What Facebook's New Features Mean for Journalists

 

 

 

 

 

As a blogger and aspiring Pro-Blogger, ghost writer, paid contributor, and any other writing that will allow me to get paid, I am really hoping that Facebook's new feature will help me get myself out there to more people. Right now, I only have two subscribers on Facebook. I am not sure how to get that number to increase. All I can ask is for people to support me and subscribe.

I haven't received the new Timeline widget yet, so perhaps that might help me as well. We will see.

What Facebook's New Features Mean for Journalists.

Short And To The Point

I have a lot to say and avoid doing so because I feel that the post has to be long and full of explanation.  I am starting to realize that is not always the case.

I did a poll in a LinkedIn group I belong to asking how long should a post be and received a number of answers that landed in one spot; it depends on how long you want it to t be.  I had one person tell me that she used to write long posts until she began writing short ones.  After-which, she learned her readers enjoyed her short posts better, if not more, than her long posts.

So, with that said, I say this.  I will be posting more.  Some will be short, as in this instance, and some will be long.  It depends on how far my imagination wants to take me.

Look for more posts by me, with either facts attached or random thoughts.  These will be posted in their respective blogs, TV/Movies under The Opinionated TV, events and travel under A Roaming Gnome, books underThe Radical Book Warm and technology under One Wired Mime.

Until then,

The Snark Who Blogged Back - Blocking the Writer

As a writer, there's nothing worse than having writer's block, but perhaps having writer's block for a week or longer. I know there are writers that go months without being able to produce anything. I went through writer's block for about a week and I found myself thinking more about having writer's block than doing something about it. Basically, because I wanted the writer's block to just leave. I wanted it to disappear as soon as I plopped myself in front of a desktop or laptop, but it didn't. Instead, it really came on full force and basically laughed in my face because it thought it had me beat. And it did - for a bit. It wasn't until I started reading a post by a friend and fellow blogger. The contents of that particular post isn't important for this writing, but it should be read by many

The Snark Who Hunts Back - http://thesnarkwhohuntsback.wordpress.com/

Upon receiving a blog post of hers in my e-mail I began reading. I didn't read the entire post, but enough to realize why I was having major writer's block - because I'm not reading enough. You can't write unless you read. So, with that said, I say this. My blog friend wrote a great piece about that subject and I wanted to share it here for everyone.

http://thesnarkwhohuntsback.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/720/ - blog about writer's block and how to cure it.Actually, this post gave me a great idea. I think I am going to begin linking the posts that affect me and write why they affected me.

 Until then:Go read The Pretty Little Liars series