DON'T SHOOT THE AUTHOR.... SHERRY ASHWORTH
Should it matter what I look like? I’m a writer, and what I do is make up stories with characters in them. My books should speak for themselves. My physical appearance should be immaterial. And yet. Over and over again I am asked for photographs of me. It might be publicity shots for events I’m involved in, local newspapers and of course there’s also the online world – it just does not look right to have a Twitter or Facebook profile without a photo. Don’t you just hate those blank-egg shapes that Twitter bestows on those of us too shy or private to post up a mugshot? Though I’ve chosen not to have my photo along with the cover of my e-book, Good Recipes and Bad Women , it’s there on my Amazon page. So. What makes a good author shot? Ought one to look...