Day 6: Catch up day (CC)

Had to work yesterday, and a lot of my day was eaten up with friends and family today, so I'll put up the form letter I'm used to contact a number of comic news websites. Normally I don't know if I would recommend using such a whimsical tone, but for crying out loud, I'm writing a comic about Zombie Dinosaurs, I kinda have to convey the humor of the situation a little more than normal. I should have the final bookmark done tonight so I'll post that tomorrow morning. For now here's the basic letter I'm sending to (comic) news outlets.

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Dear (Contact Name),

Re: Zany blog documents the process of creating a self published comic. . .about Zombie Dinosaurs.

As a  newcomer to the self publishing comic arena I've started to manage a blog that shows the trials that an independent comic self-publisher will have to contend with, while striving to keep the information tempered with a whimsical balance of humor and a dash of sarcasm.  After all this is a comic is  about Zombie Dinosaurs.

A firm believer that every piece of information helps, I'm really hoping that potential comic self-publishers, from a young kid making Xeroxed copies to a talented up-and-comer wanting to put out a great bit of sequential art, can benefit from at least some part of my experiences.  And hey, if it bumps up interest for the comic, I certainly will not complain.  A lot of readers will probably come for the weirdness inherent with undead dinos storming about, but any hook is a good hook in my opinion.

This all leads to why I'm writing you right now; as a premier source of comics news and all things awesome, I wanted to see if you could find time to put something, anything, on your amazing source of pop-culture bonanza.  I've started doing some grass roots marketing, but obviously anyone with a love of comics, which is going to include those writers/artists/crazy people thinking about throwing their hat in the comics making ring, will be visiting your site as much as I do. The website is listed below, with contact information if you need it.

I fully understand if you choose not to post anything, especially with as much superior content  you manage to provide for your site. My sincerest thanks for your valuable time.


Sincerely,
Trevor Mersch


Zombie Dinosaurs
Trevor Mersch
dinozombiecomics.blogspot.com
email address
C: 555 555 5555

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Also normally I wouldn' say the 'anything' bit, but this is all 'pre' marketing. I can take a few more chances here, than I can down the road when I have to start marketing in ernest.

So there you have it. An attempt at a quick susicint little letter to get some notice to this site, and therefore the comic down the line.






A side note: try to make letters short and to the point.  Editors do not have a lot of time, and they are being kind enough to give you some when they read these things.  Always be polite.

Have a happy whatever-holiday-it-is-you're-celebrating.
-T