Just one month ago, I would not have written this post. Because I needed a fourth social networking time suck like I needed another stray cat to show up at my door. (We have already adopted two.) But then Guy Kawasaki sent me a copy of his new digital book, What the Plus! Google+ for…
A couple of weeks ago, I found a new blog. New to me—but not to lots of other folks. It is the brainchild of Andrea Hurst of Andrea Hurst & Associates and supported by the talented writer and blogger Katie Flanagan. What I love about Andrea’s blog is that it melds the literary agent’s view…
Whether you are a writer by profession or not, one thing is true. We are all authors now. Every time we get on Facebook or LinkedIn or Google+ or Twitter, we are publishing something. You might have heard the rumor that Twitter is dumbing us down, making us like teenagers who text on their cell…
The other day, I unfollowed someone on Twitter. At first glance, we appeared to have lots in common. He’s a writer, I’m a writer. I thought I could learn some new things from him. But then election season hit. It isn’t that I don’t like hearing opposing views. I have several friends on Twitter with…
Many of you who hang around here are published authors. Some of you are writers with a book in the works—or on your to-do list. And even if you don’t have plans to write a book, you probably know writers in your family or social networking circles. You know me. I’m not one to get…
Kids come to school with ideas already formed. About winning and losing. About being the best at something. About being stronger. Smarter. More cool. As a first grade teacher, I liked to shake things up a bit with my students. Challenge their little worlds. Get them to think differently. A trend in education that started…
Facebook rolled out their new features last week—timeline, social graph and more—and users had a lot to say.(Isn’t it interesting that fans of Facebook and people addicted to controlled substances are both called users?) Whether you are a Facebook evangelist, a skeptic or you are in a schizophrenic love-hate relationship (that’s me), you likely have…
I saw a graphic of a bumper sticker on someone’s Facebook update yesterday. “Sorry Twitter. I’m just not that into you,” it said. But 190 million registered Twitter users might disagree. Like Facebook, Twitter has a diverse group of users, from people who just want to stay in touch with friends to businesses who expect a…
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Someone might be listening. I’m not being paranoid here. But, really. Someone might be listening. The first rule of social media (and sometimes we forget this rule) is: People are listening. My friend, Sonia Simone, who is now assistant editor at Copyblogger, called them The Imaginary Friends Who Live in Your Typewriter. And, though they…
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