Okay, you're almost done with your manuscript, you finished your manuscript, you have one published. Way to go you! Please, I'm sure I can speak for every other author.
If you have that urge to create your own room, don't add everyone and their twin. It's annoying. I'm not saying I don't/won't/didn't enjoy your work. I'm just saying, I could care less. That's what ummm newsfeeds are for. That's what like pages are for.
If you have that piss your pant burning urge to create a room, make it either private or public. That way for actual readers who like your work can find it. Or, make them feel all warm and fuzzy inside to where if they're in there, they know no one else can see them.
But, please stop adding me to a room you created. Especially for EACH book you have. I don't care. Really, I don't. Even in the groups that I do care, I have the notifications turned off and I hardly visit them.
I want to say thank you to those who actually ASK me BEFORE adding me.
Please, "Writing is my life..." what author/writer ain't gonna say that?
The one thing you need to be aware of when you do start a mass add - some 'authors'
***Sorry internet issues***
Where was I? Oh yeah, the thing you need to be aware of, one author burning bridges. They will intentionally be doing stuff. I.E. You'll think they're acting all nice to you. When in reality, it's to get back at another author. Do you really want that type of drama?
Join one of those mass groups (or like pages) to where you can spam your material. Draw in other readers besides authors who more likely than not, won't read your work. I am sort of against reading other author's work. I will do it on a very rare occasion. I mean so rare, only two authors I've read their work. No disrespect to anyone else, but, it ain't happening.
Now, lets touch on spamming and etiquette. My biggest pet peeve, and I have unfriended people because of this. I'll help you promote. NOT a problem!!! However, if you give me the, "Oh, I'm busy I'll do it later." When I ask you for help. Sorry, but fuck you. And then you have the nerve to come back a week later (or a day in some cases) and ask me for help? Then YOU get mad at me when I tell you that I'm busy?!?!
Lets get over ourselves people. Yes, other writers/authors will be there to help. Yes, we all do talk to one another. Don't think you're being sneaky. Because chances are when you ask someone for help for the first time and you get the, 'I'm too busy excuse', it's probably to stand up for another author you pissed off.
I have a handful of authors I can count on. I'd like it to be more, of course. But, I don't need the drama.
You'll know the ones who start the drama. And you if you don't, I'm sorry. You have to be very careful on who you think are your friends and helping. There is an "author" out there. I use the term lightly because he's so full of crap, the cows can't keep up. If he doesn't get what he wants from you, he'll go bad mouthing you to the rest of his author friends. Do you really want to be friends with someone like that?
Spamming. Spamming is good. Especially when it's a once a time promotion. But, yes, I have unliked pages because their personal wall/author wall/author page/book page are all spreading the love. And that's all I see. Be careful. I've seen and heard a lot of you being locked out because of the facebook police. Well, duh!? If you're spamming, (no, I don't do it) how many people (are one of the same) that see the same post X amount of times? They're going to click on hide. I simply "unlike" the page and the refresh my wall. Ah, so much better! I can see what my actual friends are doing.
I'm simply referring to the one day here one day there that's happening every other day. Ugh!
Going back to Author book groups. You'll have your "close friends" "family" or "suck ups". Hell, don't believe me, sit back and watch it. They'll be the only ones responding to anything you put in your group.
But, you've only been writing for a couple of years.
Ah, yes. I have. But, a hell of a lot longer 'monitoring' the groups and like pages to see what works and what doesn't. You want to "market" your book and reach out to more people, until you're more well known, don't make a "special" group for your book and do a mass add. It's an easy way to become unfriended.
Then they weren't worth my time.
That may be true. But the saying be careful of the toes you step on because it may be attached to the ass you need to kiss tomorrow. What makes me so unique, (besides my great support team) is when I'm told no or I can't do something, I do the research and do it myself. Many can, but also many can't. Do you want to eat a little hay and save a month's worth of work and research on doing it on your own? Or, do you want to play nice and have it done in five minutes or less? That choice is yours.
In this market, authors rarely and I mean rarely bad mouth another. They only time you hear one bad mouthing another, is when that one has done something to piss more than one off. More often than not, we won't even say, "well, we heard this..." We will say, "I've heard of them." But, that's it.
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