Crash
Hm. I’m still garnering new twitter followers, but I’m forced to conclude that last week’s frenetic teaching failed to have any significant positive impact. Eleven hours of work (roughly double what I usually do in a week), for (probably) not a single extra follower.
Today I linked to various other young adult author’s blogs – and linked them back to twittertales.wordpress.com with reviews. Another long shot.
I think I have one magic weapon left – teaching older kids. I should be able to hit at least three or four schools. If that fails, then. . . well, we’ll see.
A lot of my plans are a slow burn and/or a wide spread – blogs, facebook, critique groups, Youtube (about 100 hits so far, which seems pretty good), community news sites, etc. The theory is that if I knock on enough doors, some will open. The other theory is that this whole thing is like pushing a rock over a mountain – once I get to the top, it suddenly gets VERY easy. But I may never reach the top.
Still working. *shrug* There’s no way of telling how this will end. It all depends on whether people tell their friends about the story, I think.
Felicity Banks 
Rohan said,
August 10, 2009 at 3:04 am
I have heard that with marketing efforts you need to give them a minimum of three months before judging them. Most people will have to hear about you a few times before they’ll reach the point of thinking “I keep seeing her stuff everywhere, I better check it out.” Very much the “rock over the mountain” thing. Good luck!
felicitybloomfield said,
August 11, 2009 at 11:45 am
Thanks Rohan. There’s a TINY disadvantage in that the story only runs for two months – but I can easily write more stories if things seem to be working at all (which they are). Whatever happens, it’s already SOMETHING to say to publishers: I am visible online. These days, that’s necessary. I just happen to enjoy it.