I’m considering trying
out an author newsletter to support my writing. I don’t read a lot of author
newsletters but I find some intriguing stuff in them at times. I’d read more if
I had more time, since I enjoy learning about authors whose work I like. Knowing how busy I am, and knowing that others
are similarly busy in this connected world, I would only want to do two issues
a year, Spring/Summer, and Fall/Winter, and would not want them to be more than
about 2 pages each. My thoughts right now are to call it the “Razored Zen
Newsletter” to keep it tied to my blog and to Razored Zen Press.
Content wise, I’m
thinking of adding a very brief update on what is going on in my personal
world, and then include mentions and teasers for a couple of recently published
projects, with snippets of reviews of those publications. I’d have a short “what I’m working on” piece,
and maybe a poem or a sample of a story in progress. If space permitted, I
could do capsule reviews on some of the stuff I’ve been reading. Since this newsletter would be distributed primarily
through email, I’d have embedded links to everything.
Here’s my questions
for my visitors. 1. Does this sound like something that might attract readers
to my work? Or drive them away? 2. Do
you ever sign up for this kind of newsletter from authors? 3. If you do read such newsletters, what kind
of things do you like to see in them?
Thanks.
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