(In)visibility - Debbie Bennett
I'm on Facebook, lurking in a writers' group, reading a few posts and making the occasional comment. I spot something interesting and I read further. It's a comment by a member of the group I don't know well and it sounds interesting - he makes a valid point and I like the way he says it. His name is Joe Bloggs Author, so I click on it to see who he is. He has a cat as his header picture at the top of his page. Cute. Or maybe it's a picture of his wife and kids - whatever. We're not friends on Facebook, so if I message him to say hello, what kind of stuff do you write? it won't end up in his main message box and he'll probably never see it. So I click on the ABOUT link to find out a bit more. Hey, he's an author and I have nothing lined up to read next - maybe his book is worth checking out? But ... nothing. No link to Amazon, no link to a website or blog. Not even an email. I could google him, but Joe Bloggs is a common name. I could hunt on ...