When I saw this month's topic, to be honest, I was baffled. I didn't know what that meant. So, being a modern woman I went to the internet to get some help. I stumbled on http://www.be-a-better-writer.com/writing-platform.html and checked out the definition there. Here's the first paragraph on their page.
"Having a writing platform means that you have an audience, and that you have some vehicle in place to reach that audience when you have books to sell. This platform is as important to those not yet published as it is to established writers."
Oh! Yeah, how am I contacting people, selling books, putting my name out there? Good question. The site offers thirteen things you should or could do to create a rounded "platform". If you're interested in what they suggest, check out the site. However, we get all of this same information right here on Forward Motion. Here are a few of the things I do. Click here to see the whole post.
The
Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour is sponsored by the website Forward Motion
(http://www.fmwriters.com). The tour is you, the reader, travelling the world
from author’s blog to author’s blog. There are all sorts of writers at all
stages in their writing career, so there’s always something new and different
to enjoy. If you want to get to know the nearly twenty other writers check out
the rest of the tour at http://merrygoroundtour.blogspot.com! Up next: Jean Schara!
