Comments on: Why I’ve been AWOL, Big Smile! http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/why-ive-been-awol-big-smile/231/ Leslie Esdaile Banks, Author Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Yolanda Lawler http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/why-ive-been-awol-big-smile/231/comment-page-1/#comment-36782 Yolanda Lawler Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:30:13 +0000 http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/?p=231#comment-36782 I'm thankful that you strive for that balance because I am craving a new series. I am super-excited about the Angels and Demons series and so are my circle of friends who read you. Welcome back! I’m thankful that you strive for that balance because I am craving a new series. I am super-excited about the Angels and Demons series and so are my circle of friends who read you. Welcome back!

]]> By: Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/why-ive-been-awol-big-smile/231/comment-page-1/#comment-36774 Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:32:06 +0000 http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/?p=231#comment-36774 Leslie, Well said. In teaching others social media strategies and just how to plain work and keep up with it, I find myself on it a lot and because if it, my writing HAS suffered. Thanks for the reality check. Instead of trying to work writing into my schedule, I will vow to work social media into my schedule. Keep writing! Leslie,
Well said. In teaching others social media strategies and just how to plain work and keep up with it, I find myself on it a lot and because if it, my writing HAS suffered. Thanks for the reality check. Instead of trying to work writing into my schedule, I will vow to work social media into my schedule. Keep writing!

]]> By: Sylvia Hubbard http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/why-ive-been-awol-big-smile/231/comment-page-1/#comment-36752 Sylvia Hubbard Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:32:40 +0000 http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/?p=231#comment-36752 i have to say I understand about dropping out and getting into my muse. To help myself, I have had to buy an AlphaSmart so I can just gleen with my muse all day and all night. i have to say I understand about dropping out and getting into my muse.

To help myself, I have had to buy an AlphaSmart so I can just gleen with my muse all day and all night.

]]> By: Sheriguy http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/why-ive-been-awol-big-smile/231/comment-page-1/#comment-36730 Sheriguy Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:08:49 +0000 http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/?p=231#comment-36730 No worries, beautiful one. As an ardent fan I perfectly understand. As much as we will like to chat with you, we very much prefer if you are knocking out the next greatest story since Damali met Carlos. Never mind how long it takes, we love you still :-D No worries, beautiful one. As an ardent fan I perfectly understand. As much as we will like to chat with you, we very much prefer if you are knocking out the next greatest story since Damali met Carlos. Never mind how long it takes, we love you still :-D

]]> By: Stacy-Deanne http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/why-ive-been-awol-big-smile/231/comment-page-1/#comment-36728 Stacy-Deanne Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:28:46 +0000 http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/?p=231#comment-36728 Great post! I am a big believer in doing the best in your power to promote but you can't just promote. You have to write too and find time. The writing is more important and I think writers get lost and seduced by social networks. At one while, social networking sucked up my time and I got to where I wasn't writing as much. I put a stop to that quickly. I'm like this, if you promote and don't write, you soon won't have anything to promote. One of the best forms of promotion is an author's back list because it fuels the fire for their recent and future work. So the more books you get out there, the more successful you can be. But it starts with writing and you gotta be disciplined and put in the time. I limit my time on social networks and even when I get on, I am writing between visits. So people gotta learn to make their time productive. I know many authors who say they spend their days on FB but then complain that they haven't been writing. Hmm. Best Wishes! Great post! I am a big believer in doing the best in your power to promote but you can’t just promote. You have to write too and find time. The writing is more important and I think writers get lost and seduced by social networks. At one while, social networking sucked up my time and I got to where I wasn’t writing as much. I put a stop to that quickly. I’m like this, if you promote and don’t write, you soon won’t have anything to promote. One of the best forms of promotion is an author’s back list because it fuels the fire for their recent and future work. So the more books you get out there, the more successful you can be. But it starts with writing and you gotta be disciplined and put in the time. I limit my time on social networks and even when I get on, I am writing between visits. So people gotta learn to make their time productive. I know many authors who say they spend their days on FB but then complain that they haven’t been writing. Hmm.

