I had to ask the question: what do you do when your friends, other writers--in order to promote themselves and their work--become ubiquitous to the point of obnoxious? I follow my favorite writers on Twitter, and they're so whiny that I don't want to read their books anymore.
His answer was good - just defriend people. You can't have a personal connection to being unfriended either, and you have to be generous with your work. Give it away, share it, comment on other peoples' posts, and be interactive. I liked his answer.
Seth Harwood came to my writing class tonight to speak about getting published in the ever-changing, confused and confusing world of the writing social-industrial-complex, a.k.a. publishing. I like his approach - I too think that the accessibility of the digital reading medium is great for reading and writing. I'm excited about it. He is a dude writer, though, so I don't think I'll read him (and by dude writer I mean he writes about crime and mystery and dudes and stuff - I prefer weepy, emotionally wrought female issues).
So, writers on writing. As a reader on reading: keep it up.
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