Jul. 20th, 2021 10:07 am
Authorial Noodling
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johnstonmrIn terms of "author footprint," I have:
1. A Professional Site, with Blog
2. Twitter
3. Instagram/Facebook
4. Author Newsletter
5. This place
And I'm not doing justice to any of them.
I'm barely ever on Twitter, though I do pay attention to it. I just miss a lot, either because of the Day Job (teaching doesn't leave much time in the day for that), or because I'm busy with life. I don't really feel badly about that, it's just what is.
My author site, I feel bad about. I've begun SO MANY blog posts and then stopped, because I just didn't know if I really wanted to say those things. And I'm really torn on how much of my true self to put Out There anyway. I'm not enough of a name to attract much attention, and the days of blogs are pretty much over, anyway, so is it really worth sweating over?
I'm barely on Facebook or Instagram anymore; my Instagram is where I do more lurking than I do posting. I'm really too old to give a crap about Insta.
My newsletter has all of 28 people subscribed to it, and short of doing things I feel are kind of underhanded (Subscribe for a chance to win! Win what? They've already got my books or they wouldn't be there! And I can't afford to do some kind of crazy prize), I can't figure out for the life of me how to grow it to a point where I'd feel it was worth posting except when there's news to share.
And then there's this place, which is more for ME than anyone else, but of course I let friends see this.
I kind of want to do a post on my new project. I've got a map to show off, and some facts about the world to share, that might--MIGHT--interest some people, but I don't know which of my outlets would be best for that, or which might get more engagement. And I kind of hate that I'm even thinking about this, because what I should be doing is working on the book itself.
1. A Professional Site, with Blog
2. Twitter
3. Instagram/Facebook
4. Author Newsletter
5. This place
And I'm not doing justice to any of them.
I'm barely ever on Twitter, though I do pay attention to it. I just miss a lot, either because of the Day Job (teaching doesn't leave much time in the day for that), or because I'm busy with life. I don't really feel badly about that, it's just what is.
My author site, I feel bad about. I've begun SO MANY blog posts and then stopped, because I just didn't know if I really wanted to say those things. And I'm really torn on how much of my true self to put Out There anyway. I'm not enough of a name to attract much attention, and the days of blogs are pretty much over, anyway, so is it really worth sweating over?
I'm barely on Facebook or Instagram anymore; my Instagram is where I do more lurking than I do posting. I'm really too old to give a crap about Insta.
My newsletter has all of 28 people subscribed to it, and short of doing things I feel are kind of underhanded (Subscribe for a chance to win! Win what? They've already got my books or they wouldn't be there! And I can't afford to do some kind of crazy prize), I can't figure out for the life of me how to grow it to a point where I'd feel it was worth posting except when there's news to share.
And then there's this place, which is more for ME than anyone else, but of course I let friends see this.
I kind of want to do a post on my new project. I've got a map to show off, and some facts about the world to share, that might--MIGHT--interest some people, but I don't know which of my outlets would be best for that, or which might get more engagement. And I kind of hate that I'm even thinking about this, because what I should be doing is working on the book itself.