Part of writing, no matter your genre or audience is marketing.

Some say you begin marketing as soon as you stand up before a Social Media Platform and Declare your Intention to Write.

Before you begin your Submission Process it is imperative for you to have an Internet Presence. This may be a blog, a website, social media, group memberships, some kind of personal outreach from you.

The mere mention of Marketing strikes a feeling of dread.

It doesn’t have to be dreadful. It simply needs to be approached with understanding. Writing may happen in isolation and most reading is done from the comfort of a bed, window seat, armchair, coffee shop, airplane or other intimate setting. You’d think in such a solitary activity of writing and reading would suggest if you write it, they will read.

Drop by The Writer’s Chatroom on Sunday, 7PM EDT and talk to us about Marketing during our Children and Young Adult Writing Month.

You’ll find the article I chose for the chat is interesting and worthy of a bookmark.

How to learn the market for YA fiction

Something to be conscious of as a fiction writer is the market for which you write. Young Adult (or YA) fiction isn’t a genre, but it’s a defined label in publishing, typically considered for readers aged 12-18, though this too is fluid.

Step 1: Write Your Own Trendsetter

Step 2: Read, Read, Read Ya Fiction

Step 3: Know Your Subject (And Write Sensitively About It)

Step 4: Know Your Audience (And Keep Prose Authentic)

A Note from your Moderator

Did you know the Little Piggy who went to Market was not going shopping with his mom?

He was going to MARKET. Future Bacon and Eggs and Ham and Cheese and a Dreadful Hawaiian Pizza.

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