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What is the best way for a new author to get exposure in the age of hollow and ephemeral social media? Is it even worth it to try for attention anymore?

>> No.11818414

Being some kind of minority generally helps. Following current literary trends also helps

>> No.11818447
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>>11818414
I just want to write good novels about the beauty of ordinary life.

>> No.11818552

>>11818447
You're Jewish at least, right?

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>>11818391
Ask Tao Lin.

But in the current day accelerationist algorithmically driven instant attention economy being a novelist is not generally the best way to get noticed tbqhwusenpaiim

>> No.11818791

>>11818391
Make your own cult first.

>> No.11818822

>>11818785
I know this. It sets me apart.

>> No.11819504

Anyone else have an answer that's a tad less fatalistic?

>> No.11819511

>>11818391
Publish it under a female pen name

>> No.11820026

>>11818791

>> No.11820033

>>11819504
Write good books, fagtron. Maybe start with short stories.

>> No.11820202

Easy:
Write in a genre
Crank out fresh and good copy often.
Build fanbase through the socials.
Update socials daily and fresh copy as often as possible.
Rinse and repeat.
Remember: copy is like fish: put it out fresh because no one buys it old.

>> No.11820206

>>11818447
That's fucking easy. All it takes is time.

>> No.11820295

It is either to be or not to be; the end result is beyond us. Capital and its hyperstition works mysteriously.

>> No.11820298

>>11818391
Having great writers sing your praise

Winning awards

>> No.11820307

draw or create controversy

>> No.11820316

>>11818391
Get a short story published in a literary journal, a small one first is easier

Get published in progressively better journals until you have reached the top tier ones or you have developed some sort of following

Then write your full length novel, you will already have an audience who knows you and anticipates your work with pleasure

>> No.11820340

>>11818391
You've got to adapt to the times. That means playing the game. Get on social media. Interact with people, and groom anyone who might be a potential fan like a pedo file grooms children, even if it's just an old lady your grandma knows.

Post lines from your book. Respond to comments. Seem active and alive and draw attention to yourself. Let everyone know what you do by doing it openly and publicly.

Popular writers these days are public presences. They're not the elusive reclusive weirdo stuffed up in a cabin stereotype these days, unless they're very good and an established name in the publishing industry.