Today is the final day to nominate my novel, “Avalon’s Choice,” in the Kindle Scout contest on Avalon. It’s currently “HOT” and that’s so freaking cool!

What have I learned?

Use social media to your advantage: it’s worth the time invested (as long as you don’t get sucked into the rabbit holes). I used Hootsuite to post to Twitter and Facebook but I wish I had personalized the messages a bit.

Marketing is worth this writer’s time. It’s not super difficult, but it helps to put something out every day or a few times a day. I wish I had thought to print out glossy color post cards with a shorter URL and the book cover – front/back design type thing. But I know for next time!

Blog. I’m a writer and I should’ve done more writing about both my book and my craft. Also, I can post directly to Facebook and Twitter from my WordPress blog (bonus).

I should have networked with other authors, too, both on their sites and social media accounts.

Thanks for reading – and please nominate me.