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I’m back at the Library after 7 days of conferencing: Texas Library Association’s Annual Conference in Houston (where all my family was afraid I was going to float away) and DFW Writers Conference in my hometown of Fort Worth. I won’t really have any kind of downtime until
Saturday, if I don’t find something to do in that time, as well (apparently this
weekend there is this fantastic Lavender Festival at Becker Vineyards, down near
Fredericksburg…hmm).
The conferencing has really stirred up those creative juices
in me. Being around all those authors at TLA and all of the writing sessions at
DFWCon, just really put me in the mood to get to it when it comes to my
writing. Unfortunately, the moment that I got back into my real, working world,
everything has come to a screeching halt.
Being away from work for 5 days does something to me. It
makes me forget that there are so many duties that must be accomplished before
I rest and work on the dream. Trying to even attempt to be creative during this
time has just frustrated me. It’s only Tuesday and I feel I’ve gotten zero done
towards my goals for the week. It doesn’t help that I am a high school
librarian, it’s time to buy prom tickets, and my Seniors and Juniors must clear
their fines with me before they can buy their tickets. When you have little
girls crying because they didn’t realize if they never returned books, they
would eventually get marked lost, and their fees now include 4 lost books!
Okay, so I did do one thing to help kick me in the butt to
get things done- I linked all my social media to my webpage and my business
page. It may not seem like much, but I really need to at least look like I’m a
professional at this writing business, right? At both conferences, the
importance of social media was made apparent. Building a platform where people
can find and follow you is so vital to a business, a writer, and a program. I
finally got it. It finally clicked.
So, I ask if you are reading this right now, please follow
me on Twitter, Instagram, or even Pinterest (where you really get to see the
deep recesses of a persons’ thought processes!). The links are at the top right
hand side of this page. I’m still working on the LinkedIn widget, but I’ll get
there. An author page for Facebook isn’t far behind. Let’s connect!