Getting Connected

This week I have been concentrating on my social networking which I am assured is of paramount importance to an Indie Author (still love that term).  I have thrown myself into the hotbed that is Twitter, Linkedin and facebook; raising my profile, connecting with old friends and many new. 

I still feel a little naive, and have had to call upon the assistance of a very patient husband, or one of two daughters, on more than a few occasions.  So I thank them wholeheartedly.  It is beginning to sink in.  I'm hoping I can settle down soon and the whole process will just become a regular part of my day.

It is time consuming though, so much so that I didn't get a chance to write or edit anything last week, let alone blog.  But it's been a blast and an education.  There is indeed a massive Indie Author presence out there, especially on Twitter and so much information at hand.  So far everyone has been incredibly supportive.

Whatever must it have been like for a writer before all this information and technology became available at our fingertips?  It must have been a lonely occupation and somewhat tedious.  Imagine having to write down everything using pen and ink.  What if you made a mistake?  Surely your train of thought would be lost by the time you'd completed one line.  What a gifted and patient breed they must have been.

My children have grown up in the digital age - they don't know life without technology.  They can't comprehend that when I was at school we didn't even have calculators, let alone any form of computer.  But then I find it difficult to comprehend what it was like for the generation before mine when only one person in a whole school had a ball point pen (true - my Dad told me!)

How did you get started?  Do you find all this available social media worthwhile? (PS sorry about the random scrabble board - couldn't work out how to upload the social media icons - Guess I still have a way to go!)