Discussion of the day. Shameless Self-promotion

[Kantarii]

I'm sure we have all been guilty of doing it at some point during our time here. Do you think it is something an author will grow out of doing as they mature with their writing skills or something that gets deeper embedded over time to keep the attention on them?
Kant

 

[twistedsickmind]

Personally, I am never about self promotion.

https://www.literotica.com/s/shift-of-paradigm-pt-01
https://www.literotica.com/s/shift-of-paradigm-pt-02
https://www.literotica.com/s/shift-of-paradigm-pt-03
https://www.literotica.com/s/shift-of-paradigm-pt-04

https://www.literotica.com/s/the-one-bomber

But if I was, I would outgrow it.

 

[Blind_Justice]

I see no problem with a little promotion. I'm a writer (how good is for others to decide), I want people to read my shit. *looks down* There's a link to it right there!

The question is where "a little" ends and "shameless" begins. I have no stakes in how many reads I get, apart from stroking my fragile ego, but those in the e-market do. The higher the stakes, the greater the chance to go overkill with the advertising. Every eyeball (or earlobe, for those using screen readers) counts as a potential sale.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

I'm sure we have all been guilty of doing it at some point during our time here. Do you think it is something an author will grow out of doing as they mature with their writing skills or something that gets deeper embedded over time to keep the attention on them?
Kant

you've got links in your sig-line. me too. so there it is, right there.

 

[TxRad]

Define shameless.

Given the chance, I think most of us do it. Will it increase with time? Maybe, maybe not. I think for a lot of us opportunity has more to do with it.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Define shameless.

Given the chance, I think most of us do it. Will it increase with time? Maybe, maybe not. I think for a lot of us opportunity has more to do with it.

and the money. ;

 

[Nezhul]

In the story ideas or story search sections I sometimes find topics that go closely in line with what I have written before. So I tell people about my work, however it feels kinda out of place for me to do this. =\
Is this self promotion? Well, maybe, but then again if a guy is searching for something and I can help....

 

[oggbashan]

If you want to become a published author for money, whether online or in printed book form, you are going to have to put considerable effort into publicising your work.

What any of us do on Literotica for plugging our stories, even by Freddie, is very low key compared with what is necessary in the real world.

 

[TxRad]

If you want to become a published author for money, whether online or in printed book form, you are going to have to put considerable effort into publicising your work.

What any of us do on Literotica for plugging our stories, even by Freddie, is very low key compared with what is necessary in the real world.

And when they do put all this effort into publicizing their work, you end up with 50 Shades of Crap.

Scouries is the one who has the ego problem he soothes with garish colors and wild disclaimers. Freddie is the guy who wears dresses and claims he's his own sister.

Getting into mainstream is more of having what the companies want at just the right time. The problem is, half the time, they don't know what they want until they see it. Then it's ride the crest until the next big wave comes along.

 

[Kantarii]

And when they do put all this effort into publicizing their work, you end up with 50 Shades of Crap.

Scouries is the one who has the ego problem he soothes with garish colors and wild disclaimers. Freddie is the guy who wears dresses and claims he's his own sister.

Getting into mainstream is more of having what the companies want at just the right time. The problem is, half the time, they don't know what they want until they see it. Then it's ride the crest until the next big wave comes along.

Hahaha.... you crack me up I may wear dresses, but I don't pretend to be my sister.
Kant

 

[CyranoJ]

I'm sure we have all been guilty of doing it at some point during our time here. Do you think it is something an author will grow out of doing as they mature with their writing skills or something that gets deeper embedded over time to keep the attention on them?
Kant

I make use of the "look at my story!" and "look at my book!" threads and self-promote in my sig, but that's about it on Lit itself. I don't think you should feel "guilty" about doing it; if you care about getting your stories read, who else is going to believe in and promote them but you? There are people who are much slicker about it than I am and good on them.

 

[Hypoxia]

In my youth my Quaker farmer grandparents taught me not to promote myself, to be humble, unassuming. That led to my diagnosis as a failure-oriented underachiever.

So many 'ethical' boundaries seem aimed at keeping us weak. "Oh no, don't do that, it's not nice." Humans who don't promote themselves sexually are dropped from the genepool. Writers who don't promote themselves don't gather readers and make no cultural impact. If one's writing is mere mental masturbation then it doesn't matter, eh?

 

[redzinger]

I am shit at self promotion. It's the embarrassed-Brit part of me.

 

[NoJo]

I am shit at self promotion. It's the embarrassed-Brit part of me.

Try shameful self-promotion. It all works. Or just sneak it in subtly, as I did in my last story, The Hive

 

[TxRad]

I've always thought writing good stories was the best form of self-promotion.

 

[NoJo]

I've always thought writing good stories was the best form of self-promotion.

No, smug posts also work

 

[TxRad]

No, smug posts also work

I didn't say it was the only thing that worked otherwise your sig line and mine would both be blank.

 

[Handley_Page]

I am shit at self promotion. It's the embarrassed-Brit part of me.

I know that feeling well, Red.

On the other hand does Trump trumpet his promotion ?