I've just finished a month-long experiment on Twitter with my Shrinking Violets Promotions buddy, Robin LaFevers. We wanted to see if a couple of card-carrying introverts (that would be US) would find any value on this hugely popular forum, particularly as relates to book promotion, building a platform, etc. Now clearly, thirty days is not a sufficient period of time to truly gauge those possibilities. It was, however, more than enough time for us to both decide that Twitter just wasn't working for either of us. At ALL. At least for now. We nearly ran shrieking from it.
The only tweeting I want in my life right proceeds directly from a pointy little beak. Adding Twitter to my life was the small atmospheric disturbance that caused the avalanche-- a deafening torrent of voices, lives, details that threatened to derail my writing focus.
Having just finished the revisions for Love and Pollywogs, I want to gather up all my energy and hold it close. My next book projects have been waiting patiently for months. I can't wait to get deep into the slippery guts of them. I've got a couple of boy characters that are whooping and hollering for my attention. I'm going to try working on two concurrent novels. Um, we'll see how that goes!
I've been housesitting for a dear friend for a couple of weeks, who lives in a much more remote area than I live in. It's been such a profound pleasure for me to be here. The absence of anything but the sound of the wind, birds and various critters has been deeply soothing to me. I've been staying up late just so that I can savor every hour of it.
Speaking of deeply soothing, those would not be the words I would pick to describe my anticipation of the television interview I did yesterday on the Creative Community Program, hosted by Santa Barbara Poet Lauraete David Starkey-- a seriously lovely man. Gawd, I was so nervous! My goal for the interview was not to woof up or accidentally say any naughty words, which I tend to do when I'm nervous. Mission accomplished, but I gave my Lady Mitchum anti-perspirant a run for it's life. When they put a link up to the interview, I'll post it here. EVER so glad to have that behind me. It was a bit like having a pap smear, root canal, and trip to the DMV all rolled up into one event. But it was completely way nicer. The team at SB Channels was great to work with-- they made it quite painless.
Random, but July marks my one year anniversary of eating very simply and very raw. And off the Diet Coke. Wow. Can't believe it. Never ever thought I'd be doing this in my life and enjoying it so much. Life is exciting that way. You just never know what might be in your future. I just love that!
Lastly, and since the theme of this post is focus, I want to congratulate the Zen Masters of Focus, five members of the Kalyra Women's Cycling Team, that have been in "Lou-a-ville", Kentucky all week at the USA Cycling Masters National Championships. They have all done exceptionally well, and nearly worn out the podium with their frequent trips up and down. In addition to a number of medals, four new Nationals Champ jerseys are coming home. Woot! (From left to right: Janet, Dawn, Jill (mi esposa), MaryAnn, and Sonia.)
Hope you all have some happy plans for the 4th of July weekend. Not being a big fan of the hot dog or the fireworks, I'm looking to find a way to make it festive all the same. Perhaps I'll just sit in the silence and bre-e-a-athe.
Peace to you each--
Mary
The only tweeting I want in my life right proceeds directly from a pointy little beak. Adding Twitter to my life was the small atmospheric disturbance that caused the avalanche-- a deafening torrent of voices, lives, details that threatened to derail my writing focus.
Having just finished the revisions for Love and Pollywogs, I want to gather up all my energy and hold it close. My next book projects have been waiting patiently for months. I can't wait to get deep into the slippery guts of them. I've got a couple of boy characters that are whooping and hollering for my attention. I'm going to try working on two concurrent novels. Um, we'll see how that goes!
I've been housesitting for a dear friend for a couple of weeks, who lives in a much more remote area than I live in. It's been such a profound pleasure for me to be here. The absence of anything but the sound of the wind, birds and various critters has been deeply soothing to me. I've been staying up late just so that I can savor every hour of it.
Speaking of deeply soothing, those would not be the words I would pick to describe my anticipation of the television interview I did yesterday on the Creative Community Program, hosted by Santa Barbara Poet Lauraete David Starkey-- a seriously lovely man. Gawd, I was so nervous! My goal for the interview was not to woof up or accidentally say any naughty words, which I tend to do when I'm nervous. Mission accomplished, but I gave my Lady Mitchum anti-perspirant a run for it's life. When they put a link up to the interview, I'll post it here. EVER so glad to have that behind me. It was a bit like having a pap smear, root canal, and trip to the DMV all rolled up into one event. But it was completely way nicer. The team at SB Channels was great to work with-- they made it quite painless.
Random, but July marks my one year anniversary of eating very simply and very raw. And off the Diet Coke. Wow. Can't believe it. Never ever thought I'd be doing this in my life and enjoying it so much. Life is exciting that way. You just never know what might be in your future. I just love that!
Lastly, and since the theme of this post is focus, I want to congratulate the Zen Masters of Focus, five members of the Kalyra Women's Cycling Team, that have been in "Lou-a-ville", Kentucky all week at the USA Cycling Masters National Championships. They have all done exceptionally well, and nearly worn out the podium with their frequent trips up and down. In addition to a number of medals, four new Nationals Champ jerseys are coming home. Woot! (From left to right: Janet, Dawn, Jill (mi esposa), MaryAnn, and Sonia.)
Hope you all have some happy plans for the 4th of July weekend. Not being a big fan of the hot dog or the fireworks, I'm looking to find a way to make it festive all the same. Perhaps I'll just sit in the silence and bre-e-a-athe.
Peace to you each--
Mary
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