Real Words

I mentioned earlier this week in my article on finding support for your freelance career that one of the best places to get support is through your online social networks. I’ve been thinking about that a lot this week because I’ve had the opportunity to really develop some great connections with other writers and bloggers online.

More so this week than any other time in the past, I’ve had people contacting me via Facebook and Twitter and trying to connect. These aren’t people who are just adding me and then forgetting about me or adding m solely to ping me with news about their work online. These are people who actually ask me questions about my writing and seem interested in the answers.

Because they’ve been reaching out to me in this way, I find myself feeling really excited about online social networking and the sharing of writing that takes place there. I feel like I’m really learning how to connect with the online world in a new way. Sure, I’ve always been on these sites but there’s something different about the true and honest communication with strangers that I’ve been experiencing recently.

Does anyone have any similar stories to share about how their online social networks have transformed from just web chatter to real communication? I’d love to hear those tales!