Current wisdom states that any up and coming writer needs to start building a network-- fans, professional ties, writer friends, etc. Have a presence on the internet, pick your favorite social network and get started. You'll be pretty alone at first, but that's okay. Keep going. It'll come.
Here's the question I ask myself whenever I sit down with my limited writing time. Am I better served by focusing on social media, freelance assignments & pitches, or on my current work? Freelance has been winning out lately. Next is my novel, and last-- blogging and twitter.
My wisdom: make sure you take care of your writing first, networking second. After all, a great author will find a network by being a great author. But the opposite is not necessarily true.
Put the work first. There is no substitute, no shortcut, for getting the words on the page-- and getting them right.
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