I have a problem, and I’m not sure if there’s a cure. I’ve read all the books and all the helpful blog posts, and I know that if I want to be out there in the public eye and I want people to read and buy my book, then I have no choice but to make a lot of noise on the various social networking sites.
I need to write blog post after blog post. I need to Facebook like crazy. I need to Tweet like there’s no tomorrow. I should be vlogging. I should be doing whatever it is I’m supposed to be doing with LinkedIn. Now I need to get the word out on Google Plus as well. I understand all this, really I do. I even have all these grand elaborate plans how I am going to be a social networking powerhouse. But then everything falls apart.
When life gets busy for me, it’s all I can do to keep up with things, and that means that I go eerily silent here on my blog and out there in the wider networking-sphere. People probably think some horrible tragedy has befallen me. Well, no, they probably don’t because by now they are so used to my periodic social networking silences that they don’t pay it any mind.
I’d like to say that I promise I’ll get better at staying on top of everything, but I hate to make promises I can’t keep. So, I’ll try to improve, but don’t be surprised if days upon days go past where I seem to be completely absent from the interwebs. Rest assured, it is likely not a catastrophe.
Update: On the other hand it could very well be technical issues like the one I am experiencing with this blog post. I don’t have the patience to figure out why WordPress isn’t letting me upload a picture with this post. So, you’ll just have to imagine a picture with it. That could be dangerous, but WordPress leaves me no other options.
Going on Now
My Books
Did you mother share with you the comic that I’d sent to her?
http://www.gocomics.com/floandfriends/2011/09/17
Funny comic! I also talk to computers, and Ron laughs at me because I refer to the GPS thing as “the lady” and “she”. In my defense, she gets really upset with me when I don’t follow her directions.
Are you living in my brain dahlink, because I’m often thinking this… <3
I understand this. Social networking for authors is part of life. So is writing, a day job….the list goes on.
It’s easy to let the social networking part fall away—I mean, it sort of keeps expanding and then collapsing on itself, which makes it interesting because it keeps changing but also a little overwhelming. Does that make sense? 
Natalie: Oh good! I’m not alone!
Paul: This does make sense, I think!
I feel you’re pain! It’s hard keeping up with all the social networking. One thing I’ve found is what you say not how often you say it. I’m sure your fans will continue to tell their friends about your site and your book since your writing rocks!
Aw, thanks, Sam!