{"id":677,"date":"2012-07-22T22:55:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T22:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2012\/07\/22\/blog201215\/"},"modified":"2012-07-22T22:55:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T22:55:48","slug":"blog201215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/blog201215\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello internet. It\u2019s me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"announce-bullhorn\"“Hello internet.  It’s me!”<\/span><\/p>\n

Now imagine me shouting that in Grand Central Station at rush hour one week before Christmas. Now imagine that every other person around me is also shouting hello. Some of them have bullhorns, some have flashing lights, many of them have their friends pointing to them and drawing attention to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what social media feels like to me, a shouting cacophony.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was one of those kids who liked to be the big fish in a little pond, purposefully never straying out of my comfort zone and keeping to things I was really good at, like writing, art and music. Then the internet exploded and I found out that the little pond was in fact an ocean the size of a planet and there are not only bigger fish. There are sharks.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a little daunting, and it\u2019s impossible to even attempt a website or a blog or a social media engine without a bit of ego on your side. After all, I wouldn\u2019t be doing it, unless some part of me said, \u201cOut of the millions of websites on the internet, you should look at mine. I\u2019m worth reading.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And this goes against everything about humility and fair play that I was ever taught as a kid. That little kid, who preferred to have everyone tell her. \u201cOooh! You\u2019re so clever! I could never do that!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to grow up, little kid and brace yourself. There\u2019s a lot of sharks out there\u2026 sharks with megaphones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did I ever mention that metaphors aren\u2019t my strong point?<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Monica\"<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Monica Marier<\/b><\/span> is a caffeinated writer, artist, mother and eccentric. On weekdays, she’s busy working on her books, recording audio files, and composing short stories for her blog. On weekends she’s a co-founder of Tangent Artists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Links:<\/span><\/p>\n

Comics: www.tangentartists.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow her on Twitter! @lil_monmon<\/span><\/p>\n

Books: Available through Hunt Press http:\/\/www.huntpress.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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