DO: Advertise your story. I can hear your mind grinding: WHAAA?! DUH! But if you read my don't, you'll understand. Advertising is an excellent way to get people to read your story! The right way to do it:
Liana: "Hey Jim! I LOVED the story you wrote! I read it all the way through and CRIED, literally, when Rose fell down the stairs. It was so upsetting when Jake left Karen, but I really felt the chemistry between them go away. After reading your books..."
Jim: "Hey Liana! Thanks for reading my books! I really must check out yours sometime!"
Liana: "I noticed you like Romance books? I have written a few you might like. :) No pressure, just if you want to check them out. Thanks."
Jim: "Liana, I would love to! I LOVE romance books!"
DON'T: Advertise just for the sake of it. This gets SOOO annoying, and that's why it would probably be top of my list. It goes something like this: ♫"Hey, I just met you. And this is crazy. But here's ALL MY STORIES! So read them PLEASE!" ♫
Admit it, you sung it!!! This gets my goat! Really!!!
Jake has just fanned Tiana. He has this REALLY great story called: Ticiano. He REALLY loves his story and hopes she'll read it. This conversation... is what Jake really means by the fan.
Jake (what he thinks): "Hey Tiana! I just fanned you because I really want you to read my story, and if you don't, well I'm moving on."
What he says; "Hey Tiana!!!!!! WOOOWWWW so like I have this TOTALLY cool book, can you PLLLLZZZ read it??????"
NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!! Advertising is great... but flaunting your books in front of your fans is a no-no and will not get you any more fans, trust me.
