As I ramp up towards the release of Akeldama this week, I've expanded into other media outlets for exposure, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads. That doesn't mean that my computer illiteracy has been solved.
Twitter has been the biggest example. I know most of you will laugh at me by the end of the next couple of paragraphs, and that's okay. I laugh at my own ineptitude sometimes too. To start with, I can't get my picture uploaded to Twitter, and I have no idea why. I've got a picture the right size, I click on the "upload a picture" button, and I follow the steps. Yet, stubbornly, nothing happens. And then there's my phone...
I'm a dinosaur. I still have an iPhone4 that I only got because my flip phone died in 2013. I'm trying to get the Twitter App, but my operating system is outdated, and it's taking forever to download the new iOS. I should probably take it to an Apple Store, or just breakdown and get a newer phone, but I live out in the sticks, and even a trip out for fast food becomes a version of Oregon Trail. I'll load up the wagons sometime soon and head on to the big city, but a family and other commitments make such a trek a bit daunting right now.
I'm looking at the Facebook boosting of my author page, but I'm also still a small time operation with a low budget, so ad promotion isn't a top priority right now. Mostly, I gain exposure through word of mouth, so I have to straddle the line between nudging those I know to mention me to others, and pestering them to the point where they ignore me. It's a hard line, and I'm still figuring out that part.
Still, even with limited exposure, Akeldama, my debut novel, comes out this week, and I'm excited. If I can convince a few others to get a little excited too, that'd be a great bonus...and a wonderful start.
Twitter has been the biggest example. I know most of you will laugh at me by the end of the next couple of paragraphs, and that's okay. I laugh at my own ineptitude sometimes too. To start with, I can't get my picture uploaded to Twitter, and I have no idea why. I've got a picture the right size, I click on the "upload a picture" button, and I follow the steps. Yet, stubbornly, nothing happens. And then there's my phone...
I'm a dinosaur. I still have an iPhone4 that I only got because my flip phone died in 2013. I'm trying to get the Twitter App, but my operating system is outdated, and it's taking forever to download the new iOS. I should probably take it to an Apple Store, or just breakdown and get a newer phone, but I live out in the sticks, and even a trip out for fast food becomes a version of Oregon Trail. I'll load up the wagons sometime soon and head on to the big city, but a family and other commitments make such a trek a bit daunting right now.
I'm looking at the Facebook boosting of my author page, but I'm also still a small time operation with a low budget, so ad promotion isn't a top priority right now. Mostly, I gain exposure through word of mouth, so I have to straddle the line between nudging those I know to mention me to others, and pestering them to the point where they ignore me. It's a hard line, and I'm still figuring out that part.
Still, even with limited exposure, Akeldama, my debut novel, comes out this week, and I'm excited. If I can convince a few others to get a little excited too, that'd be a great bonus...and a wonderful start.
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