Mimi Barbour

Author

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Books
    • Her Sweet Revenge Series
    • The Best in Romance Series
    • Single Title Series
    • Angels with Attitudes
    • Elvis Series
    • Holiday Heartwarmer Series
    • Undercover FBI
    • Vegas Series
    • Vicarage Bench Series
    • Standalone Titles
  • Audiobooks
  • Extras
  • Contact Me

Be prepared to work hard! #amazon #amwriting

May 27, 2013 By Mimi Barbour 2 Comments

And I mean really hard.

In fact I don’t think I’ve ever worked harder than I
have as a self-published author. Not that my earlier career as a pay mistress
for many northern mines was an easy job, especially when payday came due, but I
had backup then. Now I’m all alone, making decisions that affect my future.
True, it’s not physical. But in a way sitting at a
desk hours at a time can be hard when you’re alone in the office with a lot of chores
staring you in the face and only yourself driving you to get them done.
I guess it’s more of a mental kind of torture that
gets better as you become more versed with all the idiosyncrasies of social
media. At first, I thought I’d never figure out how to fill in a profile with
the different sites I wanted to join. And trust me, I wanted to join them every
one of them in case I missed the one that turned out to be the biggest and the
best… sigh.
What a waste of time and effort. The only good thing
that came out of all that hair-pulling was that I learned how to transverse
most sites, where to look for the links, how to post a photo or book cover, to start
and keep a blog, to publish a book and best of all, I lost my fear of making a
mistake. Hell, when you make as many as I have, pretty soon you just shrug and
get on with it.
I guess the hard work came with the fact that there
are no set hours. For me that meant I could work all day, stay up half the
night and my retired life slipped into this kind of crazy routine fairly easy.
I can’t begin to understand how younger people with families and jobs manage.
For myself, I tend to put in anywhere from 4 to 10 hours a day pretty consistently.
If I’m home, I work. And I don’t go out that much.
It’s become a way of life and truth to tell, I
love it
. Can’t imagine doing it if I didn’t. Let’s face it, not many of
us will ever hit the big jackpot. We’re lucky if we can manage a living wage
and even then it’s not dependable. Amazon can change the rules at the drop of
the proverbial hat and then what? But being able to write my stories and know
there are those out there in never-never land who actually read and enjoy them
is such a thrill that I couldn’t imagine stopping.
So next time I’m going through the day’s chores of
facebook, twitter, triberr, blog, e-mails, hootsuite, reviews, setting up promotions,
various other time-wasters and writing my daily quota, I’ll be seriously glad
that everything I need to do – I know
how
. It’s just fitting everything in.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)

Related

Comments

  1. Nigel Mitchell says

    May 29, 2013 at 3:03 am

    Awesome. I admit, I'm not as disciplined as you are, but I know what you mean about chasing all the social media and trying to fit writing in somewhere. I also agree so much that just being able to write and know someone is reading it makes it all worth it. Great job

    Reply
  2. Mimi Barbour says

    May 29, 2013 at 6:48 am

    Thanks Nigel. I admit to wasting a lot of time over the years trying to chase my tail. If nothing else, it taught me to be careful where I put my energies now.
    Take care, my friend.
    Mimi

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

New in Audio!

New in Audio!

Available from:

Amazon | Audible | iTunes

New Release!

New Release!

Available from:

All Amazon Sites

Free! Start the Series

Free! Start the Series

Free from:

AmazonUS | AmazonUK | AmazonCA | AmazonAU | AmazonIN

Kobo | B&N | iBooks 

Free! Start the series!

Free! Start the series!

Free From:

AmazonUS | AmazonUK | AmazonCA | AmazonAU | Apple | B&N | Kobo

Visit The Authors’ Billboard

Visit The Authors’ Billboard

Check out the awesome selection of books!

Mimi’s Books

  • SweetRetaliation_CVR_MED
  • Justice_Revised_CVR_MED
  • Resolution_Revised_CVR_MED (1)
  • Endings_Revised_CVR_MED (1)
  • Faith_Revised_CVR_MED
  • Leni_Revised_CVR_MED
  • HMBbearCover
  • 51Ucrz6QfXL
  • SweetChristmas
  • ShesMe
  • HesHerCover
  • 51hDzj7eSvL._SY346_
  • 18674746
  • 18674767
  • TogetherAlways_CVR_MED (1)
  • MCAcoverLG
  • HDAcoverMED
  • LCAcoverLG
  • AWLcoverWhiteSM
  • Mischievous Christmas Angel cover
  • 23336483
  • 22454301
  • Partners_CVR
  • 16005574
  • 17319853
  • 17735230
  • 18042500
  • 18674784
  • SpecialAgent_CVR_MED
  • SpecialAgentFin_CVR_LRGXMAS
  • 26107618
  • 29630852
  • SpecialAgentBook_CVR_MED
  • SpecialAgentCharli_CVR_MED
  • SpecialAgentRylee_CVR_MED
  • PleaseKeepMe_CVR
  • 28006494
  • 28140805
  • FrostySnowPup_CVR_MED
  • 28152217
  • LoveOfLife_CVR_MED
  • APScoverLG Bk6
  • 25460238
  • 24066091
  • 25740014
  • 13382090
  • SurrogateSecret_Revised_CVR_MED
  • 2
  • BYCcocer
  • SpecialAgentJennie_CVR_MED
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 ·Site is created and maintained by Bakerview Consulting