A fan of everything I write started a Facebook page where nearly
400 people have joined. I don’t take something like that lightly. Her name is
Jennifer Thomas. Thanks Jenn. She is a reader who reviews what she reads on
Amazon religiously in addition to her making it possible for my publishing
partner RJ Parker and I to interact with readers. I’m nearing 88,000 words in
my novel Hard Case Book V: Blood and Fear. It does help to know people are
reading our offerings, and enjoying them. The best part about a fan page like
Jenn created is an author can interact with readers, and dispel the notion of
aloofness we get. Not all of us are like JD Salinger, who wrote ‘The Catcher in
the Rye’, and never offered anything else. :)
Some of us woe begotten writers just plain write. We’re not afraid
of criticism, and we frankly don’t care what the hell people think about our
offerings. We can’t! Once we believe we’re writing for someone else, what we
write is doomed. Sure, there are many people who abhor pulp fiction, which is
what I write. They have many alternatives. If you want someone to be
entertained by your writing, they have to be entertained by what you write… and
not by what you think they want you to write. Thanks, Jenn! :)
You can find the fan page here... if you'd like... :)
6 comments:
Wow that is very cool. And a lot of folks in that group. Amazing, man. Congrats.
Thanks, Charles, but it would never have happened without Jenn. I had seen authors with FB pages, but I'd never seen a fan page on there before she started it. She does one for Lori Lopez too. We can announce new novels, interact with readers, and have contests.
Fantastic, Bernard! Congratulations!
Thanks, Cora. Jenn is a great reader to have as an author.
So I may have to sign up for Facebook after all... :/
(That's super, Bernard!).
Facebook is a great place to interact with readers, Raine. I think you'd enjoy it. Many of our friends are on there already.
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