It's driving me crazy. Writing, for me, has an answer: once I know what a scene is supposed to do, and who is in it, and where it is, I write until those goals are achieved with the voice of the character, and it's done.
Marketing has no equivalent. You can always do more. It isn't measurable in its effect, or predictable, or precise. There is no Aha! feeling when you get it right.
And yet, without marketing, no one will know you're written a book.
I see why traditional publishing seems attractive: it promises to do that for you.
Sometimes it does.
YOU ARE READING
Drabbles 100 Words
Non-FictionSince drabbles are a popular form, I'm making a place to store mine. I'm changing this to op ed pieces in 100 words. Occasionally (like the first part), some fiction will leak in. But I'll quarantine it with quotes and some non-fiction words around...
