On the importance of Communication

I don't spend a lot of time on Goodreads anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I love the site and I think they do wonderful work. It's just that one can only devote so much time to the internet in a day.

In the early days of promoting my books I spent a lot of time here. I was active in writing groups, I posted a blog weekly, and I even set up some AMAs.

This helped me a lot. Goodreads, combined with Bookbub, and a few other promotions allowed a lot of people to know about my book and read it.

I am forever grateful for that.

As the years have gone on, though, I"ve visited this site less and less because I've been busy creating new things in different mediums, and because Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit take up a lot of my time.

As I mentioned before, I have a YouTube channel, which is mainly comedy, but I think is worth checking out. You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIvz...

I also write a daily entertainment column for an online paper. You can check that out here: http://www.detroitsportsandentertainm...

My days are pretty busy now. I write and record my videos and then go through the (sometimes long) editing process. I write my column every day, and I'm working hard on new novels.

Yet, for all the output my communication with you suffers.

I've heard this from more than a couple of you lately, and for that I am truly sorry.

You see, I don't strive to reach out to any fans I may have out there just to promote my stuff. I mean, I do promote my stuff you have to, but that's not the reason I try to keep the lines open.

The reason I do it is because I'm just a fan like anyone else out there. I understand how nice it can be when someone who's created something you like reaches out and treats you like a person.

Celebrity (not that I am one at all) is an interesting concept. It places people up on pedestals simply because they're well-known. Call me an egalitarian, but I don't think celebrities are any better than anyone else.

There are some who let their money and fame go to their head and become aloof and elitist. Then there are some who were just born like that.

I like to think that majority, however, are basically normal people. They have their flaws and their virtues like anyone else, but they are basically the same as us. And if they had the time they would communicate with all their fans.

But time is the thing. Time is what stops a lot of this.

I'm beginning to see this now because my time working is spent on trying to continue to produce and that takes away time from communication.

So if you message me, or email me or tweet at me and I don't get back to you right away, that's not me trying to snub you. It really isn't. It's just that there are only so many hours in the day, but I promise that I will try and answer every piece of correspondence as it comes my way.

In the meantime, if you do want to keep up with what I'm doing it's probably best to follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/phillipswriting

That's where I am most often, and that has the most up to date information about what I'm doing.

I will continue to come back here as often as I can. This place helped get me my start, I owe it at least that.

Thanks for reading, and watching and listening and all the stuff you do to show your support.

There's more to come.