This week has been busy, as per usual. I have been singing with my choir, I attended Tai Chi practice plus two classes of Zumba, took my mother to the beach for a picnic and to town, plus another picnic at Monaco ( she adores picnics). I have also been preparing the studio for a special visitor this coming Sunday/ Monday, baking cheese scones (it was raining), cooking and gardening, reading Arctic Village by Robert Marshall, chatting online daily with my daughter Ella, meeting a visiting border collie (plus owner) for Kotz’s dog sitting business (i.e. cigar earning business); doing my usual self-publishing tasks and of course, writing. All in all a pretty normal week for me.
Throughout the week, and during most of the above activities, my mind kept straying back to a podcast I listened to at Ella’s suggestion; “Getting Noticed in a Noisy World with Your First Book,” with Michael Hyatt (As below).
Now as you probably know, I have already written and self-published a trilogy of Alaskan memoirs: Walking on Ice, Nesting on the Nushagak and Dancing on the Tundra. I am currently working on another memoir, this time about my childhood, entitled Stories for Upstairs. So even though I am not writing my ‘first book’, this podcast, as promised was still very helpful and just so full of great advice. Hearing this expert advice has served as a timely reminder of all the things I still need to be doing, especially being a citizen of the digital world. Here is an example just for starters:“Start a blog” (check)…”Keep blogging regularly” (check)...“Understand what your audience wants/ dreams/ aspires to” (um)…“How can you help?” (Ummm)...
I do have my own theories in answer to these questions, but would love to hear from you, and know more about you. If you would like to answer any of the above questions, I would LOVE to hear from you. Please leave a comment, or write me an email. You never know, the feedback you give me may even make it into next week’s blog!
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