Modern author

This past weekend I did something that I thought would never be possible. I created a web page. In today's world of knowledge at your finger tips there is also a phenomenon of author at your finger tips. Today, a fan has a great chance to logging onto a popular Internet community or author blog and find themselves just a few key strokes away from their favorite author.

The days of growing piles of fan mail have turned into expanding files of inbox.

How has this changed the responsibilities or the duties of the modern author? I don't consider myself to be the typical author or more precisely the traditional author, but I have my share of duties in my attempt to stay in touch with my readers.

I've created six profiles on separate online communities that I maintain; some more than others. I've created this blog site that I am trying desperately to keep up to date. And my latest creation as I have mentioned is the creation of my website for Byron Carmichael Book One and the contest that I will be announcing shortly. My desire for all this, is so that I can offer my readers the most insight to my writing, my publishing, my story, my characters, and to an extent I am comfortable with, to me.

This responsibility to the modern author seems to be an increasing mode to marketing and publicity. I come from a scientific and technical educational background which has been a benefit. But a question arises. What is in store for the future author? How technological savvy will he or she have to be to reach the fans reading the books? And where will the balance of time fall between staying connected with readers and writing the stories that those readers are longing to hear?