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Social Media – an update
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. I remember the days when I was sniffy about Facebook. I called it an empty, echoing, confusing shopping mall. And now … I’m there every day. Every day! Not only that but I’m there as a person and as an author page. I still think Facebook is clumsy. I…
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The Value of Social Media
I was intrigued by this article on Blendle initially because it offered a way of making journalism pay for itself, but then because of something said in the article: “people don’t want to spend money on the ‘what’, they want to spend money on the ‘why’.” In other words, people expect to get news (the…
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Social Media
Social media — love it or loathe it — the bottomline is it’s a tool that can change the world, and change our place in it. Authors are encouraged to use it — “how else will people find you?” we’re told. Some authors joyfully embrace the conversational power, and the sheer delight of joining fascinating…
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Brand Promise Jargon
Maybe those three words, “brand, promise, jargon” don’t jangle your nerves, but they do mine. I think it’s because slick jargon is hiding some important stuff I want to talk about. Stuff like, expectations, conversations, identity, reality, work, friendship and why the heck am I, Ms Hermit, spending so much time on social media? The…
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Romance Industry News
Patricia Wrede talks about ebooks on her blog. The point I took away was that self-publishing isn’t going to be an easier path to publication (and success), just that the frustrations will be different. Wynter Daniels raises an interesting question over at Naughty Chicks: Characters do stupid/bad things, but what is unforgiveable and ruins a…