Wednesday, August 1, 2012

I've moved

Hello, would you please join me at shirley-mclain.net. I have been terrible at keeping my Blog going on Blogger but I have stayed active on wordpress. I am posting short stories, a my most current YA fiction called Sally's Warning (Name will be changed.) I look forward to seeing you at my site.

Thank You
Shirley

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Twittering Away: Why do we do it?

'm just a bit messed up on my blogging but that's ok.  I'm not exactly a straight as a string  kind of gal. My actions just go with my flow at the time.  My blogging was intended for three times a week but there's nothing to say I can't add extra's.  Consider today an extra. That being said let me get on with what I want to blog about.

Today, Twitter is on my mind.  You want to know why? Whether you do or don't I'm about to tell you.  I joined and became active on Twitter last week.  Since I am an author and everything I read states I should be using Twitter and others to build my platform.  I have spent the past week getting close to 1000 people to follow me and will be doing more. Those 1000 people are doing the exact same thing I am.  They're trying to sell, whether it is a book, or some kind of other product.

I really can't figure out why I'm doing it.  It's not like the majority of these people really want to get to know the real me and I have found some really scary individuals that I don't want to know and refuse to follow.  I spend the majority of my time going through my email and following whom ever replied to my  tweet or their letting me know I've followed and are thanking me for doing so.  That is really the extent of our contact.

How is this helping me sell my books? I have to admit I have seen  some interesting titles and covers flashed before my eyes.  At  some point in time, if I remember them, I might purchase and read some of them.  The key word in that sentence is remember.  There are so many books and titles my brain is scrambled (more than usual.)

So why do we do it? As for me it is because someone said it was the thing to do.  Weather it is or isn't, I really don't know.  What I do know is it keeps me busy.