Pushing a virtual button really shouldn't be this difficult. But it is. My head is filled with the 'what ifs'.
What if it's still filled with typos, grammar mistakes and punctuation errors? What if it's boring? What if no one buys it? What if I get only bad reviews, or worse, no reviews at all? But the over riding what if, is: What if I never publish it? After all that work writing it, what a waste that would be.
So, in a matter of about 72 hours (according to Amazon) Brenda would be out there, waiting to build her own fan base and make me proud. And I will be moving on to work on polishing book 4, which I'm hoping will be ready to join Caitlin, Sally and Brenda, in March of next year.
I spend most of my time writing, but I do set aside a part of each day to try to learn how to market. Marketing is something I really do not like doing. In my mind, it comes under the heading, 'Showing Off', and my mother's voice still rings in my ears: "Stop showing off, dear." Despite being a highly intelligent, very independent woman, she had the belief of her time, women shouldn't show off. Or, in my mind as a child, perhaps she thought I was just way too full of myself. Whatever the reason, I grew up believing marketing myself was showing off, and unacceptable. Now I'm having to retrain myself. How else would you all have an opportunity to discover and enjoy my Escape Route Series? I'm doing you a favor, right?
So, a few months ago, I found a YouTube video on how to create FaceBook ads. Much as I was afraid of wasting money, I took a deep breath and created a couple, following Matt Holmes instructions (I'll tell you about him in a minute). I didn't have the nerve to let them run indefinitely, setting just a three week period. To my amazement, my books starting selling. Both Caitlin's Escape Route and Sally's Story. And even after the ads had finished running, people were buying the books and reading via Kindle Unlimted.
He has many other courses which I will probably indulge in over time. I've got to say, I highly recommend Matt's training to any of you authors out there. I now had two ads ready to go live as soon as Brenda's Story is available to purchase.
While working on my next book, I took a break every so often, to hit refresh on my KDP author dashboard, to see where Brenda is on her journey. Until finally, there she was, less than 24 hours later, 'Published'. I then pushed the button, well, actually, set the start date, on the ads I had prepared. And now you can buy Brenda. Of course, if you haven't read Caitlin or Sally yet, you should do that too. They can be read out of order though I do recommend reading book 1 first, it's not essential.
And please, after you have read them, take a minute to revisit and review. I would really appreciate it.
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