I'm back and I'm on fire...

Yesterday, I had an epiphany (Thanks to Writer's Digest- If you are serious about writing subscribe now!) I realized that if I am going to finish this book, I am going to have to write, every day. That wasn't all.  I also needed a network.  I need people that will support me and encourage me.  I am back from my break.  Let's just leave it at that.  I have ideas now, I am ready to restart the revision of my novel, get it done an sell this book.  I am craving freedom, social contact and more life experience in general.  I absolutely had no idea until yesterday, that Twitter had a potential to help me sell my book.

A brilliant article by an Internet savvy Jeanne Veillette Bowerman in the November/December 2010 issue of Writer's Digest opened my eyes to the world of opportunities that is Twitter. Follow Jeanne on Twitter: @jeannevb.  I already had a Twitter account, but my only follower was a friend from high school and my only two tweets had been about a TV Show.  So, I rebooted.  I deleted the stupidity and decided to post the stuff I find on the internet every day,  the articles and the videos I enjoy and information that sometimes takes hours to find, but is just what I had been looking for.  In the 24 hours that have passed since my Twitter "revision" I now have 5 more followers than I did yesterday, one is an editor and another an author.  

Don't get me wrong please, this isn't going to be easy to master.  There is so much about Twitter and social networking in general that I have to learn still I find the task slightly daunting, but at the same time I am excited to make new friends and get updated by people in the field.  It is definitely a new planet to discover.  I even figured out how to post a feed on Blogger, from my Twitter account (I think).

Perhaps when people become interested in my ideas and writing, I will have the motivation and encouragement I really need time to time.