Comments on: Short Fiction Decline http://www.dracotorre.com/blog/2009/07/short-fiction-decline/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:16:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dracotorre http://www.dracotorre.com/blog/2009/07/short-fiction-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Dracotorre Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:09:42 +0000 http://www.dracotorre.com/blog/?p=143#comment-83 Rusch points out that she reads more news and buys more books, thanks to the noise. But as she points out, we stick to our little "neighborhoods" because there is so much out there. <br><br>Since social media is part of the noise (including TV, Hulu, online stores) there is only one choice but to use the noise to build your platform. Of course, so does everyone else. While social media helps increase your exposure, the interesting part Rusch brings up is that the noise can also work against an author from attaining national name recognition. Rusch mentions recent award winning authors that many readers never heard of that would have been household names back in the day of newspaper and radio.<br><br>Thanks, Chris, for pointing out this important detail. Social media is our vehicle for marketing and promotion, and they work great allowing many more authors to get out there. And we add more noise. Can authors use social media to climb above the noise and become a household name? Rusch points out that she reads more news and buys more books, thanks to the noise. But as she points out, we stick to our little “neighborhoods” because there is so much out there.

Since social media is part of the noise (including TV, Hulu, online stores) there is only one choice but to use the noise to build your platform. Of course, so does everyone else. While social media helps increase your exposure, the interesting part Rusch brings up is that the noise can also work against an author from attaining national name recognition. Rusch mentions recent award winning authors that many readers never heard of that would have been household names back in the day of newspaper and radio.

Thanks, Chris, for pointing out this important detail. Social media is our vehicle for marketing and promotion, and they work great allowing many more authors to get out there. And we add more noise. Can authors use social media to climb above the noise and become a household name?

]]> By: Chris Warren http://www.dracotorre.com/blog/2009/07/short-fiction-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Chris Warren Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:29:57 +0000 http://www.dracotorre.com/blog/?p=143#comment-82 The implied definition of social media sites such as Facebook, You Tube and Blogs as 'noise' is interesting. Are these not the modern vehicles of marketing and promotion through which new authors, such as myself, can raise their profile, rather than 'noise' that gets in the way of promoting your work.<br><br>I'm using them and gaining far greater exposure that I would ever have achieved in the days before their existence.<br>Chris Warren, Author and Freelance Writer, Randolph's Challenge Book One - The Pendulum Swings The implied definition of social media sites such as Facebook, You Tube and Blogs as 'noise' is interesting. Are these not the modern vehicles of marketing and promotion through which new authors, such as myself, can raise their profile, rather than 'noise' that gets in the way of promoting your work.

I'm using them and gaining far greater exposure that I would ever have achieved in the days before their existence.
Chris Warren, Author and Freelance Writer, Randolph's Challenge Book One – The Pendulum Swings

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