Spam, self-promotion, and the thin, jellyfish-covered line between.

[seanan_mcguire]

If you are a creative professional, it is a sad reality that self-promotion is a part of your job. Maybe that wasn't always true; maybe there was a time when you could emerge from your creative chambers, hand your latest piece of deathless art to your agent, and then retreat back into your office fastness to keep creating. But alas, we do not

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[gement]

"give me a link to your awesome Shakespearean detective erotica"

SHARE.

Pretty please.

[seanan_mcguire]

Alas, I have none to give.

[melebeth]

This was my response as well. I want it! (And now I might have to write it, if no one else volunteers and I ever get out of my current not-conducive-to-erotica-creation funk. I mean, I've written an erotic, dystopian, Lewis Carroll pastiche, and lots of Shakespeare-inspired erotica, so Shakespearean detective erotica isn't actually that much of a stretch... However, I'd really rather just read it. Much less work.)

[melebeth]

And I just realized that this could be interpreted as spammy self-promotion. But it wasn't intended as such. I just want to read Shakespearean detective erotica.

[geekhyena]

You've just explained why I'm not really on Twitter anymore. -_-

[seanan_mcguire]

I like Twitter.

[geekhyena]

You I still follow ;p I just usually go to your twitter page and binge all at once ^_^

[talekyn]

I struggle with this. I have no problem, as you know, with promoting / signal-boosting for other people whose projects, fundraisers, etc, I believe in. But when it comes to my own stuff, I have a hard time knowing if I'm over-doing it. I'm still not sure I did it write or am doing it right, in terms of promoting my books/songs (two of which are fundraisers for the American Cancer Society). Hopefully this isn't overstepping -- but I'd love to hear more of your advice on this subject.

[seanan_mcguire]

1) Do it in your own space, or when solicited.
2) If you possibly can, do a 3:1 ration. 3 "this is neat" or "this is by someone else" for everyone 1 "check out my awesome shit."
3) Be mindful of the mental landscape you're occupying.

[seanan_mcguire]

YES UGH GOD WHY.

If I am not in the picture/the picture is not immediately related to something YOU KNOW FOR A FACT I LIKE, do not tag me.

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[lilisonna]

The irony here is killing me.

[archangelbeth]

I am ded with you.