So, I sat down at my computer today around 1pm and started the arduous task of garnering reviews for my newly released book. One of the big steps people make in doing this is the act of submitting their book to a bevy of book bloggers. I failed to do this with the first book I ever published and that release went abysmally. So, what is the word on this act so far? It takes a while, that's the word.
It is now 8:33pm and I just finished my search for the day. No bloggers have been contacted yet and I spent that much time on it. What I do have is a list of potential bloggers who are likely to enjoy my book enough to give it a half way decent review. I guess that's something, but I look forward to tomorrow with dread, because now I have to compose about one hundred individual emails. I could write one generic email to then tweak to match the particular blogger I'm contacting, but everything I've read, and everything I feel tells me that's a bad idea .
Anyway, no complaints. I've always said, "You have to do what you have to do, so you can do what you want to do." What I want to do is be a successful author, so that means I have to put the extra work in, and that... is worth it.
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