Four years ago this fall I took my first trip to New York City to meet with editors and agencies to review my work. One question that I was asked several times was “how are you promoting yourself?” The only answer I had was “I’m not.”  I started asking them what the best way to promote my work was.  I got several different answers but the service I heard mentioned the most was AdBase. The first thing I did when I got home was sign up with AdBase. It is both fantastic and the bane of my existence. I hate …