tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164684531570048336.post5417516764112224076..comments2023-10-09T04:28:16.384-07:00Comments on Writing about writing: Friends, followers and artificial peopleTCWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053437802878060775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164684531570048336.post-69708846002228508222016-01-16T09:48:45.651-08:002016-01-16T09:48:45.651-08:00Hello, virtual friend! I came over because of the ...Hello, virtual friend! I came over because of the link on my Blogger page, but it is not far removed from Twitter.<br /><br />Like, you, I've found the blog traffic much improved (and significantly less bot scented) since joining Twitter - and I am scarcely on there right now. But, through Twitter and friends at blogs I read, and even via Historical Fiction Online (where I am also scarcely around much these days), I've created a network of more substantial virtual friends. These consist mostly of people whose writing I enjoy ... so, in a way, it circles back to something authors have depended upon through the history of publishing: it's a form of word of mouth.<br /><br />I do believe in the plugging side of these relationships - and, when I finish the WIP and get it out there at last, you will be among my victims when I start emailing people all "GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT I HAVE A BOOK I THINK YOU'D LIKE" and looking for places I can go in the real world and online.<br /><br />BUT, at the end of the day, I wouldn't come over to your corner of the world just for the cute animals. <br /><br />Now all I need to do is actually come up with a post, so we can swap actual presence on each other's blogs ...DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.com