Category: Beginnings
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Day Seventeen
Taught. Napped. Watched TV with my daughter. Yesterday was a good day. I have a long list of things to do today. Writing is at the top, but working on my deliverables is not on the bottom. Mr. Monts will be home from Europe on the 23rd. So my deadline is the 24th. I always…
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Day Sixteen
Plans and Deliverables. Plans and Deliverables. Plans and Deliverables. I am most successful when I am in a book store. So the plan should be to go to book stores. The deliverable would be a list of local book stores that I (Monts) need to contact. The next plan is continue to develop this blog.…
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Day Fifteen
I’ve fallen into a familiar pattern when it comes to marketing. A bit of research followed by a lot of nothing. This week is going to be different. This week is going to be a week of action. I am going to concentrate on plans and deliverables. Plans and deliverables. I have no idea what…
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Day Fourteen
Yesterday was the perfect shabbat. Watched three movies. Made some apple bread and then some turkey burgers. Didn’t think about work at all. I got to spend the whole day in the company of my wife. The day couldn’t have been better.
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Day Thirteen
The feelings of hopelessness are just beginning to set in. (Don’t end a sentence with a preposition.) Soon will come despair. It’s usually at that point that I give up with the marketing efforts. It takes a little bit of rationalization. But not a lot. It starts with the idea that many of the greatest…
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Day Twelve
Didn’t think about work at all yesterday. I was teaching. Today I will spend time noodling, reading, imagining. I’m looking forward to the book festival in November. I’m excited to return to book stores here and there. This has always been a problem of managing dreams and expectations. I should do some of that too.…
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Day Eleven
A new study came out citing the ills and popularity of social media. I am truly swimming against the tide. If I may take a moment to feel sorry myself, advertising is less effective than it used to be across the board. Several industries are less successful, especially entertainment industries. The new Superman movie made…
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Day Ten
And I’ve reached the road block of Social Media. I’ve been here before. I’ve just forgotten. Conventional wisdom is the best most effective way to find the imaginary readers I’ve identified is on social media. Bookstagram and Booktok were repeatedly mentioned –mostly by posts on platforms owned by Meta and Bytedance. First, deep down in…
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Day Nine
Wrote. Worked Out. Made Dinner. It was a good day. I did not do any additional marketing. But tomorrow is a new day. Today is a wash, today is a teaching day. Maybe I can sneak in some research. Or spend my time crafting my message. That should be distracting enough for me to ignore…