It’s the last week of Marketing Month, and we’re talking about how to be motivated to do all this promo stuff.
For most authors selling themselves (and their books) is a special kind of nightmare, but promoting your work doesn’t have to be so hard. Figuring out where your strengths are and implementing a few well placed hacks can revolutionize the way you think about promo and maybe, possibly, even make it…fun?
Join us on Sunday, May 27 to find out if we’re for real or BIG FAT LIARS WHO LIE.
Our upcoming chat is about writing humor! Check out Robin Lovett’s post on the struggle to be funny.
Alexis Daria
I think I’m pretty funny. I don’t know if others would agree or not, but I think I am. Or at the very least, I’m silly, which is close enough. When writing, I try to imbue a light-hearted sense of fun into my stories, to balance out the deeper feelings that come up for the characters. The ability to infuse your writing with humor is all well and good, but alas, this is where killing your darlings comes in.
I’m not a funny person, or at least I don’t intend to be. I take everything too seriously, and I fell for the “gullible’s not in the dictionary” joke three times when my husband and I started dating.
How the hell could I ever write humor in my novels?
Jokes happen at my expense, not because I’m making them. Every party I go to without fail, I say something I intend very seriously that instead makes everyone laugh. I’m left saying, “But it’s true!” and baffled as to why everyone is laughing.
Humor has always been a mystery to me, until last year I heard this quote. Continue reading
Graphic by Alexis Daria
Make them laugh, make them cry! We’re supposed to do both, right? For most of us though, writing one comes easier than the other. Making readers do both is the hard part. So for those who suck at writing humor (me!), those of you who make readers LOL regularly, come with your tips so we can quiz you!
See you next Sunday at 7pm EST / 4pm PST!
~Robin Lovett
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