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Comment on To Be Private, or Public? by alicerene

alicerene — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:28:59 +0000

Guess you’re right, although no one knows what’s inside my head. And I have trouble knowing how much of it to let out without getting into trouble.

Comment on To Be Private, or Public? by Vincent di Fondi

Vincent di Fondi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:20:22 +0000

Let’s face it Alice, they days of privacy are over, well in the cyber world anyway. My life in my blog is fairly tranparent and I guess I like it that way. My location is San Jose, Costa Rica and I think I have even mentioned my neighborhood somewhere. At this point in my writing career, I don’t have to worry about getting mobbed with people wanting me to sign my book. I guess I’m a little concerned about what records the government is keeping on me since the government invented the internet????

Comment on Why We Are the Way We Are by alicerene

alicerene — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:29:23 +0000

Tina was born because of my effort to allow people to remain anonymous. However, if you choose to go public, welcome Tina, Trudi, and Evie!!

Comment on Why We Are the Way We Are by Tina Trudi

Tina Trudi — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:35:20 +0000

I thought my name was Trudi! I just got back from visiting my relatives in Israel. They, of course, remember me as a small child, but I do not remember anything about Vienna and little about Riga. The Red Cross Tracing Service called me today with news about my grandparents. Unfortunately when I called back, they were out of the office. I know they died but it will be more closure when I hear when and how and can stop wondering. I should learn more on Tuesday when they are back in the office. We go to Vienna March 25!

Comment on Cleaning Out Memories: More Thoughts by alicerene

alicerene — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:49:26 +0000

Makes me feel good, both for the beautifully emptied closets and for the people who can use afford to buy those goods at a reasonable price.

Cheers!

Comment on Cleaning Out Memories: More Thoughts by Vincent di Fondi

Vincent di Fondi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:11:23 +0000

Alice, I’ve always found that cleaning out the closets can be very therapeutic. It’s amazing how quickly things can start building up. I’ve been in Costa Rica for a little under 2 years and things are already starting to build up in my closets and cabinets.

Just think what you are doing by giving the clothes to Goodwill is that some of them may find their way down here. The charities in the US take in far more clothes than they can sell there. There are thrift stores here called Ropa Americana (American clothing). The stores buy in bulk from the organizations in the US. Many bargains can be found here.

Comment on Social Networking and Me by alicerene

alicerene — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:10:48 +0000

Elizabeth, I hope your library has my book. If not, tell them to buy it. It’s available online at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com, iUniverse.com. Best to you.

Comment on Cleaning Out Memories by alicerene

alicerene — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:21 +0000

Ginger, I’m so glad you could relate. What ever would the Goodwill do without us?

Comment on Cleaning Out Memories by alicerene

alicerene — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:01 +0000

Hi Linda, Glad you could relate to my musings. I think sharing your feelings about what is painful is cathartic … up to a point. Some things are best left unsaid. Hopefully we know where the boundary is

Comment on Social Networking and Me by Vincent di Fondi

Vincent di Fondi — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:14:49 +0000

Hi Alice an excellent post. I have a problem with most of the social networking sites. I can understand that keeping up with freinds and family is important, but as far as promoting my book I not sure if this is the way to go. I belong to Twitter which is think is a complete waste of time. Facebook is comprised of too many games and not too much substance. On MySpace several younger members of the family are friends and this helps me to keep up with them. I belong to BooK Marketing Network, but I rarely post anything to it, however it has some ideas for marketing a book. For my blog, I use Blogger and try to post about once a week. I have only three followers and seldom does anyone make a comment. Does this look bad for a an author who has worldwide distribution to have only three followers? My sister has told me that following my blog is not user friendly???

So I’ve come to the conclusion that I will not spend too much time on the social networking sites for I would like to spend more time on writing. I will continue to post to my blog once a week in hopes that eventually it catches on.