social media – Page 2

I am likely to come to a parting of the ways, soon, with Newswithviews.com, which means I will be an even more obscure writer than I am already.

Looking back, I find a suggestion from reader Jaroc Swift that I ask readers to share bits of this blog on the assorted social media, like Facebook and Twitter.

Well, now, that was a good idea that Jaroc had, and I’m here to ask you all again: please share me on your social media. I need the exposure and can’t afford to pay for it. And anyway I’d rather be mentioned by real people who really like my word than by some publicist who’d say Poems About Bunions was good if someone paid him.

I know, I know–not many of you have read my Bell Mountain books. But if you like the political commentary, the hymns, the satire, or any of the other stuff I post here, please share it with your friends.

It’s what Wytt the Omah would tell you to do, if he cared one iota for such things.

A reader has pointed out to me (thank you, Jaroc Swift!) that I haven’t been making good use of the social media. That’s because I’m an ignoramus when it comes to stuff like that. No, really–I never even thought about it.

So I’m acting on what I believe to be an excellent suggestion, and appealing to my readers and my fellow bloggers to share (Share?) my posts, etc., on assorted social media, including Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and whatever else there is out there. Remember how long it took me to learn how to post pictures and videos up here? That’ll give you an idea why I’ve been so behind-hand vis-a-vis the social media.

My publisher doesn’t do hardly any advertising, and has never had the connections to get their books into the bookstores, so really all I’ve got is this blog. No wonder “Abner Doubleday” thinks I’m an insect. (I would send Joe Collidge after him, but I’m pretty sure Joe is on his side.)

But if a few dozen of you, the few, the proud, start circulating my stuff around the social media, maybe I’ll come up in the world.

P.S.–Tomorrow, after I sleep on it and talk it over with Patty, I may have some news for you regarding my next Bell Mountain book.