I joined Twitter in June, 2009. Naturally, husband was the first person I followed. When I began blogging in 2011, I automatically tweeted my blog posts (thank you, WordPress) because that’s what authors do, the way girls used to get married whether or not they really understood why. Between the time I joined and... Continue Reading →
Stepping in it, OR Further adventures in Facebook
I was so optimistic after posting about My Big Fat Platform Mistake a few days ago. I was all set to change "Dance of Souls" to "Audrey Kalman-Author" on Facebook and fix my mistake. Look, it says right here I can do that: I forgot one very important thing. I also have a Facebook URL... Continue Reading →
My Big Fat Platform Mistake
The title of this post came to me last weekend. At the Fault Zone reading at Florey's Books, I was discussing the topic of an author's "platform" with a fellow author who told me you can only change the name of your Facebook page if the page has fewer than 100 Likes. Oh no, I... Continue Reading →
Just a link in your chain?*
I'm trying, I'm really trying, to make this whole blogging/social media thing work for me. Here are two social media occurrences of the past week: Kourtney Heintz bestowed on me an ABC (Awesome Blog Content) award. (Thank you! and you should check out her blog.) I joined the "Author Karma by Novel Publicity" Facebook Group... Continue Reading →