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I found the white-board I used in the kitchen in Jeddah this morning, piled in a stack of pictures we haven't gotten around to hanging here. (This is partially because we have a LOT of framed things to hang, and also because the cement walls make hanging things extremely difficult. I ran out of sticker-hanging-things ages ago, and gave up on purchasing more because it didn't feel as if I was making much of a dent. Mostly because I wasn't. We have very bare walls, but only a year left, so it's not worth the bother.)
Anyway, I turned the white-board into a to-do list, and as you can see, I was able to cross two things off the list already. Setting up an azriona Twitter account was actually much more involved than I thought it'd be. I couldn't use "azriona" because that account has been suspended. No idea why - I don't think I ever started one, so I don't think it's me. But I wonder if it's the same reason I couldn't get azriona as an Instagram handle, either - i.e., the State of Arizona thinking I'm trolling them again. So obviously, the only thing to do was use azriona1912 (which is me trolling them, but only very gently).
Trying to follow everyone I want to follow is time-consuming and annoying. I keep forgetting what people use for their handles and usernames and then I can't find them by whatever I type in, so if I have not followed you on Twitter yet, blame my stupid memory and forgive me. (And follow me, so I can follow you back.)
I do wonder how many people are going to drop Pen on Twitter, though. Which is fine, I've done some soul searching and decided that's okay if they do. Actually, it might make me feel better if that happens - there's a lot of things I don't do on Twitter via Pen because I don't want to clutter anyone's feeds, but if people do drop Pen (but still to azriona), I won't feel as guilty because I can assume the ones who stay want to see that stuff.
One thing I do intend to do, though - I'm probably going to drop some people Pen is following, so I can clear up that timeline in order to see things more relevant. And especially if I'm following them as azriona, too - I don't need to see those posts twice. Organizing that Twitter is going to be a longer term project, I can already tell - it's why it's not marked off yet - but hopefully I can make it actually work well enough that once it's going, I only need to pay attention to it a little bit every day or so.
Other items on the list: the GYWO holiday story (which is a prompt of three words - two are good ones, one's got me stumped). An incentive story for the newsletter - basically, "Sign up for my newsletter and get THIS FREE STORY YOU CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE." There's a couple of essays I wrote for Pen's blog that I really like, and I'd like to revive those, if not the blog itself (or, I can clean up the blog and delete old entries and try to revive the whole thing - not sure about that one, honestly). Try to find other ways to promote books/newsletter.
And Facebook. I have no idea if that's even something I should be looking at - way early on, I'd heard that FB was good for mm romance authors, but I don't even have a personal FB page. I'm not sure I want one for Pen. Do I really need to master another social media thing?
Le sigh.
In the meantime... I made cherry pie and cherry jam and cherry ice cream and there are still cherries in the fridge and the freezer, and I am cherried out. Anyone who has easy suggestions for cherry recipes, I am taking them, gladly.
Cross-posted from Dreamwidth. Comment in either location.
Anyway, I turned the white-board into a to-do list, and as you can see, I was able to cross two things off the list already. Setting up an azriona Twitter account was actually much more involved than I thought it'd be. I couldn't use "azriona" because that account has been suspended. No idea why - I don't think I ever started one, so I don't think it's me. But I wonder if it's the same reason I couldn't get azriona as an Instagram handle, either - i.e., the State of Arizona thinking I'm trolling them again. So obviously, the only thing to do was use azriona1912 (which is me trolling them, but only very gently).
Trying to follow everyone I want to follow is time-consuming and annoying. I keep forgetting what people use for their handles and usernames and then I can't find them by whatever I type in, so if I have not followed you on Twitter yet, blame my stupid memory and forgive me. (And follow me, so I can follow you back.)
I do wonder how many people are going to drop Pen on Twitter, though. Which is fine, I've done some soul searching and decided that's okay if they do. Actually, it might make me feel better if that happens - there's a lot of things I don't do on Twitter via Pen because I don't want to clutter anyone's feeds, but if people do drop Pen (but still to azriona), I won't feel as guilty because I can assume the ones who stay want to see that stuff.
One thing I do intend to do, though - I'm probably going to drop some people Pen is following, so I can clear up that timeline in order to see things more relevant. And especially if I'm following them as azriona, too - I don't need to see those posts twice. Organizing that Twitter is going to be a longer term project, I can already tell - it's why it's not marked off yet - but hopefully I can make it actually work well enough that once it's going, I only need to pay attention to it a little bit every day or so.
Other items on the list: the GYWO holiday story (which is a prompt of three words - two are good ones, one's got me stumped). An incentive story for the newsletter - basically, "Sign up for my newsletter and get THIS FREE STORY YOU CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE." There's a couple of essays I wrote for Pen's blog that I really like, and I'd like to revive those, if not the blog itself (or, I can clean up the blog and delete old entries and try to revive the whole thing - not sure about that one, honestly). Try to find other ways to promote books/newsletter.
And Facebook. I have no idea if that's even something I should be looking at - way early on, I'd heard that FB was good for mm romance authors, but I don't even have a personal FB page. I'm not sure I want one for Pen. Do I really need to master another social media thing?
Le sigh.
In the meantime... I made cherry pie and cherry jam and cherry ice cream and there are still cherries in the fridge and the freezer, and I am cherried out. Anyone who has easy suggestions for cherry recipes, I am taking them, gladly.
Cross-posted from Dreamwidth. Comment in either location.