This year, I self-identified as a writer. Writing is what I do. “Writer” is how I introduce myself. It started small.
The devil is in the details.
Reflections
This year, I self-identified as a writer. Writing is what I do. “Writer” is how I introduce myself. It started small. I chose the variant of my name that I will put on book covers and business cards, bought a domain name, rented some server space and started this blog. Within a few months, I had duplicated most of my personal social media presence with professional versions using the name M. C. Frye. A few months later I had ventured into social media avenues where I’d never ventured under my personal name.
But there is more to it than the statistics about where I am active as a writer on social media. The activity has spawned and nurtured meaningful acquaintanceships and friendships with other writers, both published and unpublished. I’m learning both practical and philosophical lessons about the craft and the business from people I would never have met without taking those first steps of calling myself a writer.
And the effort has been successful in terms of building a nascent author platform and support network, but it was and is missing one critical ingredient: a published work. In a nutshell, that’s how the year went.
The devil is in the details.
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