Best Advice for New Authors
Being an author means you are also a publicist and marketing agent. Whether you are traditionally published or you do it yourself, you have to toot your own horn. But part of that is easier if you join a writing community. But don't just join it. If all you do is pay your fee and then sit around waiting for something to happen, nothing will happen. You have to participate. Let me repeat. You must PARTICIPATE in order to get anything out of an organization. It could be a simple thing, like showing up for meetings, casting your vote, sharing your ideas. Or you could become a cogin the wheel that make the organization successful. Do a presentation. Share your experience. Teach. I live in Alabama and there are a few statewide organizations for writers. But if you can't find one in your state, and I find that hardly plausible since many national organizations have local chapters, then join a national one. But organizations aren't the only place you can par...