An Itinerant Mind

Negative Brand.

Today's October prep assignment was about identifying my market, and my 'brand'.

I'm of the opinion that my novel will never be published. My 'brand' includes my complete disdain for social media, I have no presence on any platform, nor do I wish to have one. As this nowadays is seen as an essential to get published, I accept that as a consequence anything I write is for my own satisfaction. Neither do I have a large family, and my circle of friends is basically at zero, by choice. I'm sure I sound very unpleasant, but I'm very introvert. I expend all the energies I have for interacting with other people on dealing with customers in the shop I run. Outside of this I have minimal interaction with anyone other than my immediate family. Oh I say 'hello' to the neighbours, and can be perfectly pleasant to people I encounter when shopping, but basically I am not a social creature. So if I self published, I would have no one to sell to, and no I'm not going to say "would you like a copy of my novel with your breakfast?"