Welcome to new followers Patricia, Angela and Myrna, and thank you for your kind comments on my essay post.
How does anyone find this quiet, hidden blog? I don't promote it. It has a lot to do with my books and how I write and my interest in writing from life, but I don't try to get followers like I do on my other one. However, when you show up it's always a thrill!
Lately I've been on twitter a lot which has given me a huge headache. I'm involved with starting a website for published authors and needing to network via twitter. It's exhausting. Here are a few words I never thought would be in my vocabulary:
Networking
Followers
Twitter
E-commerce
Marketing & Promotion
Designing & developing a website
I knew the words, but never cared. I wanted to write and let the 21st century go its merry way while I --
Rearranged my furniture
Pulled weeds in my flower beds
Had parties with my many children & celebrated their various stages of life
Watched the koi in the pond and counted their offspring
Cooked when I felt like it
Read a million books
Worked when I found a job after Costco....
Oh yes, and write. Who would have guessed what the writing would lead to? Back to the twittering, the networking, the website...
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ReplyDeleteI'm so behind 21st century words - ipad, ipod, ithis, ithat, wi, wii, wi-fi...oh dear!! I think that's why I love this site - it's a haven away from all that madness!!! Twitter is bird-watcher as far as I know..!
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Kitty, I feel bipolar-- there's the modern me and the old-fashioned me who doesn't want anything to do with the modern stuff. But I've compensated a little bit anyway by giving up TV and anything to do with popular culture. That's my compromise to keep me somewhat balanced!
ReplyDeleteKaren, I retired about a year ago. I've found that I now have less time than when I was working...
ReplyDeletePat, You're retired? Your wife looks way too young and attractive to be married to a retired guy.
ReplyDeleteOh, I follow your other blog too. :o)
ReplyDeleteI like your list, it reminds me of mine, well the lower part of it ;-D I can dream about the top half
ReplyDeleteGreat post, reminds me that while I'm busy writing about my writing, networking, twittering, facebooking, blogging... I'm not actually writing :-)
ReplyDeleteMyrna, I know and I'm always surprised when someone over there finds me over here!
ReplyDeleteEllie, I like dreaming about the lower half. Twittering doesn't motivate me to write, but staring out the window at tree leaves does somehow.
Charmaine, I guess that's why so many of us are blogging about the lack of balance and taking "breaks" from blogging to do actual writing.
I try to inch myself into contemporary cyber society....maybe an inch a year.
ReplyDeleteLOL Jerry, that's how I used to be until I had books and stuff that needed pitching.
ReplyDeleteAnd now you can add a Charlottean from New England who lived in Turkey to your list of connections via the great www!
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