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I've completely abandoned any promotion since my book, Drystone - A Life Rebuilt came out in August because honestly, I'm sick of it. Sick of talking about myself. Sick of thinking about my past. Sick of being online loads. All three are incredibly bad for me. So, while I'd love it if you bought my book (it's genuinely really good) I'm not willing to rinse myself to persude you.
(Either I'm fucking terrible at promotion, or I'm twenty years ahead ;)
@kristiedegaris I'm very impressed at how well you did at promoting it, but can't say I'm surprised that it's the least favorite part for you. If you were good at it and liked it, well, you'd be a completely different person who couldn't have written that book!
@sbourne Ha! I think that's probably very true.
@kristiedegaris putting yourself behind the thing you poured yourself into can be really draining in a particular way. Sometimes it feels like you spent all of the time working on the thing that you really don't have much left to do all of the rest of the song and dance! Good on you for finding your own balance. Excited to read your book :)
@lensflare Yes! Very much this.
@kristiedegaris where would someone in rural Manitoba, Canada, go to buy the book? It is nor on Apple Books or Kindle. Some UK retailers will not ship to Canada.
@kristiedegaris
Awesome. I read the reviews and have put it on my wish list!
Take care.
@kristiedegaris I loved your book, and my OH read it straight after me. It's not light reading by any means but it is honest and eye-opening. Thank you for writing it.
To cheer you up, here's a picture of my goats on the 'stone wall bench' I 'built' last year based on your how-to blogposts.
@kristiedegaris just let us readers do the promotion work 😊 it's in fact an eyeopening book. love it !
@mc This is so kind, thank you!
@kristiedegaris my pleasure.... Slàinte and have a good night ;)
@Thebratdragon Hahaha. Definitely a possibility.
@kristiedegaris
Hmm... My library knows you as an author but doesn't have your book... I will ask them to order it. 🙂
@Su_G I LOVE being in libraries. Thank you!
@kristiedegaris I’ve said before that writing is easy but everything else, including self promotion, is hard. Don’t blame you for taking a break
@benjamincox I didn't even find writing easy! Haha! Maybe easier. Definitely preferable to promotion.
@kristiedegaris @benjamincox I work at a college and will never forget the day the instructor in the classroom opposite my office was walking to the doorway to close it, and stated, "if you're not *sick of it,* you're not done yet. That's part of writing." (I *think* it was a 200 level English class.) True for so many things... }
Keep on being you 😊 :)
@kristiedegaris Writing about myself is my personal idea of hell! Don’t know how you did it - you’re a better scribe than I.
@kristiedegaris
Completely understandable.
@kristiedegaris let us do the persuading while you take care of yourself. The book is brutally good and important.
@maxheadroom You're so kind. Thank you
@kristiedegaris It's already on my Christmas wish list. If nobody buys it for me I'll treat myself.
@lopta I hope someone treats you. And either way, I hope you get a lot out of the book.
@kristiedegaris
I already bought and have your book.
So far I've found it inspirational and have no intention of asking more from you.
You stay you. For all of us.
@Davida_Taylor Thank you! For buying and reading and these kind words.
It's not readers, it's the world of publishing. It's been truly shocking to discover how much authors themselves are behind sales.
@kristiedegaris @Davida_Taylor I always thought publishing companies did the heavy lifting when it came to marketing books since I assumed they had a vested interest in their books selling well. I guess not?
@panicky_patzer @Davida_Taylor I assumed that too. Silly me.
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