Writing Adventures » Facebook http://www.hydypaige.com of Hydy Paige Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:46:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Year Turns http://www.hydypaige.com/the-year-turns/ http://www.hydypaige.com/the-year-turns/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:01:14 +0000 Hydy http://www.hydypaige.com/?p=263 I made 37 submissions in 2009. 29 of them in the final three months of the year, after returning, inspired and renewed from DragonCon in Atlanta. Of the 37 submission, 29 have been rejected. I wrote a lot of new flash fiction this past year, 7 of which were submitted, and most of the rest of which are being posted here, one each Friday. Only two new short stories entered the mix for me, though. This is something that will change in 2010.

I attempted NaNoWriMo, and came up with some good ideas and some interesting characters. I will be developing some of that in the coming year, as well as a handful of stories I started, but never finished. This includes some of the flash pieces, which are really just story ideas given a few moments on paper instead of worked into real stories.

Life is constantly changing and in my struggle to keep up, I have let slide some of the things that are important to me. New things have become important to me, yes, but some of the things I fill my time with are just pointless distractions. Yes, I’m looking at you, Facebook. ;)

2009 was a good year. 2010 will be a fantastic year.

]]> http://www.hydypaige.com/the-year-turns/feed/ 0 Social Networking Platform http://www.hydypaige.com/social-networking-platform/ http://www.hydypaige.com/social-networking-platform/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:36:38 +0000 Hydy http://www.hydypaige.com/?p=130 I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about social networking lately, about building your online platform and getting an audience. I kept thinking things like “it’s too early” “I should have more publishing credits first” and “I don’t have the time.”   The truth is, I waste far more time online than I’m willing to admit, and this will at least give me a few productive things to do with that time.

Today I signed up for Facebook and Twitter and linked them together with this page and my Livejournal.  I added a link box to my sidebar for these places, too.  I’m still building up my profiles on these sites, and deciding what to do, and what not to do.  Facebook, especially, I want it to be a “professional link” not full of silly apps and nonsense.

We’ll see how that goes. I am thinking of publishing some flash fiction on my Livejournal, and maybe on this blog as well. I don’t want to do a lot of cross posting, but I imagine some may occur: submissions and rejections on LJ and Twitter; flash fiction on LJ and here. I’m not sure, what do people think? Would it be too much? Or just a way to reach multiple audiences?

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