It’s an uncertain time, book-wise. I had to stop efforts to ‘market my own books’ to finish building all the marketing platforms and finish the trilogy. I also needed to make peace with being forced to commit cultural sin and ‘market my own books.’
Which is cultural sin, of course … this is made evident by the fact every major reader or book site enforces strict rules to prevent authors from doing it!
Traditional publishing is suddenly demanding that authors “sell their work” against the obvious background of a public who does NOT want to be marketed to by authors; they want to be marketed to by large corporate entities. I’m not condoning, just saying.
LOL, they are right: authors shouldn’t be promoting their own work. That was what the industry was supposed to be doing. So it’s all very weird right now. We are participating in a charade.
On the other hand…
The Great Horse trilogy has had support from readers, and there are others who could enjoy the story. Also, the trilogy is a large part of my life’s work at this point, so I want to finish it as well as I can.
I can’t do the selling: that is the role for a 3rd party, not the author (literally, anyone else). None of us should be willing to completely forget that cultural remnant that called for books to be praised by merit and not marketing.
What I hope to do is explain it and share what others have said about the trilogy books, and try to re-engage with new reviewers and readers. It’s the plan … please wish me luck!