Some writers just want to see their works available to the world. Others want to be able to say they are published (although publishing yourself does not count for much, believe me). Smart working writers have other goals for their websites:
Saving Time- Promotion
- Marketing
- Employment
- Convenience
Wouldn't the time it takes to find, photocopy and send clips be better used finding jobs and creating masterpieces of prose? A website has become critical for promoting yourself as a writer. It is a potent tool for marketing your work and services. People expect you to have a website and hope to see examples of your work. Listing the site with job boards, directories and on your resume, business cards and all marketing instruments makes you more available to be contacted for assignments. When you contact potential clients or editors, pointing them to your website makes it easier for them to see more of your work and read more about you.
Labels: promotion, websites
2 Comments:
Georganna,
As you mentioned, the primary reason for starting my own blog was to promote my writing and myself. In reviewing blogs like those J.A. Konrath, it becomes increasingly clear that writers should be willing to "pimp" their wares, give away free samples (or in his case, entire PDF versions of his novels) in order to create a following. My blog was not created so that I could say, "I'm a published writer." To me, that is cheesy, and editors/publishers will see right through it.
Indeed, editors and publishers hold self-published credits in little regard, but beginning writers don't know that.
Care for a cheesy sample of editing?
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