Here comes social media bridging the gap, going beyond cliques and cuisines and supporting you. Something which you spend hours on and which gives nothing tangible beyond satisfaction makes little sense to folks who are trying to climb the financial and corporate ladder.Nothing wrong there.That is the real and practical world for most.Īnd now comes Facebook, which gives you the opportunity to connect with people sharing same passion as yours. Writing is a solitary affair to begin with.If you are not from a literary circle or eminently famous, it is most likely that real life people around you do not get your need to write be it a blog or a book. There is nothing that I can say to thank you guys enough. Though there have been numerous instances I have experienced their friendship, today I will highlight only about my book for which so many came forward to spread the word. And most importantly a whole bunch of like minded people and their support. Bloggers whom I got to know that much better. Readers who delighted me with their precious heirloom recipes. You know what I got ? Readers who turned into friends. What I got at the end was however far more precious than mere traffic.
Slowly I crawled in, thinking it was one more way to draw some more traffic. I stood far with furrowed eyebrows, thinking "What a disaster". As a result of my early cynicism, I did not jump-start on a FB page for my blog, the moment Zuckerburg opened his doors. However when it comes to the blog and its FB page, the scenario has been very different. I have restrained myself from opening up a personal account on Facebook for the sole reason that on a night with nothing to do I might flood timelines with the million pictures on my hard disk.
I have cringed at people's need to tweet about their un-washed hair and strut their vacation pics. I have been a social media cynic from Day 1.