Whether you have 16 books or are pre-published, getting and keeping social media attention sure can be a fickle pickle. And since most writers are introverts, the very thought of promoting ourselves creates immediate sweat spots in several places at once. Relax! That’s what this “Author Platform Challenge” is for.

It’s honestly not that hard and you don’t have to turn into a snake-oil salesman. Just be your honest self, stay supportive of others, and you’re halfway there. Well, a little bit closer at least.

I originally created this “31 Day Author Platform Challenge” in May 2023 to challenge myself, basically, and since no one likes to suffer alone, I asked any and every author to join me in the 31 activities I came up with. The details are in the next posts so I won’t repeat myself other than to say the “live” challenge may have ended, but the program can be started by anyone, even non-authors, at anytime. I’ll speak for the inaugural group by saying we are excited to have more friends cheering us on and encouraging us to do our best.

What follows is a post describing the challenge, a post offering tips on how to prepare, and then you’re off to Day 1, followed by Day 2, etc. While you can do it at your own pace, I highly recommend committing to the 31 days. Otherwise real life will have a way of wedging in and the vim and vigor you started with will drop like hailballs.

I also recommend doing them all in order (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, etc), vs skipping around. There are setups and callbacks that make it worth the chronology. Plus, it’s much easier to keep track of what you did and where you’re headed.

You deserve to treat yourself with dedicated professional “me time,” so make the best of it!

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Cheers to us!