Market My Novel

You’ve got to love it when someone who gives advice needs a healthy dose of his – or her – own.




One of my key components to any plan for clients is blogging in advance. It is wonderful to have two or three weeks worth of posts ready to go live, or be pushed to a later date to make room for breaking news.




It is a principle that I’ve followed for a very long time, but somehow let slip in with the passing of 2009.




With a puppy now mingling with the cats, keyboard sliders that needed replacing (NIGHTMARE!!! My keyboard tray is slanted, but staying that way.), searching for freelance work, getting a new blog ready to launch later this year, having a major breakthrough on a dark urban fantasy series that has haunted me for about a year, and other life issues that are too numerous to name here, I completely let slide my archive – and find myself desperate to catch up with posts.




Oh, the ideas are there on a lovely notebook attached to a clipboard I bought specifically for this purpose, but they remain vague notions on the page, desperate to be written.




So, do as I advise, not as I do!




Take about thirty minutes this week to write down some quick ideas for your blog. Then, set aside the time to write them. I’ve always found having at least two weeks’ worth of posts (six for me), is the perfect amount. Some I share on article writing sites while others are tweaked for guest blogs.




As I write this, my cat, Two Toes, is walking across my shoulders, arms and hands to help me “type.” She has a cold, so I don’t have the heart to put her down. However, this is always a problem. I sit at the keyboard and my cats immediately wake up from their naps to find out what I’m doing – just like when you are reading the newspaper.