Sunday, May 17, 2009

HEART 2 HEART ~ "Anyone Else Out There, OVERWHELMED?"

Updating my update (that has to be bad writing), keying in MySpace & Facebook & Twitter, OH MY, wishing GoodReads to all Americans in Oz, I'm feeling the pressure to "choose my site wisely." I love that line from Indiana Jones, don't you? We ever try to choose wisely, do we not? Surely you must have had to choose where you place your internet trust and energy, praying you won't be spammed in the process. Like you, I key on tiptoes most days. Like you, I hate to take a misstep and lose internet ground, not to mention access for days on end!

That being said, I must admit I'm OVERWHELMED by the availability of new sites, coming up frequently, new places to chat and to network and to market. This all sounds well and good but it involves time, time many of us don't have in the first place. I'm not stupid. I know the internet is a wonderful place to "chat and network and market," it's just that I haven't mastered the subtleties of HOW to do this with ease, and HOW to best use my time on the Net for good--for the good of my friends and fellow writers as well as myself. I'm working on it! I'm working on it because I've met wonderful folks on the Net, readers and writers all. A sure incentive to make good choices and choose wisely.

Good Reads :-) Jo(anne) Gregg Sundell
www.joannesundell.com

MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER
A...MY NAME'S AMELIA
THE PARLOR HOUSE DAUGHTER
MEGGIE'S REMAINS
THE QUAKER AND THE CONFEDERATE
~HEARTS DIVIDED~
~HEARTS PERSUADED~

2 comments:

Laura Essendine said...
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Laura Essendine said...

Sorry - I messed up the previous post. Start again!

It's too tempting to spend all your time networking and not enough doing the writing. Online people are so interesting.

I've just joined Red Room.com where you can network with aspiring authors and follow published ones. I'm still exploring the site but there seems to be a great deal on it. It's worth a look, particularly as you can post some of your work up there for critique.

Laura Essendine
The Accidental Guru Blog