ryanzdawson
Dreamer
Tl;dr: I need help marketing my books but I don't know what to ask because seeking help wasn't even my idea in the first place. Also I have a neurodevelopmental disorder.
Hello. I joined this forum at the behest of Dr. Temple Grandin, who told me on the phone that I should get on a writing forum and hobnob with people and promote myself. I am autistic and, while I'm articulate, I'm profoundly socially inept. To be honest, I didn't want to take Dr. Grandin's advice because the rest of it was clueless and empty and because I don't know how to hobnob and promote myself. But I am trying.
I have five books out now. The first and fifth are self-published and the other three were published by a tiny, broke publishing house that was really just two brothers in their garage. I'm unable to market my work by myself. Unfortunately, I need someone who will hold my hand through the whole process, and I'm not going to ask anyone to do that. My small publisher was able to spend money to buy ads on Google, FB, Goodreads, and Drive-Thru Fiction, but those ads never translated to sales. So I guess I need help. But I don't know what to ask for.
See, this wasn't my idea. I told my therapist I was retiring from writing because my books don't sell and, as a 40-year-old with no savings, I really need to focus on getting a job that actually pays. But my therapist was unhappy with that and he suggested I contact my local autism society as well as Temple Grandin. I did what he said, but nothing came of that. Basically, I don't know what to ask. I'm doing what someone else wants me to do, not what I want to do. That's why this doesn't make any dang sense.
Hello. I joined this forum at the behest of Dr. Temple Grandin, who told me on the phone that I should get on a writing forum and hobnob with people and promote myself. I am autistic and, while I'm articulate, I'm profoundly socially inept. To be honest, I didn't want to take Dr. Grandin's advice because the rest of it was clueless and empty and because I don't know how to hobnob and promote myself. But I am trying.
I have five books out now. The first and fifth are self-published and the other three were published by a tiny, broke publishing house that was really just two brothers in their garage. I'm unable to market my work by myself. Unfortunately, I need someone who will hold my hand through the whole process, and I'm not going to ask anyone to do that. My small publisher was able to spend money to buy ads on Google, FB, Goodreads, and Drive-Thru Fiction, but those ads never translated to sales. So I guess I need help. But I don't know what to ask for.
See, this wasn't my idea. I told my therapist I was retiring from writing because my books don't sell and, as a 40-year-old with no savings, I really need to focus on getting a job that actually pays. But my therapist was unhappy with that and he suggested I contact my local autism society as well as Temple Grandin. I did what he said, but nothing came of that. Basically, I don't know what to ask. I'm doing what someone else wants me to do, not what I want to do. That's why this doesn't make any dang sense.