I've neglected my blog. Other things have been demanding my time and creative energies. I'm working on my third novel (which is requiring a lot of research), doing yet another rewrite on the previous one (which I thought was perfect but turned out to be improvable), and participating in the usual summer art fairs in my area. Along with these things, and trying to keep up with household responsibilities, I tackled another piece of modern information technology: I joined Facebook.
My son is teaching my how to use it. I'm trying to learn all the lingo, the difference between "my wall" and the news feed page, figuring out how to comment and who will see my comments. I understand the concept that you need to screen who has access to your personal remarks, but is it just me, or does it seem like junior high again when you ask someone, "Will you be my friend?" All the same, I feel the need to acquire more and more friends. I'm new, so I only have about 20 so far, which makes me feel terribly inadequate when I see that other people have a hundred or more. Is this going to be the final measure of a person's worth?!! He who dies with the most Facebook friends wins?
Of course I'm only being facetious. The truth is, I haven't yet made up my mind about Facebook. On the down side, I now have one more website/e-mail account to check each day before I get any serious writing done. And I can see there's a definite danger of spending (or wasting?) a tremendous amount of time if you really get into it. As for a networking tool, it's too soon to tell if Facebook will be a great boon to my career. But, on the plus side, it's already put me back in touch with a few friends/relatives that I'd lost track of.
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