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“I’m not going to take up blogging at my age.”.I’m not going to waste time on childish things.” “I don’t have time for that social media nonsense.“But I’m still working on my first novel!”.Yes, I can hear the moaning, especially from my fellow Boomers: Well, they’re probably going to remain serious, unpublished/unread authors unless they start doing something about their online profile. They won’t bother with anything online because they’re “serious” authors. I know some excellent writers who never even get a nibble on their query letters, and will spend thousands on writers’ conferences and courses, but won’t put in even a few minutes a day on social media.

The blogger won’t invite you to guest post.

The agent won’t read those carefully honed pages.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but chances are: If you don’t appear on that first page, or nothing comes up but your letter to the editor protesting the cancellation of Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23, or that picture of you partying at Señor Frog’s in Mazatlán on Spring Break in 2010, your career is probably not going anywhere. The results are a good indication of your platform. But no matter what you write, agents, editors, reviewers and even bloggers you’re querying about a guest post are going to put your name into Google and hit the “search” button. This is especially true for nonfiction authors. “They’re looking for someone with visibility and authority who has proven reach to a target audience.”

She says when agents say they’re looking for author with platform: Jane Friedman, former Writer’s Digest editor has written extensively about it. It’s true that “platform” isn’t easy to define.

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(More about how to skip the time-wasting stuff in my post, 7 Ways Authors Waste Time Building Platform.)īut many writers ignore platform-building entirely, often because they’re not quite clear on what it means. On the other hand some authors obsess too much about platform and waste time on pointless overkill. Not all agents and editors are that harsh, but I’ve heard from many who are. I’m not saying you’ll automatically get rejected if you have no platform, but editors and agents will Google you, and if they can’t find you on the first SERP (Search Engine Results Page) they may send an automatic rejection.

When should you think about your platform?ĭefinitely as soon as you’re ready to send out a story or submit a manuscript to an agent. Thanks everybody!Ī viral post like that can really raise what marketers call an author’s “platform.” And whether you’re planning to self-publish or go the traditional route, every author needs “platform” sooner or later. We had nearly 20,000 hits on the one post in a couple of days. Somehow moving the blog from Blogger to WordPress made some of the old posts hit social media radar as if they were brand new. Welcome to all our new subscribers! We had one of those crazy lucky streaks this week when one of my older posts 10 Things that Red-Flag a Newbie Novelist, suddenly went viral.