Guest Blog: Missy Jane: Who Are You And Why Are You Following Me?

My wonderful husband of the past fifteen years is not exactly a social media guru. He’s on Facebook and Myspace simply because he likes to compete with my friend count. This doesn’t bother me, but I think it’s funny that of the two if us I know more about social networking. If you were to look “bookworm” up in the dictionary my picture will be there but you won’t know it’s me. I have a book in my face. It’s true that most of my online time is spent promoting my writing. If I didn’t have published books I might not ever sign into Twitter. However, I’m still learning the ropes of how to work my way around the world wide web and I think I might be getting the hang of it…maybe.

Not too long ago I updated my status on one site, then signed off and switched to another site to update my status there. When I signed into a third, my status had been updated with the same information twice. Oops. I forgot it would do that. I forgot that everything can easily be connected so I really only have to sign into one thing to update everything. This is a good system, I think, if I can just get the hang of it. On another day I posted a comment to the Houston Children’s Museum. I’d forgotten I was signed in as Missy Jane rather than my real name. My current avatar is my book cover with a bare male chest on it. Oops. At least I gave some other moms their daily eye-candy.

Aside from my online hiccups there are also people “following” and befriending me that I might never interact with offline. Sometimes that’s good, sometimes that’s bad, but it’s always very interesting. Overall, I think social networking is a great tool personally and professionally. I might not quite “get it” yet, but I’m having a blast learning.

Do you Twitter, Facebook and/or Myspace? I’m on all three as well as Goodreads, and a few other online forums. Check out my website for all of my links. Post a comment with one of your online hiccups and you could win a Missy Jane prize pack!

-Missy Jane

*Make reading a guilty pleasure…*

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