Category: Social Media
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Much-Needed Alternatives to Meta
Five months ago I wrote about losing access to my personal Facebook account and to my professional Facebook pages due to a scam initiated on Instagram (an update for those interested: it appears that Facebook has deleted my former personal…
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Social Wasteland
Let me begin by saying that I did not think my second post in the reincarnation of this blog would be about social media, but here we are in an absolute wasteland of problematic platforms. A few months ago, I…
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Rest and Return
We’re all tired these days, all fatigued, worn out, worn down by the constant barrage of injury and outrage and negligence and injustice that comes at us hour by hour, minute by minute, turning small days into long years. There…
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Why blog? Why tweet?
I’ve been ruminating on why I’m so drawn to social media and on what I hope to get out of using it. We writers are continually being told by those in publishing who know about these things that we should…
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How Facebook Has Helped Me Become A Better Writer
Yes, you read that correctly. Facebook–that insidious thief of creative energy–has made me a better writer. I kid you not. I was invited to join Facebook back in 2009 by a good friend who lives in another state. Cool, I thought, this will…
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