Once again, I have embarked on the journey of invention and self-discovery that is NaNoWriMo.
This will be my third National Novel Writing Month attempt. It also marks my first year as a Municipal Liaison (for the Austin/Central Texas region), a position I volunteered for because I love NaNoWriMo so very much.
Here are a few of the lessons I learned from my first two “wins” (successful NaNoWriMo challenges):
Writing your novel or nonfiction book is only the beginning. If you want people to buy your book, you need to develop an author platform as part of your marketing efforts and to build a relationship with your readers.
Speaking to the Indie Publishing Austin meetup, Tom Corson-Knowles (the bestselling self-published author of 20+ books including The Kindle Publishing Bible series, founder of TCK Publishing, and host of The Publishing Profits Podcast), offered up excellent tips on how authors can build an online presence and an audience for their books.
As he defined it, the author platform is the combination of methods, tools, and resources that an author uses to connect to readers and build an audience.
