1. Website
2. Facebook
3. BlueSky
4. Amazon
5. Linkedin
6. Goodreads
7. AllAuthor
8. Bookshop
9. AuthorsGuild
10. HistoricalNovelSociety

How many websites does a writer/author need? Apparently, a lot. All for the sake of “marketing.” I have 10 websites. I could easily double that number. But then I think I’d spend all my time online updating each site, trying to attract visitors, and hoping they turn into readers and buyers. It seems like a huge amount of time and effort. I could spend that time writing and editing. Maybe there’s a productive balance between the writing and the marketing, but I don’t think I’ve discovered it yet. 

Maybe someone should rework that old children’s rhythm, “To market, to market, to buy a fat pig…” How about, “To market, to market, to sell a slim novel…?”