Here's an idea: Spend two or three hours a day at least five days a week in front of a bookstore wearing a sandwich board with your bookcover on it while you chase and chat with anyone you can corral and who is willing to talk to you. M. J. Rose boardbookcoverbookstore share on social
Don't send out a newsletter just to send out a newsletter. One newsletter a year that is really interesting is more beneficial than 12 that are boring. If you write two or three boring newsletters in a row, your readers will start to think you write boring books. M. J. Rose beneficialbookbore share on social
Paris is an unsolved puzzle. She inspires me in a way that other places don't. And she demands more of me. Just try to write about her without bumping into cliche after cliche. M. J. Rose bumpclichedemand Change image and share on social
When I do a workshop, there is always at least one author who comes up afterward and asks if I'll take a look at his or her book and consider blurbing it. For some reason, I can turn someone down in e-mail, but when he or she is looking me in the eye, I cave. M. J. Rose afterwardaskauthor share on social
I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response. M. J. Rose bookdownloadfile Change image and share on social
I began tailoring my books to cater to one or another universe of readers. I found it incredibly boring; and frankly, it felt stultifying. I'd previously been in advertising. I felt if I was going to create something to fit a specific market, I might as well have stayed with advertising. M. J. Rose advertisebeginbook share on social
As a self-published author, you have the choice. Embrace the power to create a book that is truly yours. Don't be a whiner or a copycat. M. J. Rose authorbookchoice Change image and share on social
Ask your editor or ask your agent to find out what the house's goals are for your book before it comes out. Get some sense of expectations so you are prepared. M. J. Rose agentbookeditor Change image and share on social
All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it. M. J. Rose advertisebookdisplay Change image and share on social
Smart authors, faced with storms, chose to create umbrellas. That's why a diverse group of authors banded together to create The Fiction Writer's Co-op, which will work to find innovative ways to promote each other's work and cheer each other on in a very competitive field. M. J. Rose authorbandcheer share on social
