Comments on: 4 Facebook Lessons from a Debut Author

By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 06-22-2017 | The Author Chronicles

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 17:06:23 +0000

[…] shows how to use email marketing to find your first 10,000 readers, Orly Konig-Lopez shares 4 Facebook lessons from a debut author, and Anne R. Allen outlines how blogging leads to many career […]

By: Candace

Candace — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:53:31 +0000

I have an author page and a "personal" page for my pen name, as well as the real me page. I make sure not to get political to stupid on any of them. I'm so sick of bad news posts that I've filtered most of those out. And I had to just unfollow many folks. I just can't handle it. Plus, when it's culled down, occasional check in is less intense and time consuming!

By: Writing Links 6/19/17 – Where Genres Collide

Writing Links 6/19/17 – Where Genres Collide — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:03:07 +0000

[…] https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/4-facebook-lessons-from-a-debut-author/ I do this quite often from FB anymore. The rants have just gotten to me. I don’t need the negativity in my life. […]

By: Sue Simonich

Sue Simonich — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:25:54 +0000

Orly, I couldn't agree more, Facebook is a time waster and an addiction! But it has a darker underbelly. Starting from Facebook, if you click outside links, IT FOLLOWS YOU. If you comment on a story elsewhere on the Internet - FB posts it. Before you all mutter, "Ah Sue, you should have tightened your controls." I thought I had! Also there is a saved transcript of EVERYTHING you ever posted on FB. It is downloadable if you are interested. Google does this too. I was fed up and deleted my account. But the final straw was very personal. One of my "friends" morphed into a mean-spirited stalker. When I blocked this person, he searched for my Internet presence, found my research domain and began emailing my contact page with nasty comments. I ignored him. Then he thought he had the coup de gras when he found my AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE. Using the reviews application, he stepped up his insane rhetoric and threats. Amazon reviewers can edit their reviews forever. He used my book page as a reader board for his attacks, changing it from one week to the next. Exhausting all avenues, I finally contacted Jeff Bezos who put a stop to it, but it took eight months! There are a lot of crazy people out there, and many you wouldn't suspect. Goodreads is a much better place to connect.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:12:20 +0000

Living in the backwoods of south Georgia, I have limited internet. (Terrorists in Iraq have real internet, but not here in our neck of the woods. So I have to be limited.) I don't like Facebook much anyway, so I try to stay away. But I do check in when I have to. I never let myself get caught up in the whiny, the political, the junk.

By: Fae Rowen

Fae Rowen — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:32:28 +0000

If I didn't "have to", I'd have no "social media" presence. I'd much rather talk to someone on the phone or, better yet, get together and go to a movie or have lunch. But yes, when I take the time, Facebook is a real time sump. I usually have a week (or two!) of info to catch up on. And those cute videos, yes, they take time to watch, too. My standard rule: No FB on vacations. I'm too busy doing.

By: Orly Konig-Lopez

Orly Konig-Lopez — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:36:08 +0000

In reply to Karen M. Davis. Very true, Karen. I think people sometimes forget the reach that social media has and how quickly a rant can escalate. I know authors who've lost readers because of something they posted. And I admit that there have been a couple of authors over the years who I stopped following after inappropriate behavior.

By: littlemissw

littlemissw — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:32:39 +0000

I just 'unpublished' my professional FB page because it was stressing me out. I didn't know what to do with it and it was becoming an emotional black-hole. As for my personal one, I really don't do much on there except keep an eye on family that don't live as close as I'd like and stalk boys I had the hots for in high school (in the nicest possible way). I know I should use FB more effectively but sometimes you just have to let go.

By: Karen M. Davis

Karen M. Davis — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:25:06 +0000

Thanks for the post Orly. I once had a friend who overshared on facebook - ranted about issues, named people she didn't like etc - it was ridiculous and got her into a lot of trouble. I think FB is great for many things but you have to think carefully about what you say and what you are putting out there.

By: Orly Konig-Lopez

Orly Konig-Lopez — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:58:29 +0000

In reply to dholcomb1. Thanks, Denise!