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SheilaT

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3. No. It's recognizing that social
Tue Feb 10, 2015, 11:38 PM
Feb 2015

media does NOT need to be used as the end all and be all of a professional life.

I've been to writer's conferences where they have sessions about how you must absolutely be on twitter and facebook and three other social media things I've never even heard of. While I realize there are people who use those things, trust me, not everyone does. I find more books than I can possibly read without Twitter, just to name one. Oh, and I can name some successful writers who do not spend hours every day promoting their work on the social media.

And maybe, just maybe, some of these people can step away from the social media and their professional lives won't come to an end.

I hear far too much justification (and I'm not even referencing the abuse which is totally despicable and unacceptable) of being on social media and forgoing any sense of privacy or a personal life altogether. Really? There is a world outside the social media. Honest. Give it a try.

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