Social Media, Blogging and all that Stuff

When you've a full time job, your writing time is limited and precious.  And so, you want to spend it actually writing - as in writing stuff you want to publish - in my case, fiction for kids.  I do not want to spend it blogging or tweeting or Facebooking.  Which is why I've stayed away from such vices for so long.  I also have no interest in reading about what someone had for breakfast or indeed, writing about what I had for my own.

And so for years, I resisted the social media temptation, though everyone kept saying what a powerful tool it was. And then, reluctantly, I dipped my toe into the Twitter pool and liked what I found.  By and large, most people weren't tweeting about what they had for breakfast, and nor did I.  Instead, I found a like-minded community of individuals passionate about the things I like - children's books and writing.  Already, I've made a lot of friends (can you call them that?) - e-quaintances who post interesting things and are helpful when I ask questions.  Twitter is also a great place for joining in conversations and making contacts.

And now, here I sit, writing my first ever blog post about... well... blogging.  I'm not convinced of the value of this, or even if anyone will be interested in reading what I write, or indeed if I'll have anything interesting to say.  Time will tell.  But I've read enough interesting blog posts from others to convince me it's worth giving a shot.

I've still shunned the giant of social media, Facebook, because I fear it IS full of people talking about what they had for breakfast.  Am I right?  Or should I cave, and become a Mark Zuckerberg minion?

Anyway, that's my first blog post.  Time well spent?  Or more valuable writing time wasted?

We'll see...