“We are family. I got all my sisters with me . . .” Come on, everybody. Sing it! You all know that great Pointer Sisters song!
So how does that become a Tuesday Tip? Well, people often ask me about how to do effective promotion as a writer and there’s lots of ideas to discuss. A website, blog, Myspace and Facebook page. Penny for penny, the Internet is probably one of the most effective ways a writer, or any other artist, can meet people and spread the word about what they are doing.
But like anything else, going it alone on the Internet can be a lonely affair, as it can be going it alone at signings and other events.
But if you’ve got family, especially writing family, the world becomes a much smaller place. For me, I got my first writing family at my local RWA chapter in New Jersey. I recently joined the Orange County chapter in California since I have a number of friends in the chapter and like getting out to California.
One thing I’ve recently done is band together with other writers for some new endeavors. A few years ago I went to a conference down in Miami and got to hang out with some old and dear friends, but also got to know some new and really great women. We banded together to form an e-mail loop to share ideas and thoughts and not be so alone. We actually titled the group and our new website NUNCASOLA which means “Never Alone”.
Another thing I’ll be doing next year as part of a group of friends is hosting a mixer at the 2009 RT Convention in Orlando. We’ll be meeting readers, booksellers and other writers and sharing a good time with them. The STREET PARTY mixer was the brainstorm of my friend Kimberly Terry, but the lesson of the story is that together we can do more than we could alone.
When you’re considering promotion, consider not only the things that promote only you, but see if you can’t find a writing family to help support your efforts to get the word out about your writing.
For your enjoyment, courtesy of The Pointer Sisters and Rhino Entertainment, here’s WE ARE FAMILY!
NOT the Pointer Sisters. Actually the group is Sister Sledge, another 70s-80s girl group of sisters
First off, where oh WHERE can I get one of those fly red jump suits??!! Girl, I LOVE IT! And secondly, how blessed am I to have such wonderful ‘sistahs’ with me, having fun doing promo together?
We are family, I got all my sisters with me…can’t wait to see you at RT, chica~
xoxo
KKT
wonder whaat authors did before the internet?
Nope, not me, but if you ever see the Gloria Estefan video shot at Studio 54, that is me in front of the runway where Gloria is singing!
Is that you in the front row of the video???