But even if you have one book out, it can't hurt to have a reciprocal relationship with a
few other author friends to share posts and tweets.
It's how I connect with influencers and find podcast guests, network
with other author friends, and I use it to share information every day @thecreativepenn.
Rebecca herself created our original WFP logo with a graphics program, and
then other author friends of mine, seeing the success of our original releases, came to us with titles of their own, and our publishing company unintentionally expanded.
A few other bloggers I've heard of (
through other author friends) have appealed straight to Jeff and had their reviews and reviewing accounts reinstated.
Ask your neighborhood bookseller or librarian if they offer author programming, and if not, suggest things you and
your other author friends would be interested in learning from them.
One of
my other author friends who actually has a handle on this romance thing suggested an anthology and as luck would have it I had a nub of a story that seemed to fit the bill!
But I and many of
my other author friends treat this professionally and hire a reputable cover artist (mine is used by traditional houses); hire a developmental / content editor AND a copyeditor AND one or more proofreaders (many of whom are from traditional houses and are working on the side); and hire a professional formatter.
I think lots of authors have
other author friends that they go to when they're stuck, or if they need a second opinion, in addition to everyone else.
The authors see that 1,000 copies of their books sold in the first few days and tell all of
their other author friends.
Together with two
other author friends, I manage a book related site.
Jim and
other author friends of mine have been an inspiration to me.
I understand if people are not on twitter / facebook, but in this case the disappointing thing is I was following them on twitter and I saw that they were online intereacting with
their other author friends all the time.