I was involved in a huge promo event
on Facebook.
A dozen writers were involved.
The organizers had a last minute problem
and the event was delayed by an hour,
throwing everyone’s schedules off.
The readers (attendees) didn’t care.
The writers were split into two groups
One group shrugged off the issue,
adjusted their schedules,
managed the situation.
Sh*t happens.
Often we can’t prevent
this sh*t from happening.
The other group threw a hissy fit,
adding drama to the situation,
yelling at the organizers
and refusing to even consider
a new time slot.
Before this issue,
I didn’t have much interaction
with the other writers.
During and after this issue,
I was grouped in with
the easy going, ‘professional’ writers.
Best selling writers considered me
one of them.
We’d bonded.
Disasters aren’t all bad.
They can be an opportunity to bond
with partners, customers, huge groups of people.
Try to maintain your professionalism.