The death of literature.

Murdered by social media.

Human interaction and the internet summed up succinctly.

Feed it.

Some of you need to heed this sign.

Double standard.

Quotes: Social media is a necessary evil for writers.

“As a writer, [social media is] actually your best friend. Because it’s how you make connections without having to leave your house. It’s a win win situation. Sell more books, set yourself up for success, never have to talk to anyone.”

– Shaelin Bishop

 

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Reflection.

The world we live in.

  

Who’s really in charge?

  

6 tips on using social media for writers who don’t like using social media.

If you’re anything like me, you loathe the time-wasting medium of social media. But as authors (especially independent authors), it is a necessary evil you must dabble with if you hope to market your books and your brand.

One of the things I dislike about Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, et al, is their addicting nature. Like a mermaid, social media sings its irresistible songs to seduce writers to waste their time scrolling through YouTube videos, poorly spelled memes, personal relationship drama, and an endless supply of images of pets and meals.

So how do you employ social media to benefit your writing career without it luring you into the rocks of distraction and shipwrecking your free time?

Well, have no fear, I am here to help.

The biggest obstacle you have to overcome is resisting the mermaid’s siren, and the biggest solution to that obstacle is to make social media harder to access.

And here are six ways to do just that:

1). Don’t download social media apps. Instead, force yourself to go through a browser which will take you a little longer to do.

2). After visiting a social media site, be sure to log out. By having to log back in every time to view them (through a browser), you’ve effectively removed the ease by which you can cavalierly access them.

3). Disable all notifications. If you’re not being alerted about a new post or message on social media, you won’t know if you’re missing anything. Keeping notifications on is like entering a bakery when you’re on a diet. Don’t enter the bakery, and don’t enable notifications.

4). Determine to visit social media only once a day (or two days). Pick mornings or evenings (or whatever time is good for you) and stick to it. This way you won’t feel the draw of checking social media every free moment you have because you’ve agreed that you’re only going to check them at predetermined times.

5). Have an accountability partner to help you limit your social media time and keep you focused on your writing.

6). For every 12 hours (or 24 hours) that you don’t check your social media, reward yourself with something nice . . . like a donut.

I hope these are a help to you. If you have any other suggestions, please share them in the comments section.

What we’ve lost, we’ll never get back.

Allow this to sink in. 

Enforcement by public opinions on social media.

Step away from the phone.

A good reminder for all of us living in the 21st Century.

Source: Ruth E Hendricks Photography

 

Quotes: Focusing on the unimportant.

Ever noticed how we tend to focus on the unimportant? We spend more time fretting over how we’re dressed when we should care about telling our family we love them. We worry about working tirelessly at a job we hate rather than searching for something that makes us happy. And we focus so often on the future or the mistakes of the past that we forget to live in the present. We care so much about our online presence and how many followers we have yet we couldn’t [care less] about the man or woman standing beside us who is desperate to feel loved.

– Chris Nicholas

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Like you are right now.

What a nice reprieve it would be.