So, looking at the little free time I have, I am faced with a decision how to best utilize this precious commodity. The publishing ‘culture’, in it’s infinite wisdom, has “given” me a choice:
- I could write another entry in my blog.
- I could spend a few hours on Facebook, signing up for every writing group that I can, soliciting followers with solemn promises of faithfully following them, thereby increasing the length of both our monkey chains.
- I can tweet to God and the world about things unimportant, immaterial and downright banal - to be able to show agents and publishers the ‘army’ of people who have nothing better to do that to hear about my boring existence , anticipating every tweet with bated breath.
- I could learn how to create a website for myself, given that I cannot afford to hire someone to do it in my stead.
- I should write several entries my website will need to contain.
- I should send out query letters to agents in the “Guide to Literary Agents” I invested in, focusing first on those who accept e-mail submissions, saving me printing, addressing envelopes, postage and a trip to the nearest mailbox.
- I must write a query letter and synopsis to go with my other manuscript
- I have to compose ‘blurbs’ for both manuscripts
- It behooves me to learn about self-publishing in case I decide go that route with one of the two.
- I want to continue to write my third manuscript which I would like to finish before the end of this century.