Joke about how hard promotion is! (and promote!)

sarahmassey998 2021-01-13 00:30:33 UTC #36

Me trying to promote my niche horror novel on a platform notorious for romance, fantasy, and comics.

(inserting subluminal messaging here...)

Pony_wearing_a_hat 2021-01-13 00:31:09 UTC #37

Oh, my god, yes! I don't know how to summarize the weird crud that comes out of my brain! I already organized it into a narrative, what more can I do?!?!

RiyeRose 2021-01-13 00:33:39 UTC #38

This is me, omg 🤣🤣 People are scary, how am I supposed to convince them to read my nonsense?!

Pony_wearing_a_hat 2021-01-13 00:34:47 UTC #39

Oh, god same boat. Like, I know you're mostly here for some much needed escapism but would you like to come with me on a somber journey through human egotism at the end of the world? Yeah, you're right this isn't what you're here for.

peach 2021-01-13 02:08:38 UTC #40

Isn't it the worst???

(that being said, I would be happy to read your nonsense )

HippieGhost 2021-01-13 02:52:53 UTC #41

Promoting is difficult because after I post I spend six hours refreshing my dashboard instead of actually writing.

Pony_wearing_a_hat 2021-01-13 02:56:33 UTC #42

This is kind of why my last novel crashed and burned. Thankfully my current thing is fully written (it's very short) and just being uploaded. if it werent for that I would probably fall off the face of the earth... again.

iHateFridays 2021-01-13 10:35:38 UTC #43

Sometimes I feel bad promoting because I still feel like there are things wrong with my comic (and fanfics) smh

Iridium 2021-01-13 13:03:22 UTC #44

I used to feel bad about promoting, but nowadays I feel ashamed I don't promote as often as I should hahaha promoting is hard, but, since we are all indie and stuff, we need to do that extra length of work ourselves.

To that end, here's my work! Please, read it, and I sincerely hope u like it!

https://tapas.io/series/menmar-en

MegaRay 2021-01-13 15:01:25 UTC #45

Me not promoting and not getting readers:

Pony_wearing_a_hat 2021-01-13 15:03:20 UTC #46

I'm loving the fire themes we've got going in this thread

LMellowFellow 2021-01-14 01:06:41 UTC #47

:'0 they haven't even

Pony_wearing_a_hat 2021-01-14 01:11:22 UTC #48

Man, if it ain't the truth.

LMellowFellow 2021-01-14 01:25:06 UTC #49

lol at this point I'm the only one reading

SilverLugia456 2021-01-14 02:03:58 UTC #50

Me: Should I promote my novel? I really want to share my story with others...but...is it my best work? -here comes a thousand questions I must answer myself before promoting-

Pony_wearing_a_hat 2021-01-14 02:05:31 UTC #51

Brain: what if, here me out, you questioned EVERYTHING about what you're trying to do.

gabrielabittenocurt 2021-01-14 02:37:53 UTC #52

Hi, guys!!! Before, I thought that writing was the hard part! That was before I started promoting the story! Feeling Hercules here rsrsrsrs

Please, help me and read my novel! I hope that you'll enjoy

RL4 2021-01-14 03:02:22 UTC #53

actually footage of me promoting my comic:

so please if you want, look at it :')

aleiahaith 2021-01-14 07:59:47 UTC #54

Promoting and getting people to actually read your work is like pulling teeth. Not that it's just hard, but that it's hard and extremely painful. Honestly it should be a job at this point. Anyway here's my horror comic that has burgers in it.

cassidybueter 2021-01-14 08:16:36 UTC #55

How do astronauts marinate their steaks? Flying sauces! There's my joke. It has nothing to do with my comic, which is about monsters, and also contains murder. I promise it's better than my opening joke... I hope.