MySapce Thoughts

I'm a live-and-let-live kind of gal. Especially when it comes to myspace. Add me, don't add me. Let me add you, or not. I'm partially addicted to the site (I say partially, because I dare not access it at The Day Job), and have done my fair share of adding and formatting, posting and commenting.

OK, more than my fair share.

It's a weird place to be some days. Worlds collide (a la Seinfeld). While MY space is primarily for my writing life, I've been found by those whose orbits are not in that realm. My students, for example. Who are warned they will not get cookies if they add me. My circle of non-writer friends, who get aggrivated when all these writers keep trying to befriend them. The big band fans, and romance readers. And old school chums--college days, as no one from HS has located me (yet).

The cool thing, though, is that those outside the writers/readers scope...are interested in the book. People I haven't seen in years are clicking and finding and buying. So is myspace a good promotional tool? Additional sales and a live radio interview say "yes." Cost effective? Free good enough for you? What's priceless, however, are those unexpected blasts from the past.

That, and those friends who always answer my random list bulletins, lol.