Not a typical day, but not a weird one, either

[nayad]

Today I'm working on answering author interview questions for those of us who have stories in Space Grunts.* I'm also re-reading Portable Childhoods, by Ellen Klages, so that I don't sit there with nothing to say at the panel about her fiction at WisConThe other thing on my agenda is to prepare a list of questions to discuss in the panel I'm

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[michaeldthomas]

A couple of my self-promotion no-nos:

1- Don't hijack somebody else's blog for your self-promotion. There's nothing more obnoxious than somebody pimping their project in a comment thread that has nothing to do with it.

2- Don't misuse a convention panel to promote your work. After the initial introductions, only mention your projects if they're pertinent to the discussion. Also, don't set up a wall of your books; it's tacky and distracting. Flash them during the introduction and then put them away.

[nayad]

Those are good no-nos. I think I'm going to have to bring up some stuff about social skills in this panel, since most of the mistakes in self-promotion are examples of poor social skills.

Cool! Interview!

[ex_maehymn]

Ooh! The etiquette of self-promotion sounds really interesting! I have no thoughts on it other than I need to get some of it, because I think I'd be a better self-promoter if I had some guidelines.

And thanks for the booklist! YAY! :)

Re: Cool! Interview!

[nayad]

I will post about self-promotion in the future--I'm sure of it. :)