{"id":3912,"date":"2020-02-08T11:48:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wayneaenglish.com\/WP\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2020-02-08T11:48:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:48:36","slug":"fiction-writers-have-your-characters-market-for-you-with-a-faux-cell-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wayneaenglish.com\/WordPress\/writing\/fiction-writers-have-your-characters-market-for-you-with-a-faux-cell-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiction Writers! Have your characters market for you with a faux cell phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-indent: 1px;\"><span style=\"margin-bottom: -12px; float: left; color: red; font-size: 75px; line-height: 70px; padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 3px; font-family: Georgia; text-shadow: 0px 0px 10px grey;\">M<\/span>arketing is a bear no matter how you look at it. Well, here&#8217;s a tool that we bet you&#8217;ve never heard of before: having your fictional characters market for you. Yes, you read that right. And because your characters are in the spotlight they can have relationship(s) with your readers. So, that&#8217;s what we mean when we write, &#8216;&#8230;having your fictional characters market for you&#8217; because that&#8217;s what they&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">And why shouldn&#8217;t they help you? After all the work you&#8217;ve done to create them, the plot, setting. Having them do double duty is terrific because it relieves you from some of the marketing work.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Here&#8217;s How<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">By using a tool at <a href=\"http:\/\/ifaketext.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>ifaketext.com<\/b><\/a>. What you will find there is the ability to make what looks like text conversations on a smart phone. Like this:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ifaketext.com\/\" target=\"_blank' rel=\"&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 75%;\" title=\"iFakeText.com\" src=\"http:\/\/ifaketext.com\/img\/M2NkNzMx.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">I found this tool in the excellent article<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookdesigner.com\/2020\/01\/let-your-characters-engage-with-fans-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let Your Characters Engage with Fans Online<\/a> <\/strong>written by Sandra Beckwith. Sandra, thank you for this. It is much appreciated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">As I mentioned on LinkedIn, I&#8217;ll be telling my writer&#8217;s groups about this and promoting it online. There&#8217;s serious potential here.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for more writing help?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wayneaenglish.com\/web-content-library\/BookProposalWebContentRx.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><b>Download my successful nonfiction book proposal here.<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wayneaenglish.com\/BookSalesPage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><b>Create a book sales page on your website that works.<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wayneaenglish.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><b>For much more help with writing, marketing, WordPress and other items pertinent to you, see WayneAEnglish.com.<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marketing is a bear no matter how you look at it. Well, here&#8217;s a tool that we bet you&#8217;ve never heard of before: having your fictional characters market for you. 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