What is Six Sentence Sunday? Or what is #sixsunday?

Ever wondered? Ask!

I've heard a lot of people asking that lately. I think, the more connected the writing community becomes through social media, the wider spread some of these individual events have potential to create. Generally, my rule is, if you don't know what something is, ask, and someone will answer. Well, today, I'm answering.

I've been participating in Six Sentence Sunday for about a year, in various capacities. It's both a marketing opportunity and a chance to discover new books and new authors.

Basically, the way it works is, if you're an author or an aspiring author and you have a blog, you go to the Six Sentence Sunday website sometime between Tuesday and Saturday. You sign up on the list for the following Sunday, and then your name shows up on the list.

Use your social media!

Then, you go back to your blog/website, and put up a post for the week. Pick six sentences from a book you're writing (or have written) and put them in a blog post. Make sure it's at the top of your blog on whatever Sunday you've signed up for, and that you put a link back to the main Six Sunday webpage.

On the Sunday, people come to your blog, you go to the blogs of other people. What I like to do is go to the Six Sunday website and go through the list, clicking on every name. Sometimes, I read a book I like that's available for sale and I buy it. Sometimes I just am entertained for awhile. It depends on the week and who I click on. There are a few people I visit every week because I think they put up good excerpts.

Additionally, I suggest that you use your social media (Facebook, Twitter, blog, newsletter) to direct people to the #sixsunday phenomenon. Especially your readers, if you have them. It's a great opportunity to sample some fantastic writing.

~ Rebecca Lynn

What about you? Have you ever participated? Are you participating this week? Let me say one thing about NKotWB: We never fault a writer for asking questions. So if you have them, feel free to ask them!