I see 'Sharing is Caring!' all over social media, and I adore the sentiment, but oftentimes it only leads to people dropping a link, perhaps a synopsis to whatever their book or piece of art is about and then fleeing. There is no engagement, no returning the favor for others, and that saddens me. [Mind you, not everyone is that way, please don't take that the generalization is referring to you if it doesn't.]
[Many] Authors see others as their competition, but that's simply not true. There are plenty of readers for us all, so you 're not saving or protecting your audience by not helping other Authors. If you can help, and you don't, but you expect other people to help you when you need it, you're kind of a douche. Just putting that out there.
I love to help my fellow authors, writers, hell artists of any kind, really. I want us all to succeed. I do get agitated though when I'm treated as just another way to get someone's name out there. I am a human being, not a computer-generated marketing tool.
Your readers and potential readers are human beings as well, and you'll find they want to be treated as more than just a number.
So, here in my land, sharing IS caring, TRULY caring if other people make it alongside me.
As such, I extend my hand to keep you company on this journey. All I ask in return is this -occasionally pay it forward. Because if you want others to care if you make it, you have to care if they do. I hate math, but this equation is pretty easy to solve.
Remember your golden rule, that's all it takes.
Love and Light!
