Writing.Com General Discussion

I agree. I've taken time to grow my reach, and currently I have access to over 500,000 people (if they're all active still in those groups I belong to). Half of them are sci-fi fans (I write sci-fi) - that's fans, not authors - and those are verified active. As for followers, my website is garnering people creating accounts, and on FB I have about 75 'friends' who I stay engaged with.

I don't often talk about writing or my stories on my blog, because I want readers, not writers. I'm an armchair scientist, and I figure the stuff that fascinates me is going to fascinate other people, if I present and discuss it in the right way. It seems to be working.

Another thing that also seems to be working is that I did a series of reviews of award winning author Andrew Bannister's novels (he's since friended me on FB). I post those reviews on FB, on my blog and on Amazon. I now have other authors asking me to review their novels (which is a great way of getting a lot of free books), because my reviews are in-depth without spoilers. I aim to tell people why the writing is so good, rather than "it's good, you should buy it".

The trick, I guess, is to find stuff that interests you and snags the attention of other people. It's never too early to begin networking, so get to it.