Last week’s WriteOnCon convention was very eye opening for me. Sometimes, as I writer, I think that my only responsibility is to write an awesome novel. But it is more than that. It is my job to have a platform.
During a live forum during WriteOnCon, Sara Megibow, a top literary agent confessed, if someone did not have a website or social networking site, regardless if she loved the novel, she would not represent them unless they had a platform. It takes too much time to invest into a new client to create a platform.
Therefore, Jennifer and I set out on a new goal. Horrifying to those who aren’t technologically savvy we geared our thoughts towards creating our own individual websites. We both already have twitter and facebook but they aren’t linked to the literary world. So, I started researching website hosts and finally found a place where I could create a free website called www.weebly.com .
As difficult as I thought it might be, it was a breath of fresh air to have templates and step by step instructions that created a custom website. After a few hours of designing it, I published my first individual website: http://staceyhaysbooks.weebly.com/ and Jennifer’s website is http://writingfortherighttowrite.weebly.com/ . Feel free to view our pages.
For more information on platforms, what they are and what’s their importance go to these following links:
http://www.writersdigest.com/qp7-migration-books/get-known-excerpt
http://writeabetternovel.net/a-writer%E2%80%99s-platform-want-to-publish-start-building-yours/
http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-to-build-your-writers-platform-tips-for-writers/
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/01/05/drop-the-pen-grab-a-hammer-building-the-writers-platform/
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