Comments on: Too Shy to Promote ~ Guest Blogger: Clover Autrey http://cindykgreen.com/?p=125 There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. ~ Jane Austen Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:30:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: katiereus http://cindykgreen.com/?p=125&cpage=1#comment-1758 katiereus Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:31:25 +0000 http://cindykgreen.com/?p=125#comment-1758 Gread advice Clover! I'm not an extrovert, but I'm also not shy. In a strange way, all my years of bartending (in college) made me a lot more comfortable talking to strangers. It's all about asking other people questions :) Gread advice Clover! I’m not an extrovert, but I’m also not shy. In a strange way, all my years of bartending (in college) made me a lot more comfortable talking to strangers. It’s all about asking other people questions :)

]]> By: cindy http://cindykgreen.com/?p=125&cpage=1#comment-1756 cindy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:03:36 +0000 http://cindykgreen.com/?p=125#comment-1756 Hey Grace! Thanks for coming by. Yes, we have to take advantage of those promo opportunities that come our way. Hey Grace! Thanks for coming by. Yes, we have to take advantage of those promo opportunities that come our way.

]]> By: gracetyler http://cindykgreen.com/?p=125&cpage=1#comment-1753 gracetyler Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:35:51 +0000 http://cindykgreen.com/?p=125#comment-1753 >>I will be passing out << I meant "passing IT out" LOLOLOL Why don't blog comments permit editing! Grah! >>I will be passing out <<

I meant “passing IT out” LOLOLOL

Why don’t blog comments permit editing! Grah!

]]> By: gracetyler http://cindykgreen.com/?p=125&cpage=1#comment-1752 gracetyler Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:34:17 +0000 http://cindykgreen.com/?p=125#comment-1752 At last! I have visited you several times in the past, Cindy, but I have never A) found the comment button, which is above the post and B) successfully registered for WordPress before, despite many past attempts. Advice? Not really. The suggestion about asking people what they like to read was really a good conversation starter. I gave a copy of my book to my best face2face friend for her birthday a couple of days ago. I was worried about what she would think of me, since it is heavily sensual, though there is nothing graphic in it whatsoever. And I thought--Hey. In a lot of ways, my book IS me. If she doesn't like it, that doesn't mean she doesn't like me. But if she doesn't like me after reading it because of the content, then she's not really my friend. This is the biggest and most secret part of myself that no one knows about, and if I can't share it with my friends, then I don't really have friends, do I? I am my writing. This doesn't NOT mean that if I someday write something erotic I will be passing out and telling myself, if people don't like it, they can go jump in the lake. THAT kind of writing would have to be a secret. But the fact that I write will no longer be a secret. I had the perfect promo opp yesterday. Unfortunately, I had wads of cotton, nasty dental instruments, and two people's hands in my mouth, so talking up my book was out of the question. The dentist and his assistant started talking about e-readers! Hey, I have an e-book! Want to buy it! LOLOLOL Maybe when I go pick up my permanent crown. At last! I have visited you several times in the past, Cindy, but I have never A) found the comment button, which is above the post and B) successfully registered for WordPress before, despite many past attempts.

Advice? Not really. The suggestion about asking people what they like to read was really a good conversation starter. I gave a copy of my book to my best face2face friend for her birthday a couple of days ago. I was worried about what she would think of me, since it is heavily sensual, though there is nothing graphic in it whatsoever.

And I thought–Hey. In a lot of ways, my book IS me. If she doesn’t like it, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t like me. But if she doesn’t like me after reading it because of the content, then she’s not really my friend. This is the biggest and most secret part of myself that no one knows about, and if I can’t share it with my friends, then I don’t really have friends, do I? I am my writing.

This doesn’t NOT mean that if I someday write something erotic I will be passing out and telling myself, if people don’t like it, they can go jump in the lake. THAT kind of writing would have to be a secret. But the fact that I write will no longer be a secret.

I had the perfect promo opp yesterday. Unfortunately, I had wads of cotton, nasty dental instruments, and two people’s hands in my mouth, so talking up my book was out of the question. The dentist and his assistant started talking about e-readers! Hey, I have an e-book! Want to buy it! LOLOLOL Maybe when I go pick up my permanent crown.

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