OK, guys, chill out! I'm not talking Marriage here. 'M' is for marketing.
But writers protest. 'Not me, I'm an artiste. Marketing is so bourgeois. Boring. Bothersome.'
Move over, ego. Get humble, get real, and get busy!
Everybody has something to sell. Shrinks sell hours with a lick, a promise, and serious pharmaceuticals. Garbage men sell out-of-sight, out-of-mind. Churches sell redemption.
The fact isn't going away. If you're going to succeed you need to sell. The sticky icky part is that you're selling your talent, true or imagined. That annoying little detail quickly rises to the top of the quicksand of procrastination.
I published an article on an extraordinarily successful living artist. An oxymoron at its finest. “Obviously he’s a huge talent," says a collector. "He doesn't hesitate to promote his work"..."in this competitive market you can’t sit around and wait to be discovered." Full article link below.
Is it beyond your comfort zone, this marketing? Probably. Johnny Mathis sings it best in my all-time favorite song, Arianne. '...what a writer has to feel like when suddenly he's discovered he's been read.' To listen to the lyrics see link below.
We are our commodity. Some will embrace our driven souls. Some will scoff. All will know we're up at bat!
My pitch today? I'm tweeting a character interview. Find me on Twitter @ lalacorriere.
http://www.tucsonlifestyle.com/index.php?category=Home%20and%20Garden&ref=HG_RegionalArtisan_Nov07&src=gendocs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOEOETObTs
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- The Sonoran Desert, Arizona, United States
- Lala's mother first taught her the love of books by demonstration, finding daily time devoted to reading. Lala was no doubt a premiere and loyal monthly subscriber to Dr. Seuss’s children’s books, and years later, one of the first teenage girls to hide Erica Jong’s 'Fear of Flying' deep under the folds of her mattress. Lala is passionate about all the arts. Her fifth grade teacher, Miss Macey, was the first mentor to suggest she consider a career in writing. A career highlight came when legendary author Sidney Sheldon endorsed her writing with several blurbs and mentorship. Her peers often compare her writing voice to his, of which she is most humbled. Lala is a desert rat. She nestles there with her husband of over 20 years, Chuck, and the kid-cats, Bibelot, Sidney and Charlotte. She has three sons: Jason, a grad of the University of Colorado, Cameron, a grad of Vanderbilt University , and Tyler, a grad of the University of Puget Sound. She’s a full-time writer. Interests include her professional critique partnerships, art, gardening, entertaining, bridge, and enjoying the abundant wildlife that have found a sanctuary on her grounds.
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