This year I've been taking steps to be not a person that writes, but an author. I've chosen a pen name (Lanea is too hard to spell or pronounce), gotten an official looking picture taken of myself, and set up a twitter account where I follow people other than my family. I did all this in the hopes that if I made myself a professional presence online, it would inspire me to be more professional with things like my writing schedule. Instead, I've found that following these authors has given me a sense of belonging I never got from artists. I'm also learning that there's really no one way to be productive and professional with a writing schedule. As long as you love it and work hard, you should be good. I've found some people who do weekly word wars. I'm getting some interesting information about what it's like to be on tour or wait for your book to come out in print. I'm laughing and loving the very human and very interesting people who write the books I read.
All this is just from twitter. What could a blog do? This is what I intend to find out! It won't be easy for me, I'm opinionated, but I also love lurking. Still, I know some interesting things and I'm willing to give it a go. I'm excited for the journey. I hope to meet some fun people willing to take it with me.
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