I am not one to jump on the flavor-of-the-day social media (My Space, Facebook, Twitter) but I'm not a technophobe either. I have been on Facebook for awhile now and I'm finally on Twitter. I don't know if it will have a profound effect on bringing me prospects or readers or viewers or whatever, but let me tell you what it has done for me.
It has made relationships. I have met more like-minded "creatives" in a short time on FB than I have met in 20 years outside of FB. They are out there and they, like you, are looking for connection. I know every business, artist and entrepreneur is on Facebook these days and many for the wrong reasons.
The reason should be to connect, plug-in to your community, to share, to inspire and to be inspired. it doesn't take much effort and like most good things, too much can be a bad thing.
I highly suggest it though. C'mon and join the discussion! We need your viewpoint!
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
One project a year
So, I am reading Linchpin by Seth Godin and one point he refers to (he is actually referencing another writer) is to focus on one great work per year.
I have historically done that. Sometimes it is tempting to get side tracked into working in various areas and actually getting nothing done. This year, I am focusing on Danger guild right now, a Grimaul Graphic novel next and the second Warchitect novel after that. Maybe I will get to all of that in a year. There are some side projects...call them stretch goals...that I will work on if time permits.
I guess the first challenge though is not to limit one's self to just a single project. The first challenge is to work on a project at all.
There are so many distractions we can indulge in. Some are obvious time wasters, like Reality Television. Some are not as obvious, like checking email and facebook fanatically.
Seth talks about an internet diet where he only allows himself to check his internet stuff (email, FB, blog, etc) 5 times a day.
Of course we all need R&R and we all need some guilty pleasures (like Dog The Bounty Hunter) but at the end of the day, we only have a finite amount of time. We need to spend it wisely! Putting off writing or exercise to catch a Burn Notice marathon might not be the wisest move.
I have historically done that. Sometimes it is tempting to get side tracked into working in various areas and actually getting nothing done. This year, I am focusing on Danger guild right now, a Grimaul Graphic novel next and the second Warchitect novel after that. Maybe I will get to all of that in a year. There are some side projects...call them stretch goals...that I will work on if time permits.
I guess the first challenge though is not to limit one's self to just a single project. The first challenge is to work on a project at all.
There are so many distractions we can indulge in. Some are obvious time wasters, like Reality Television. Some are not as obvious, like checking email and facebook fanatically.
Seth talks about an internet diet where he only allows himself to check his internet stuff (email, FB, blog, etc) 5 times a day.
Of course we all need R&R and we all need some guilty pleasures (like Dog The Bounty Hunter) but at the end of the day, we only have a finite amount of time. We need to spend it wisely! Putting off writing or exercise to catch a Burn Notice marathon might not be the wisest move.
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