I attended the North Carolina Writers Network fall conference in Raleigh, North Carolina the past three days. My head hurts, but I learned much, and now I’m torn:

• start editing so I don’t forget all about subtext.
• drink long and hard to kill brain cells and build weird, new synaptic connections.
• catch up on my sleep.
• leave the writing cave and market as I’m supposed to be doing:
  • Create a website. check.
  • Create a blog. check.
  • Blog. Duh! What do you think I’m doing.
  • Re-connect with:
    • old business associates
    • high school friends
    • college friends
    • military friends
    • writing colleagues
    • friends
    • fishing buddies
    • family (at least those who still speak to you)
    • neighbors
    • the list goes on.
  • Use social media
    • Facebook. check.
    • LinkedIn. check.
    • Twitter. check, but under-utilized
    • Snapchat. What the heck is that?
    • Google+.
    • the list goes on.
  • Spend time in front of an audience (any audience)
  • Tap into Meet-ups.
  • Tap into Book Clubs.
  • Never miss an opportunity to read.
  • Never miss an opportunity to participate in any writing activity.
  • Put bumper stickers on cars.
  • (My wife wants me to paint a logo on the car.)
  • Drop business cards like snowflakes. (I’ve been known to put them into envelopes when returning bills.).
  • AND THE LIST GOES ON.

Whew! I’m exhausted. <sips chocolate milk–the hard stuff> Maybe after a nap about the subtext of this blog I’ll get to the marketing, and then I’ll write a book about the book I didn’t write because I was marketing a book that really needs to be edited for subtext.