Hi everyone.

A while back I wrote about social networking and how addictive it can become. Well, last weekend my writer's group had a presentation comparing the various sites. I thought I was in the 21st century with Facebook. Little did I know.

I'm still on Facebook and have accumulated 50 friends. Apparently, some of said friends are just as addicted to it as me. A couple are on with comments and postings every few minutes. And the quizzes have had a population explosion.

Like an idiot, I asked a question at the meeting. Should I have a separate Facebook page for my professional name? Answer: Yes. So I set one up. Since I'm frequently lazy, my first friend was my private self. I did this for easy access to friends' e-mails, so I could invite them to join the professional me. Oops. Bad idea. Now all the messages are duplicated. Why read the same thing twice? I'll have to delete private from professional. Eventually, I'll get it straight.

I also decided to give Twitter a try through my pen name. Imagine my surprise when I discovered I already had a Twitter account. Apparently, I signed on when a friend became active on the site. I was even more amazed when an e-mail arrived to say I had somebody following me. (Following sounds like stalking, but simply means someone is interested in your activities. Okay, it's stalking, but when you're a writer that isn't always a bad thing.)

Having never heard of this guy--yes, guy--I clicked on the 'learn more about...' icon and discovered he was dead. Don't ask. I have no idea how a dead man can tweet on Twitter or follow me, but that's just my luck. I kept the e-mail and will investigate later.

Now, if only I can solve the puzzle of my website, which is a mess and probably won't be up and running before my first book comes out in January, I'll be a happy camper.

Have a good one and we'll talk later.

Suzanne