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  • Thanks for starting SheWrites and for inspiring us to put wishes into words through your post today. My wishes/goals are here: 1)  Submit poetry to multiple journals i...
  • Zetta, thanks for this post. Currently, I'm struggling with how much to share during social networking and building my platform. "Soft sell"--happy words to my ears!
  • I just launched my newest book and have been working under my marketing hat, so these five points are just what I needed to consider. I think I fall a little bit into...
  • 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...
  • I agree with you, Ilie - Pinterest is very relaxing. I also think it's another one of those great "back door" strategies. By pinning items related to your book (for me...
  • PS...Amen,  Zetta Brown,  and CJ Jackman Zigante!  You mentioned things I forgot.  The DOWNSIDE of publishing your own book is....eternal self-promoting,  social netwo...
  • As a writer who also officially had 3 pub dates, I sympathize with you! I just want to say that I really enjoy reading your insights into the various aspects of publis...
  • Thanks, Laura! In this day and age with social networking, etc., word gets around the world faster than ever before. If the "wrong" impression/message is sent, you wil...
  • I agree that fiction can be one way that people "escape" from the every day. It's just one aspect of the various media,though--media being television, gaming, social n...
  • Think long and hard about whether you should have children.  And if you have children, are you ready to leave them for periods of time in another pair of caring hands...