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Good Will Hunting

Dec 21, 2023
by Caroline Miller
book promoting, Getting Lost to Find Home, how to encourage book chatter
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Courtesy of rutherfordclassics.com

I received an email last week from a woman who’d read my memoir, Getting Lost to Find Home.

I LOVED your book and am recommending it to my book club and my other book-reading friends.

Thank you for writing your memoirs in the wonderful book Getting Lost to Find Home.  It is truly a masterpiece.  

My mother might have written this endorsement, but she didn’t. Nor is the sentiment expressed unique. Other compliments about the memoir have threatened to make me blush. Even so, I can live with the embarrassment.   

Surprisingly, these responses also fill me with sadness. The happy heartbeat each remark brings dies once read, forcing me to become the repository of silenced compliments. After all, what could be duller than an author who croaks the words of others in a veiled attempt to heap praise upon herself?

Had the woman who penned the tribute above done so on Amazon or Barnes & Noble, then, like a pebble dropped into a pond, It would have sent out ripples to attract others.

An author is nothing without an audience.  Fundamental as that truth is, it is also true that few of us in the trade have mastered the art of self-promotion.  We rely on the enthusiasm of our readers.  

At the apex of the holiday season, I pause from my usual essay to wish my subscribers all the joy this world can afford. Should anyone be tempted to return the sentiment, I ask, beg, and cajole them to send it as a message appropriate to be read on  Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

 

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  1. Susan December 21, 2023 at 1:54 pm Reply
    It is so easy to leave a positive comment or even to click five stars on a digital website and it really helps!
    • Caroline Miller December 21, 2023 at 2:24 pm Reply
      As the author of the Sage Adair Historical Mystery series, I have no doubt you know the power of a kind word for a struggling author. Thanks for chiming in. https://www.amazon.com/stores/S.-L.-Stoner/author/B004O615BY?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

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