tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039612874763492670.post6920584655313777509..comments2023-09-19T17:49:56.522+12:00Comments on Chinglish: Do writers need social media? Part 2Piokiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06093612075587719561noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039612874763492670.post-60162740771531490822011-06-23T18:17:06.581+12:002011-06-23T18:17:06.581+12:00Thanks for the mention of my blog in the Big Idea ...Thanks for the mention of my blog in the Big Idea version of this article, Renee! I agree with everything you say about the value of blogging and other social media activities for writers, and yet ... and yet ... I've come to the point, in terms of my other commitments, where my blogging and other social media activities are competing directly for time with my 'primary' writing.<br /><br />That isn't so much of a problem for Twitter, where my tweets tend to relate to whatever I'm working on at the time, but I find that writing blog posts and writing comments takes a lot more time and mental energy. I try to post on my blog twice a week, but it's been a struggling at times this year to maintain that.<br /><br />The main casualty this year, though, has been my frequency of reading and commenting on others' blogs (including yours, as you may have noticed!). I don't feel good about that, and even in strict 'writer building a social media platform' terms such a withdrawal not a good idea, but something has had to give, and so far, that's been it.<br /><br />(Though the length of this comment suggests I haven't completely given up!)Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.com