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Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is:
Has being on your favourite form of social media taught you anything about writing?
I don’t really have a favourite form of social media, as I would prefer to stay clear of it altogether. However, the one I tend to use more often is WordPress, although recently I decided to publish less blogs per month after posting nearly every day for the past 10 years.
WordPress has taught me that I won’t automatically sell more books by posting blogs, but it has taught me that readers prefer blogs to have interesting content. Therefore I now publish a new blog only when I’ve written something worth reading, and not just empty words and memes for the sake of publishing something. Readers return to enjoy what I’ve written, and hey, the world isn’t going to come to an end just because my stats fall on days when I do not publish.
WordPress has also taught me to comment when other engaged bloggers I follow publish posts. This I have done for years and have made many virtual writing friends in the process, but nowadays I comment on blogs only on the days I publish my own. This is because I’m enjoying a bit of a break from constantly having to check social media sites, and also the eyes are not as good as they once were (dry eyes and AMD). Therefore I prefer not to sit staring at the computer screen all day.
One other thing I’ve learned from using many social media sites in the past is not to keep spamming my books. Nobody likes being hassled to buy things. I’ve been on various social media sites in the past where the same authors constantly spam the same tired old books. This turns me off buying them altogether, and so I have decided to no longer advertise mine on any new WordPress posts I publish.
Less social media use suits me. The older I get I find that I just can’t be bothered with it all.
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Stevie Turner 