I’m part of a box set.
Writers in my niche
are contributing a story each
to a bundle
to try to make it
on the USA Today list.
I’ve been on the list
twice.
None of the other writers
have been on it.
Making it onto the list
requires a healthy number of sales
and that means
working our a$$es off
with promotion.
To ensure we don’t
duplicate efforts,
I set out
how I will contribute
to the promotion
of the box set,
listing the sites I would contact
and the things I would do.
The response?
Slow down.
We don’t need to do
all of that.
Yes, we do
and I’m not slowing down.
If I limit the promotion
of this release,
it increases the chance
I’ll get lazy
and limit the promotion
of my next release.
My momentum is building.
I can’t afford to do that.
If folks tell you
to slow down,
think before listening to them.
Slowing down
likely serves THEM,
not you.