Last year I did a lot of work on my website, my blog and my
social media. I regret that now.
I spent many many hours writing blogs, planning posts and
generally trying to interact with other people. The impact that had on book
sales was zero.
I’m a writer, and somewhere along the way, that shifted, and
I felt like I was working more in marketing. The repercussions of that were
that I wrote less, I published less. I missed out on doing what I love doing,
and that is just writing stories. It was my own fault. I thought it was
important to being a writer.
Don’t get me wrong. I like social media for engaging with
others, but last year, I think I looked at it wrong. I concentrated on it too
much, to the detriment of my writing, and that meant that word counts and
completed works took a hit.
I’m doing it differently this year. This year I’ve decided
to concentrate on writing more. Not because I think marketing isn’t important,
but at the end of the day, you can’t market what you haven’t written, and I
write because I love it. Because I want to share my stories with others, even
if that story is only shared with a few people.
I appreciate each and every person who takes a chance on me
by buying my books, and downloading my stories, and so this year, I want to get
more of them out there.
I still want to engage, I still want to talk to others, but
I want to do it so that I can share with you. I want social media to be fun.
This is my year of writing. Not my year of marketing. I am a
writer after all.
