It's 23:32 on Friday 9th, and I just sent my first ever 'send-to-all' email, something I swore I would never ever do, as I despise their faceless impersonal 'you, the receiver, are a mere satellite and I, the sender, am such a shiny Star' energy so much.
Does this mean I'm sacrificing closely held personal values and principles in order to claw my way to the dizzying heights of Round Two in the Top Author competition?? It's a moot point; meanwhile today it was just the 'm's: the 'a's, 'b's, 'c's and all the other lists under the remaining letters are still beckoning to me behind the curtain of tomorrow...
Not easy, this self-promotion lark, I must say.
Still, I always find it interesting and valuable to experience, even if only temporarily, the world from a new point of view - and now I know what you seasoned bloggers, twitters, senders of 'send-to-alls', and media courting self-promoters feel like. Ha.
Truth is, it doesn't feel so bad, once it's you doing it - is this like it being easier to love your own children than the brats at number 32? :-)
Oh and by the way, I'm not (yet) in the top 150 of the 'vote-getters' - so switch off your tellies, log on and go in and vote for me you slackers, otherwise all of this selling out will have been for nothing!!!
(D'you think the stress is maybe getting to me a bit?)