I’ve mentioned in
this series of posts that I’ve been attending workshops, reading books, and
finding articles about using social media outlets as an author. “Marketing R Us”
should be emblazoned on any work about becoming a writer.
Don’t like it? That’s
kinda too bad. ‘Cause this is the reality for a professional writer. And that’s
you, right? Professional writers do what they must in the craft and business
parts of the professional writer’s life.
One aspect that I’m
paying more attention to after one such workshop, is my Facebook Author Pages.
That’s right. Pages. When you write more than one genre, you need an identity
for each, even the as-yet unpublished ones. I subscribe to Christina Katz’s
perspective, Get Known Before the Book Deal.
That book was the
first book I read on marketing. The year was 2010. She convinced me since I
wasn’t known and had no book deals yet. Since then, I’ve published with two
traditional, if small, presses and will publish with a third this fall. I’m a
believer.
Back to Facebook
Author Pages, I didn’t have all four at first. In fact, number four, Caroline
Adams Writer, was added this summer. I think by next summer, I may add number
five, Olivia Lucas, who writes women’s fiction.
By the way, I’d love
it if you’d follow me on all four! Links below. Is that a cheeky ask, or what? Just click on a name to go to the Facebook author page.
So what do they
all write, in the order I created the pages, and what do I post for each of
them every day? As a side note, the postings I suggest here also work for
Twitter! Get a two-fer by posting the same content both places.
Sharon Arthur Moore-Author writes cozy culinary
mysteries. Her first book, now unavailable, was MISSION IMPASTABLE. The book will
be re-issued from a different publisher as PASTABILITIES this fall. The “Murders
with Taste” series is planned as a six-book series with recipes that mostly
reflect the titles. A second culinary mystery series (in the planning stages) will
be set in Alaska.
She belongs to
several affinity groups on FB related to mystery writing and to cooking. On her
FB page, she posts recipes, mystery book links, food holidays, and cooking
tools and facts. She is also starting a newsletter she is trying to get
subscribers for.
Angelica French writes about relationships: romantic,
familial, friendship, and business. She is all about communication and empathy.
Her first book is an erotic romance (180 degrees from culinary mysteries, thus
the need for a pen name. STREETWALKER is a story of trust and redemption.
She belongs to
several Facebook affinity groups for romance writers. On Angelica’s FB page, I
post links to books I get from other Facebook groups, articles I find online,
and links to articles about popular culture.
River Glynn-Author has a bit of
an identity crisis. She is, as yet, unpublished, but she’s written a novel with
a ghost story and has written a full-length play with a “ghost” in it. She also
likes science and science fiction and has some books outlined for topics like
the Voynich Document and a future dystopian society. River is also a high
fantasy fan and would love to do a fantasy series with paranormal elements.
She belongs to
some FB paranormal groups and also follows a lot of them as well as science
folks on Twitter.
She posts science
events (past and present), weird holidays, links to paranormal, scifi, and
fantasy books, links to articles about science facts and paranormal tales.
Caroline Adams Writer is my newest
persona. She writes historical fiction and Intrepid Women biographies for
middle grade readers. She has an historical fiction romance, LUCINDA, that is
as-yet unpublished, though there has been some interest in her work from agents
and editors at conferences. She wants to write about a Singuan woman she thinks
was one of her previous incarnations. She also has plans for a
Viking-settlement historical fiction novel. She is fascinated by many eras in
history. Too many? Possibly.
Caroline belongs
to historical fiction affinity groups on FB. I post for her links to historical
fiction books, archaeology finds, articles about historical eras, and
historical trivia facts.
See, it’s easy to
find stuff to post for your FB author page and Twitter. Just keep the focus for your persona.
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