Exercise: Direct Messaging

Exercise: Direct Messaging

A-gamers need to honor the old truism that there are three topics to avoid: money, politics, and religion. And yet part of connecting with readers is embracing what makes you passionate. In interviews and blog posts, you’ll be asked to opine a LOT, so identify topics that give your ideal readers a chance to see what gets your heart pumping.

  • Name three topics that relate directly to your work that would appeal to your ideal readers.
  • Name three topics related to your work that would appeal to untapped potential readers.
  • Narrow that list of six to two topics and write a clear “message” statement that articulates your position on that topic in a positive, branded way. Aim for quotable coherence

© 2016 Damon Suede & Heidi Cullinan, All Rights Reserved

Share this content:

Privacy Policy

Any contact information collected by the Your A Game authors and their staff via newsletter, giveaway, or direct exchange will adhere to the following privacy policy:


  • No information collected in any venue by Your A Game will be distributed in any way to any third party at any time unless specifically stated.
  • Your A Game newsletter subscribers must elect to join this mail-serve themselves and will not be added manually unless this is specifically requested in writing. No information collected will be used to populate any other newsletter or mailing lists, including the personal mailing lists of the authors of this book.
  • For contests, winners will be announced on one or all of the following public mediums: the Your A Game website, Twitter, Facebook, newsletter, Rafflecopter, or other social media service. Only the name given as an entrant will be displayed. No emails, addresses, or phone numbers will ever be shared when winners are announced.
  • Information collected for giveaways will be saved only for purposes of picking winners and delivering giveaway prizes. Reply emails from winners will be saved only to verify receipt of notification. Any physical addresses collected for purposes of this contest will be used only to mail prize winnings and will not be saved or used for any other purpose now or at any time.

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please email us at info@your-A-game.com.

Buy Links

Your A Game: winning promo for genre fiction by Damon Suede & Heidi Cullinan