Sunday, March 17, 2013

JacketFlap and Other Writers' Websites

I've been trying to comb the internet for sites that serve writers, and found JacketFlap.  Pretty decent site.  I really didn't want to go the route of nagging and spamming friends on Facebook--"Yeah, yeah, I wrote a book.  Now, if you'll permit me to run advertisements up all of your respective walls, I think I can browbeat most of you into buying my new book...."

Um, not.  I respect any writer who is considerate of their friends and family enough to keep separate author and personal FB pages--many don't.  I don't have any kind of what you'd call 'a following' to warrant two FB pages, but I am getting good use out of JacketFlap and Goodreads--right now, I'm preferring JacketFlap.



I've also discovered Writing Forums, Writer's Beat, Verla Kay, Catholic Writers' Guild, and LegendFire--excellent forums.  There have been a few others that I poked around in for a while and then left, for one reason or another, so if you notice that a site or two aren't included here, it's not necessarily an 'error of omission.'  I take many different factors and features into consideration.  And I'm still poking around looking for more sites.  

Just trying to increase my exposure a bit without allowing the 'personal' and the 'persona' to blur together on me or anyone else.  Sure, when you write a book, you like to sell that book.  But you're doing it wrong if friends and family start getting the impression they're only in your life now for what they can do for you.  You don't peddle to friends and family.  At least not to be constantly pushing your book in their faces.  When you start acting fake and trying to play 'the role,' it's time to pull back and compartmentalize.  You need to keep your friendships and personal life separate from your vocation.

I've gotten a bit off-track, but it's a point that I think needed to be made.  If you know of a good site, drop me a line.  I'm looking for more writing and writers' sites to check out.  : )   

1 comment:

  1. Yes. This. I don't post anything on my personal facebook profile that's not suitable for office-party talk. So sometimes a little bit of my writing stuff trickles in, but I route my blog posts and book news to my FB page. Which has a miniscule following, but I figure it's there for people who want it, and other people find me elsewhere.

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All comments are moderated. This sort of thing is necessary. You make a blog post, come back to check your page the next day, and find some moron has posted 27 comments trying to sell shoes on your blog. Sad, but true. If you're not here to spam or to post anything inappropriate for a family audience, you have nothing to fear.