As a Novelist, I know that most people don't realize that writer's have to work just as hard at Marketing and Promotions as they do on writing their books. Luckily, I enjoy both. However, it would be better if I could just spend all of my time writing. Writing gives me a high like nothing else.
For Marketing, I've learned to create and maintain my own websites, Schedule Book Signing Events, make my own Book Trailer Video's, blog and write articles for magazines, ezines, Kalon and hubpages. I do A LOT of social networking on facebook, Linkedin, Authors Den, Plaxo, Amazon Affiliates, Affluence.org and