Even though I'm not as hugely successful as some authors, in terms of notoriety in the media (for which, frankly, I feel fortunate), I have been making darn good sales. Both my novels have been Kindle bestsellers and one of them made this list. Twice. And as for sales on Amazon UK ... you wouldn't believe what's going on with that ...
So some authors ask me, "What's the secret? How did you do it?" The thing is, I can't point to any one thing I did. There is no one magic bullet. I simply wrote my blog posts and tweeted and Facebooked. Okay, so I'd do book launches and promotions and stuff, now and then. But mostly, I tried to make my content as interesting as possible. When on Twitter, I responded at random to interesting tweets now and then, or retweeted stuff I saw and happened to like. Sometimes, I would make contacts through blogging that would end up becoming followers on Twitter or Facebook friends. See? It all just sort of blends together.
So when I see articles like this one, I think, good grief! What were you expecting? Overnight success? Because I wasn't. And look where I ended up. Less than two years after publishing my first novel. Now, is that so bad, really? :)
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