Ready, Set ... Work!
You might have noticed I didn't bounce around blogs too much this week. I made it to most of your blogs; sadly I didn't make it to all. Most I didn't visit as often as I usually do. I'm missing all of your stories, thoughts, and ideas.
I'm still poorly sporadic on all the social network sites as well.
In other blog news, my photo is back to a more normal size after a little fiddling. And after a little more fiddling, the Tiki Hut poem found color but still not correct formatting. Maybe next weekend I'll figure out how to do that.
The most important thing I took away from all I learned and absorbed from all the successful authors at MWA-U was that it's fine to blog and be social; but decide how much you need to write every day, and blog and otherwise socialize online after you get your words in.
Let me repeat that message from six successful authors:
WRITE FIRST. Blog, Facebook, Twitter second.
If not, you'll have a really hard time reaching the end.
If you couldn't tell, I'm a little OCD about finishing on time. When I do, I'll be around visiting more often.
I'm still poorly sporadic on all the social network sites as well.
In other blog news, my photo is back to a more normal size after a little fiddling. And after a little more fiddling, the Tiki Hut poem found color but still not correct formatting. Maybe next weekend I'll figure out how to do that.
The most important thing I took away from all I learned and absorbed from all the successful authors at MWA-U was that it's fine to blog and be social; but decide how much you need to write every day, and blog and otherwise socialize online after you get your words in.
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| Photo by Alex Eylar/Licensed Under Creative Commons |
WRITE FIRST. Blog, Facebook, Twitter second.
If not, you'll have a really hard time reaching the end.
If you couldn't tell, I'm a little OCD about finishing on time. When I do, I'll be around visiting more often.
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| Photo by Timo/Licensed under Creative Commons |
The second most important thing I learned is BE YOURSELF. Don't try to write like someone else. If you do, you'll always be a second-rate version of the other author. What's really bad is if the other author is a second-rate author. Then you'll be a second-rate version of a second-rate author. Nobody wants that.
So now back to your regular programming.
Happy Monday!
Comments
Life interfers with posting, work and harvest. And what else...hm, oh, yeah, Writing!
Thanks for sharing, and Happy Monday to you as well! :)
I just finally set up facebook, but I'm sure I won't be on there all the time.
It's all about balance, isn't it?
Linda G - I thought worthy enough to share.
Clarissa - This is something I know, too. I think most of us do. Knowing it doesn't make it easy to do, though.
Joanne - Exactly!
Linda K - You're not boring :)
Slamdunk - Exactly!
Mel - I hadn't thought of it that way either until I heard it at MWA-U.
Becky - You're welcome :)
Manzanita - Not a Scorpio!
Karen - Thanks to David Morrell for that. I don't remember how he phrased it exactly, but what I wrote was close.
Julie - Hope it helps.
VR - I love blogging and visiting. Sigh. Hopeless.
LR - My big photo made me jump every time I scrolled down - LOL. This one is bigger than before the giant took over for a bit, though. I haven't been to Facebook yet today. Look for me. I'll look for you.
Maggie - Yes it's way too easy at times.
Laura - Thanks!
Alex - So would I :)
Rula - Good for you!
Will work on that.
Hugs
Tami
Carol - My two cents only here because I haven't done a blog tour yet ... But I think on those days, if you plan to write, you plan to write only 500 or 1000 words - whatever you know you can accomplish fairly quickly - get those done, then go on with the blog tour and have fun because you accomplished your writing goal first.
Holly - I'm missing the interaction with my peeps, too. Once I start drafting a totally new manuscript I won't be working on it all day. But I will finish my words for the day before blogging and socializing.
Tami - Good for you!