{"id":4641,"date":"2023-12-14T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/?p=4641"},"modified":"2023-12-14T10:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T10:52:29","slug":"an-elderly-novelist-battles-with-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/2023\/12\/14\/an-elderly-novelist-battles-with-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"An elderly novelist battles with technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Writers need publicity*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some writers are naturally good at it \u2013 a surprising amount of writers appear to have a PR or marketing background. Others, like yours truly, not only find the whole business tedious and baffling they\u2019ve been brought up never to blow their own trumpets, as the saying goes. It isn\u2019t easy for a lady novelist of a certain age to market her products with anything approaching authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marketing involves getting to grips with technology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Whether it\u2019s figuring out social media or creating an author website and blogging on it, or setting up a newsletter and finding people to subscribe to it; all of which, clever me, I have done. I have even, for my sins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designed my own book covers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Received wisdom says authors should not design their own book covers unless of course they have a good knowledge of graphic design. I\u2019ve repeated this mantra over and over myself and despite what I\u2019m about to say it still holds true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my case it was made clear my covers \u2013 which I really liked incidentally \u2013 were not selling my novels. However lacking the wherewithal to have all of them redesigned by a professional, and with the help of Canva and the encouragement of the wonderful Katie Sadler<\/a><\/strong> I set about redesigning them myself. Here they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also have a new book out soon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On 12 January 2024 to be precise. It\u2019s called The Humbling of Meredith Martin<\/em> and it’s book five in my Modern Women Breaking the Mould<\/em> series.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Meredith has appeared in two previous books \u2013 The Makings of Violet Frogg<\/em> and Mrs Morphett\u2019s Macaroons<\/em> \u2013 alongside her colleague, friend and rival Gaye Worth. (Aka Merry and Gaye.) This book features Meredith centre stage and tells how an actress with aspirations struggles to become the leading lady she believes she was put on earth to become. It\u2019s set in Edwardian London and like my other books it\u2019s a light-hearted read with a touch of romance and is available to pre-order HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I have joined Substack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Substack is what you might call an online newsletter platform which anyone can join for free and post away to their heart\u2019s content about anything and everything in the hope that someone will actually read what they have to say. I\u2019m still learning the Substack ropes but my eventual idea is to post chapters or part-chapters of my new book \u2013 tentative title Theatrical Women<\/em> \u2013 on Substack at regular intervals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019d like to subscribe (for free) click HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not bad for someone in their eighth decade, eh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*With the possible exception of J K Rowling, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens

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