Best Wishes!

]]> By: Sharron Collins http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/why-ive-been-awol-big-smile/231/comment-page-1/#comment-36718 Sharron Collins Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:33:20 +0000 http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/?p=231#comment-36718 I thank you for your post. I have been trying to contact you regarding your publishing house, and any advice you can give me as a first time author. I have written a novel dealing with child abuse, incest, and child neglect. I truly believe this is a story that NEEDS to be told.Please contact me. It would be an honor for you to read my work. Thank you very much. Sharrone D. Collins Talk2sharronecollins@yahoo.com I thank you for your post. I have been trying to contact you regarding your publishing house, and any advice you can give me as a first time author. I have written a novel dealing with child abuse, incest, and child neglect. I truly believe this is a story that NEEDS to be told.Please contact me. It would be an honor for you to read my work. Thank you very much.

Sharrone D. Collins
Talk2sharronecollins@yahoo.com

]]> By: Altrena Mukuria http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/why-ive-been-awol-big-smile/231/comment-page-1/#comment-36704 Altrena Mukuria Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:51:35 +0000 http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/?p=231#comment-36704 I hear you. I admire how much you do keep in touch with your public. I have to write professionally and it is a muse. Sometimes he is not there at all. Or he is waiting for me to stop playing on the internet, researching yet one or two more articles or making yet another cup of tea. But the worse is TV. TV is my enemy is my mantra. Such a waste of time and thinking capacity. Once I turn it on, I'm stuck. The afternoon flies by, the evening eclipses and there I am with another lost day. I keep wishing for time to reflect and write and then I blow it on some mindless show that will be rerunning again in a few days, anyway. Thanks so much for keeping it real. At least I know I am not the only one who is challenged by such temptations. Good luck to you. Make your AWOL a productive one. I hear you. I admire how much you do keep in touch with your public. I have to write professionally and it is a muse. Sometimes he is not there at all. Or he is waiting for me to stop playing on the internet, researching yet one or two more articles or making yet another cup of tea. But the worse is TV. TV is my enemy is my mantra. Such a waste of time and thinking capacity. Once I turn it on, I’m stuck. The afternoon flies by, the evening eclipses and there I am with another lost day. I keep wishing for time to reflect and write and then I blow it on some mindless show that will be rerunning again in a few days, anyway. Thanks so much for keeping it real. At least I know I am not the only one who is challenged by such temptations. Good luck to you. Make your AWOL a productive one.

]]> By: Altrena Mukuria http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/why-ive-been-awol-big-smile/231/comment-page-1/#comment-36703 Altrena Mukuria Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:51:15 +0000 http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/?p=231#comment-36703 I hear you. I admire how much you do keep in touch with your public. I have to write professionally and it is a muse. Sometimes he is not there at all. Or he is waiting for me to stop playing on the internet, researching yet one or two more articles or making yet another cup of tea. But the worse is TV. TV is my enemy is my mantra. Such a waste of time and thinking capacity. Once I turn it on, I'm stuck. The afternoon flies by, the evening eclipses and there I am with another lost day. I keep wishing for time to reflect and write and then I blow it on some mindless show that will be rerunning again in a few days, anyway. Thanks so much for keeping it real. At least I know I am not the only one who is challenged by such temptations. Good luck to you. I hear you. I admire how much you do keep in touch with your public. I have to write professionally and it is a muse. Sometimes he is not there at all. Or he is waiting for me to stop playing on the internet, researching yet one or two more articles or making yet another cup of tea. But the worse is TV. TV is my enemy is my mantra. Such a waste of time and thinking capacity. Once I turn it on, I’m stuck. The afternoon flies by, the evening eclipses and there I am with another lost day. I keep wishing for time to reflect and write and then I blow it on some mindless show that will be rerunning again in a few days, anyway. Thanks so much for keeping it real. At least I know I am not the only one who is challenged by such temptations. Good luck to you.

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