Enterprising Writers - Share Your Story!

Are you a writer who has self-published your book? What was your experience of trying to market it? Dealing with the printers? Trying to get it taken by bookshop? What tales from the trenches do you have to tell?

Or are you a writer who has been published the traditional way and taken an active part in marketing your book - even beyond the call of duty? What stories do you have to tell about what it takes to sell, sell, sell your book?

This week on my blog, to coincide with the publication of my article about The Writer as Entrepreneur in the July edition of Mslexia, the journal for women writers, I’m posting up my interviews with three self-published writers and a publishing industry insider.

As part of this innovative magazine/ blog initiative, I’d like to open up the discussion to you. If you have a story about your publishing or self-publishing experiences that is related to the business, marketing or entrepreneurial side of the being a writer, I’d love to hear it. Please email me your story and if it’s suitable, I’ll publish it on Fusion View.

This invitation is for enterprising writers who’ve achieved their success through their own hard work and dedication on the business side of publishing their book. I want to celebrate the power of the individual!

And in particular, I’d be very interested to hear from you if you’ve used social media like blogging, podcasting, online video, Facebook, MySpace etc as part of your marketing campaign.

Fusion View has a global readership and is read by 8,000 unique visitors a month, totalling over 13,000 monthly hits. It has recently been featured on BBC Radio and is read by writers, poets, film-makers, photographers, other creatives and publishing industry insiders - as well as many book lovers and avid readers. If you’re an enterprising writer, I don’t need to tell you that this is a great opportunity to raise your profile as part of the Fusion View community!

The closing date for submissions is the 31st July 2007. Please read my Guestblogger Submission Guidelines.

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