Aug 28 2009
Summary of a Crazy Week Online
Well, it’s Friday, and a crazy week has come to an end. Most of the craziness has been good, and nearly all of it online. A quick summary. This week I:
- Joined Twitter (follow me: @writerstarr). I was hearing a LOT of buzz from the online writing community about how the entire publishing industry is on Twitter, and if you want to network you just can’t beat it, and well, they’re right. But I’m still learning to use it effectively.
- Uploaded Worlds Unseen to Authonomy.com. This site, run by HarperCollins and still in beta form, is one of the most interesting things I’ve seen in quite some time, and I’m loving all the near-instant feedback on my book. But I suspect this one’s a double-edged sword, with huge potential to become a time-sink and much opportunity to get in over my head. Figuring this out too.
- Was interviewed by Lyn Perry of Residential Aliens here. Lyn is running a fun series of two-question interviews. Check it out!
- Got hacked on Facebook for about an hour. Not my favourite thing. Rebecca Miller of the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog Tour was also hacked; also not her favourite thing.
Crazy and fun this week has been, but I think I can best bring it to a close by repeating my Facebook response to the hacking:
Rachel Starr Thomson thinks she has it pretty good. That hacker posted “lookin for love” as my status, but truth is, I’ve already found it. I have an amazing family, the best friends in the world, and in all things, above all things, through all things the… love of God in Jesus Christ. I am seriously blessed.
Amen :). See you next week!
It sounds as if you had QUITE a week! Me, too – albeit in different ways!
Thank you for the HarperCollins link. That’s work looking into, methinks!
I hope this week is blessed! :)