I own to vulnerability. I am terrible at book promotion. I have tried to analyze why I'm so abysmal at it. I should be capable of marketing my stories. I ought to be adept at talking about my books - but it's not that easy.
The first problem is I'm appallingly bad at connecting with people. I am an introvert. I can do shy for the Olympics. My family conditioned me not to boast about achievements; they considered it bad manners to brag, and the idea stuck.
The notion of approaching a stranger fills me with a knot of alarm. To approach someone with the intention of selling a book - aggh.
Some authors on Twitter constantly remind us of the availability of their books, but after a while I’m sure people become blind to it, because I do.
I Tweet links to my articles and blogs but I don't want my Twitter account to become irritating. I admit slipping an odd reference to my books, but I feel awkward constantly feeding followers with commercials.
I guess I’ll have to accept I can’t promote, and pray that occasionally someone will discover one of my books and mention it.
