A couple of people have emailed me, wanting more details about the conference. The workshop that I attended entitled Marketing Your Fiction taught by author James Rubart and agent Chip Macgregor had a lot of helpful hints. Rubart recently wrote this blog post and on that post he covers a lot of the material that he discussed at the conference.
One thing that Jim said that I really thought was interesting was the social media aspect. I notice when I go to other authors Facebook pages, including mine, a great majority of their friends are fellow writers and authors, which is nice, but, to market your stuff, you have to reach outside of that zone, try to reach new readers.
I try to reach new readers, but, sometimes, it’s kind of hard to think of ways to find people who may enjoy my books. It’s kind and hit or miss for me. I’ve even contacted professional organizations that dealt with alcoholism since my novel Milk Money is about a non-Christian who becomes saved and learns to breaks his addition shortly before he finds Christ. I tried to find organizations that catered to Christian alcoholics and I contacted a few, but never got a response.
Oh well. Any authors reading this who have great marketing tips about how to reach new readers? Comment if you wish!