About a week ago, I was
driving to work and I wasn’t in a good mood.
I hadn’t slept that well, I had a bit of a toothache, and I’d done
something to my elbow. Not to mention I was
thinking about all the writing stuff I needed to do. I needed to write up some blogs, I needed to
come up with an idea for my Monthly Stories, I needed stories for the various
collections I’m working on, I needed to critique stories from the writing group
I’m in, I needed a story to share for the group, and I needed someway to boost
my nearly non-existent ebook sales. And
then, as I pulled into work, I found out I had an issue with my power
steering. So the next few hours I was
rather miserable.
Then I remembered an idea
for a story I had while I was in bed wishing I would fall back asleep. The idea behind my Monthly Stories is to come
up with an idea and finish it before the end of the month. Often, these stories deal with something
about that month, but that rule isn’t carved in stone. But, this idea I had did fit in with a news
story I’d seen, so I had my story for the month. And this story also would fit in my next
story collection.
As my shift went on, I
thought more and more about how to better market my books. Basically, all the things you’d probably say
to do to market my books are things I struggle with. There are some things I’ve tried to do that
are … marketing adjacent, but I haven’t had much luck sticking to them. But I started thinking that instead of trying
to do what I originally wanted to do, I could try variations.
That’s when I started
feeling better. Well, except for my
toothache and having to deal with my car.
Whenever you hit a dead end, with a plot, marketing strategy, whatever,
you can always try something new.
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