What's the Point of All This Social Networking?
A minute ago I just wrote on someone's Facebook wall--nothing important, but she'd written something on my wall and I was responding. Was it anything important? No. I'd written about Christmas shopping and the other person wanted to know if I'd had fun wrapping the presents. I wrote back to tell her I hadn't done it as yet, because I'd decorated the house instead. Then I sent another message to someone I knew telling her about a book I'd finished and enjoyed by an author we both know and like. What does this all have to do with writing or promoting books? Not a whole lot. In the meanwhile I was thinking about what I needed to cook for dinner. I'd just finished signing a bunch of Christmas cards I intend to hand out at church (saving on postage that way), and instead of going into the kitchen, I decided to peek at my e-mail. While pondering if I was just wasting time, I decided that talking to people via email or on face book or twitter was one way of fe...