Hey Writers! Six Things To Try And One Thing To Avoid When Self-Promoting

Plus An Unrelated But Important American Political Update

Imagine an author.

If you’re anything like me, you’re probably getting a vision of a scholarly genius, possibly in an elbow-patched smoking jacket, pounding in a fit of literary fervor at the clattering black keys of an antique typewriter. Which, of course, is located in an attic apartment with a skylight, the wide windows open to a rolling vista of Par…