A Writer’s Life (Part 6)

For my entire life I have not participated in social media activities. Not because I don’t care about people and their posts, but more because I was afraid of my own inadequacies. Every time I put my fingers on the computer I am afraid I will accidentally post something wrong or simply break the machine. I encountered viruses and the blue screen of death too many times which has scared me into believing that I was incapable of anything except email. Not to mention that when the first social media sites emerged I had three little ones at home and two jobs. I didn’t feel I had the time to learn how to post, then make my posts and read everyone else’s posts.

I have been poked and prodded by friends many times to join Facebook. Social media isn’t a bad thing, it’s just not my thing. I also have this technology problem: it doesn’t click in my head. It is like it is another language. In depth computer people will tell you it is another language! I have threatened to draw my social media pages and hand deliver them to everyone. Yes, that would be everyone in the whole world. I have also threatened to get a hammer and go door to door and break the world’s computers and/or use Sharpie markers to write on computer screens since I am clearly unable to do it the traditional way. (Btw, did this make it to a social media site?)

I am beyond writing, editing and publishing my book and now I my hand has been forced, or rather my fingers, to use social media to gain followers who will hopefully want to read “Beneath the Surface,” buy “Beneath the Surface,” love “Beneath the Surface,” and tell others to buy “Beneath the Surface”  thus allowing me to finish payments on my children’s college education. (Geez! How many times can one person flaunt their own book’s title in a blog post?! If you didn’t catch it “Beneath the Surface” by Annie Lynn and published by @GeeMorganPublishing.) I have had people tell me social media is an easy task. Then there are those who tell me social media is a monster to manage. I am currently siding with the latter but my abilities in posting on social media platforms are getting stronger. For now, this writer needs to blog and post on social media. I look forward to when the book process circles around again and I can sit and write the stories that are in my head full-time. Until then, hang in with me social media people. But if you see me at your doorstep with a hammer or Sharpie – hide your computers!