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  • You are a shot in the arm today for me as I have been in "promotion mode" since June 25 when my memoir (Re)Making...
  • Yeeeees, thank you for sharing! You state things so clearly that I can really nod too,...t my instincts as a paid writer (which have been set to "panic and desperation mode" for a few months) have been...
  • I totally understand your frustration with social media. I just braved the social...rin advised me, you have to shift hats as a writer, shifting from creative mode to business mode. My main apprehension is maki...
  • Thanks Emily for your post. I'll go one further, quit your twitter feed too. You don't need it. If you want to know what people are up to, send them an email. What's w...
  • I once wrote a blog entry which was playful, but truthful and I will copy it here because other techies know that distractions can be our biggest problem. Elizabeth Ki...
  • Quick comments concerning questions #3 and #4. Number 3 -...Writers. All writers need to have a mentor, a role model and an advocate. The three a...d others times we learn. Often when in the teaching mode, we learn. When in the learni...
  • What a great post, Dani. I appreciate your perspective—always—on social media and onli...on NPR last night about boredom, and how it brings the brain back to "default mode," a critical state of mind fo...
  • I am really enjoying the social media but it sure does take a lot of time. I am learning that promoting yourself as a writer takes just as much time as writing but unless all I want from my writing is to enjoy only myself I see the time spent promoting to be necessary.
  • I'm not complaining about social media, far from it. I agree that it is a cost-effective way to extend reach and build audience. My point is to be judicious about its...
  • Congratulations on allowing your voice to be heard! A friend of mine, an extraordinary poet who has published with a very well-respected house in England, nevertheles...