I am so excited to be announcing the launch of my new website: http://www.haydenkidsbooks.com
My trip to Nashville for the SCBWI Midsouth Conference was very rewarding and productive. It was great fun meeting new people and new editors. I always get renewed energy and inspiration to write after returning from a well organized conference that offers a variety of information to new, intermediate as well as published authors. There was something about not being published that weighed heavy on my thinking. I felt I didn't have the right to the title author until I was officially published, but in actuality you are an author the minute you begin to write a story. The best thing I learned was not to feel that I didn't have anything to offer on a website. My thinking was that I really shouldn't start a website about my writing until I actually have something published and out there, otherwise, it could come across as self promoting. In todays world of Internet and high speed communications; however, there is no room or real excuses for being shy or intimidated. I have actually written several picturebook manuscripts that are ready for submission. One of the conference speakers encouraged me to post a pitch for each one on a website along with a bio and contact information. She also said that many publishers and editors are looking for writers with web presence and that a website shows publishers you are serious about your writing, while giving you a professional plateform to offer short previews and samples of your writing style. The eyes of my understanding have now opened. The Internet offers a vast oasis of social networking that I was not tapping into through the use of this marvelous and wondrous tool. Please visit my new website and feel free to comment.Any helpful suggestions are also much appreciated.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment