In today’s world, to be a writer we’re told that writing is not enough, you must market your work and do everything in your power to get the word out, even before you’ve written a sentence of your brilliant to-be manuscript.
I spent this past weekend at a creative non-fiction writer’s conference with my mom. We had such a great time spending our days attending lectures, panels, readings, and story slams, usually with a cup of tea or coffee in our hands. Creative non-fiction isn’t even my primary genre, but I thought it would be beneficial to branch out a little and explore some new things.
This post is by Positive Writer contributor The Magic Violinist.
And I was right; I received great advice from various memoirists and freelance writers about craft, the publishing industry, and marketing. But early on something became apparent: the knowledge I gained was contradictory.