Find out what your tribe members read (like a small but interesting
blog) and where they hang out (in a subgroup of a major
website or down the street at the corner
pub, where the local analytical chemistry group meets once a month for a beer to discuss the latest HPLC methods).
My latest idea: (1) query agents because I already wasted all of that time on those days I had writer's block researching agents & writing a synopsis, query letter, book proposal THEN (2) if I don't get any takers at trad -
pub within a reasonable period, I self -
pub because I already wasted all of that time on those days I had writer's block researching book bloggers & reviewers, building two
websites, making
or editing videos & writing tweets, Facebook posts,
blogs.