There is really no question releasing a book from March onward this year *sucks*, and as someone with her first novel in five years out in 2021, I promise I get it. I feel it! All the time!

But please remember that authors *debuted* into this. They need constant help.

I feel like there& #39;s a little bit of a lack of perspective going on among published authors and again, I get the *awful* feelings, but you have the time and space to lift authors in worse situations while you& #39;re promoting your own stuff that your existing audience will find.

If you& #39;re an established author, whether you have a book out this year or not, I urge you to "adopt" a 2020 debut or two to regularly promote, even if it& #39;s just RTing them once a week. You don& #39;t even have to tell them, or add commentary. Just help them be seen.

I obviously don& #39;t have names of every 2020 debut, but you can find a bunch here (and I& #39;ll work on building the lists up today):

MG: https://bookshop.org/lists/2020-mg-debuts
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Adult:">https://bookshop.org/lists/202... https://bookshop.org/lists/2020-adult-debuts">https://bookshop.org/lists/202...

And of course there are debut group sites that& #39;ll be a lot more thorough, at least for kidlit:

https://2020debuts.com/ 
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Welcome to 2020 Debuts! - 2020 Debuts

2020 Debuts is a collective of traditionally published authors debuting with their first book in 2020. Follow us to learn more about our authors, and their books, releasing in 2020!

https://2020debuts.com/

And actually, may as well get it here, right?

If you& #39;re a 2020 debut, feel free to reply here with *one* tweet about your book, and for the love of coffee, *include at least one buy link*!