27/03/2020

Back in February I self-published my first ever book, it was a poems based on the thoughts and frustrations I had while caring for my father with dementia. What I didn't realise was writing, editing and publishing was the easy part, getting people to read or even buy a copy was going to be the hardest task of a debut poet.

For starters I am also unemployed due to giving up nearly seven years of my life to a caring role twenty four seven, three hundred & sixty five days a year. So I don't have the finances to skilfully advertise the book using amazon or twitter ads among many. My only way is to push my poetry on a daily basis on twitter using hashtags to various communities or promotions. Doing this has gained me nearly twenty followers in the space of a week, but still the sales of the e book or paperback don't come, not even some kindle unlimited reads.

I am starting to wonder if I chose the right format, topic or even whether I am cut out to call myself a poet. Was the self published avenue the way to go or should I have started sending it to publishers first for feedback.

These are the thoughts running through my head right now!

Rant you tomorrow!