be nice if I could just say, "Hey, this book is good. Buy it." Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way because 1) You might not know me, and therefore you have no reason to trust me or 2) You might know, and therefore have many reasons not to trust me.
Luckily for me, I have an amazing publisher, AcuteByDesign, so I'm not flying solo in the murky world of self-promotion. Still, I have to keep encouraging you not just to buy my book but also to get others to buy the book. That means it needs to be really good. At minimum, it means I need to convince you that what you're reading is good. That's where this blog comes in. It's not really a marketing campaign, but it's a start.