Poetry, Google+ and Pinterest

A Poem to a a Favourite…

I’ve added a short poem to the relevant section.  Hopefully you will read and, even more hopefully, enjoy it!  You may notice that the character of my poetry is as wildly varied as most things I do.

Those “Other” Social Networks…

I am on Google+ and Pinterest.  No big deal and I’m not begging you to rush off and connect with me on them.  In fact, there are times when I find them intensely annoying.  For example, Google+ defeats me more often than not, by behaving in ways that I just don’t expect.  And I seem to end up sending more messages as ’private’ than as ‘public’. and I have no idea why!

But Pinterest…!  There are two huge annoyances!  First, and the lesser of the two, is the lack of any direct messaging system!  If you need to tell somebody something, you have to do so publicly as a comment on a Pin,and hope they see it.  And then comes the huge annoyance!  The constant stream of identical Pins from the same people – I could name names but won’t.  They’ve got a book out- marvellous!  I’d be happy to be the first to congratulate them.  But, they send Pin after Pin after Pin after… all either identical or as near as it gets.  Fine, post in whatever Groups you belong to and who permit it.  Publicise when/if you have a special at some time and tell people when a new review appears (not some one-liner or just a rating!), but please, I implore you, stop Spamming the Group boards!  For now, I have decided to cease all “Liking” of unjustifiably repeated Pins.  I know that Pins gradually get buried by new Pins, but has it not occurred to you guilty ones that your behaviour is crushing new works, often by people who have only just published their first book?  To me, that’s not just unfair – it’s tantamount to cyberbullying!  It’s immoral!  And know this: as long as you maintain such behaviour, I will not invite you to enjoy the promotional opportunities this blog offers!

 ~ Steve