ecdavis
Troubadour
Following a suggestion made on this group, I created an account on Goodreads a few days ago and today decided to 'introduce' myself in the fantasy section of the Authors forum.
After seeing all the published books with nicely designed covers and the links for stuff on sale at Amazon, I felt like a kid in a go-cart trying to fit in at the Indianapolis 500.
I don't know if anyone else had that same 'wow, I don't belong here' feeling, but I sure did. I certainly hope I didn't do something really stupid by posting that introduction and a URL link to my page on Booksie. I did a search of the Goodreads group for the word 'Booksie' and didn't find anyone else who had entered a Booksie address.
That is a problem I'm having; how exactly to promote my stuff. I'm working on the third book in a trilogy right now and I'm not aspiring to get it published, I just want people to read it. My philosophy is that if you give something to someone for free and they don't like it, they can't get too mad, so if my writing is too amateur for the reader, at least they won't be out anything other than time.
So my question is: Is it okay to promote amateur writing at sites like Goodreads or on similar sites? I'm not promoting it to try to sell anything, just to make those who like amateur fantasy aware of my stuff. I'm not sure if Goodreads is set up for just anyone who writes, or is that really obnoxious to the published and successful writers? I don't want to be some dumb hick that gets on the nerves of everyone at a serious site for real authors. But if it is the proper thing to do, I wouldn't mind people reading my stuff.
Ed
After seeing all the published books with nicely designed covers and the links for stuff on sale at Amazon, I felt like a kid in a go-cart trying to fit in at the Indianapolis 500.
I don't know if anyone else had that same 'wow, I don't belong here' feeling, but I sure did. I certainly hope I didn't do something really stupid by posting that introduction and a URL link to my page on Booksie. I did a search of the Goodreads group for the word 'Booksie' and didn't find anyone else who had entered a Booksie address.
That is a problem I'm having; how exactly to promote my stuff. I'm working on the third book in a trilogy right now and I'm not aspiring to get it published, I just want people to read it. My philosophy is that if you give something to someone for free and they don't like it, they can't get too mad, so if my writing is too amateur for the reader, at least they won't be out anything other than time.
So my question is: Is it okay to promote amateur writing at sites like Goodreads or on similar sites? I'm not promoting it to try to sell anything, just to make those who like amateur fantasy aware of my stuff. I'm not sure if Goodreads is set up for just anyone who writes, or is that really obnoxious to the published and successful writers? I don't want to be some dumb hick that gets on the nerves of everyone at a serious site for real authors. But if it is the proper thing to do, I wouldn't mind people reading my stuff.
Ed