"This all takes time."

In our world of instant satisfaction it is sometimes had to step back and wait for results. That is exactly what I need to do, or so my publisher and RP firm keep telling me. I am always anxious waiting for the next news about how my books are doing, and it can be weeks or even months between news. This past week I had a great example of how this patients pays off.

My book, The Deep Black Pond, has been on the book show circuit since the beginning of the year and I have had very little news on how my book is doing. I have received a lot of information on each individual book show, but very little news about my book. Because lets face it that is what I am most interested in. I am continuously assured that these book deals take time, and are rarely finalized by the end of each book show. My book has been to five or six shows since the beginning of the year, each one in a different country. The fist of these was in Taiwan, several months ago, and just this past week did I get news that The Deep Black Pond is being sold to eight Taiwan companies. Woo Hoo!

So my publisher and PR firm are right, it all does takes time. Not to say that I can't be busy with many other things in the mean time while I wait for news. I am spending my time learning all I can about social networking, tracking other PR efforts, and working on my next book. So I need to be patient, and let the professionals do their job, and any time I feel anxious just remind myself that this all take time.

Social Networking

After I  got published I thought that most of my work on the book was finished. I never realized that my work was just getting started. The time that is needed to help to promote my book is becoming equal to, or greater than the time that I devoted to writing the book.

If you are hoping to get published in the near future then plan on making time to brush up on, or learn about social networking. With all the social networking avenues available to you out there it is important to figure out early on which ones will give you the biggest return. Such as targeting the ones that your target audience may most frequent, and it should go with out saying that Face Book is a must.

As I have found out all of this can take some time to set up. Prior to being published I did not have an internet profile, short of a few newspaper clipping from old productions I had worked on. This was a mistake on my part. I never wanted a public profile floating out there in cyber space, but what I am finding is that it is possible to craft what and where you appear, at least at first. You will never be able to control all that will appears out there, but just remember there is no bad press, just press. It's what you do with it or how you react to it that can slant it to be good or bad.

So take the time to learn what is out there for you to be able to take advantage of and learn how to use their systems as quickly and efficiently as possible. Then enjoy the journey, because it will not stop until you want it to.