{"id":9455,"date":"2013-10-23T03:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=9455"},"modified":"2013-10-20T18:28:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T01:28:37","slug":"authors-comfort-zone-sharon-ledwith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/23\/authors-comfort-zone-sharon-ledwith\/","title":{"rendered":"An Author’s Comfort Zone by Sharon Ledwith"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today we welcome Author Sharon Ledwith as she shares with us tips on how to find your comfort zone by creating balance between writing your book and promoting your finished work. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

This post could have also been dubbed “Balance 101 for Authors.”<\/strong>\u00a0About sixteen months ago the first novel in my middle-grade\/YA time travel series hit the cyber bookshelves. There was so much to do, and it felt like there wasn’t enough time to do everything. I needed a time portal just to get all my marketing and promoting put in place. This included getting a website up and running, ordering promotional giveaways, setting up blog hops, writing blog posts, and joining the appropriate social media networks. The lists seemed endless, and when the date finally arrived for my book release, I was wearing my shoulders as earrings.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, by the end of my first book blog tour, I was exhausted, spent, and bent out of shape. Even my eyelids ached.<\/p>\n

What I learned from that whole experience last year is that authors need to learn to structure their writing life, or their writing will take a nose dive.<\/strong> We need to learn to create balance so that the task of being a writer plus a marketer plus a promoter doesn’t wear us down. So, how do we do this when so much is expected of a writer nowadays?<\/p>\n

Start with finding your comfort zone.<\/strong> Find your personal comfort level with promotion or marketing, do that and do no more. That\u2019s it. Do it. Or you\u2019ll get burned. If you don\u2019t heed my advice, then sure as shooting, negativity will leach into your writing. And that\u2019s the last thing a writer wants!<\/p>\n

Need help finding your comfort zone? Go to the dollar store and buy a timer. It will be one of the most important investments (and cheapest) as a writer you will make. For less than two dollars you can purchase a piece of sanity to help you organize your writing life and keep you in your zone. Set your timer to check emails. Fifteen minutes? Twenty minutes? Then do the same for Facebook and Twitter. But keep in mind which activity will help you as an author in the long run. Apply the 80\/20 rule. Write (produce) for 80%, promote and market for only 20%. After all\u2014social networking is a marketing strategy\u2014as long as you treat it as such.<\/strong> Then, once you have laid the timer law down, set it for how long you want to sit and just write, with no interruptions (unless the dog really needs to pee).<\/p>\n

So, stop pushing the zone. Relax. Let go. Breathe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That doesn’t mean writers shouldn’t learn or try new things. By all means learn and try. Get your hands dirty if you must. But don\u2019t burst a vein in your brain doing it. Don\u2019t put so much pressure on yourself that you collapse into a quivering mass of writer goo. As writers, we must protect our work\u2014and ourselves.<\/strong> It takes time to build an on-line (and off-line) marketing presence in this new publishing world. Learn this, cut yourself some slack, and prosper.<\/p>\n

How do you find balance as a writer? Love to hear your voices\u2026<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sharon Ledwith<\/b> is the author of the middle-grade\/YA time travel series, THE LAST TIMEKEEPERS<\/a>, available through Musa Publishing. When not writing, researching, or revising, she enjoys reading, yoga, kayaking, time with family and friends, and single malt scotch. Sharon lives in the wilds of Muskoka in Central Ontario, Canada, with her hubby, a water-logged yellow Labrador and moody calico cat.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Sharon Ledwith<\/b> <\/a>on her WEBSITE<\/a> and BLOG.<\/a> Stay connected on FACEBOOK<\/a>, TWITTER<\/a>, and GOODREADS.<\/a> Check out THE LAST TIMEKEEPERS TIME TRAVEL SERIES<\/a> Facebook page.<\/p>\n

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