This is a fair question, and did you tell us why you comment on Xanga.  I comment, partially because I can have a friendship at surprising times of the day; just wonderful, sweet happy words and worlds picked up by my email, and it took me years to understand that I have something worth saying, so am I lonely?  I think all people, as we move along in years are lonely, for I can guarantee you that aging is a big damned surprise, and it happens whether we like it or not –  unless some of you have found that fountain which people have looked for through many of a millennium,  for the opposite of aging does not seem so danged desirable, although, I admit that last October when I was dying;  It was just alright.  I had a moment of panic about what I needed to do.  “What do you have to do when four more minutes could be it? T  Ihat experience left me knowing there is something beyond here, and it is right there;  Can you see it?//I love the people who gave me courage to finish my book and who put up with all of my worry.  Xanga has not been a good tool to advertise a book, for I feel guilty every time I mention: “Pinkhoneysuckle,” Barbara Everett Heintz, Amazon, Kindle, and Create Space, and winning book awards in San Francisco and a big award in Hollywood seems to suggest that I am a pretty good writer.

But if I have sold three books because of Xanga, I would be surprised,for I am not going to take from my friends.  The word, “Friends,” is tricky for sometimes people are so interesting, and they just disappear in to the cyber space from whence they came.  Some people are friends when, “They need,” and do not understand the two way street business,” and some would call this selfish;  Whereas, I think they, for some reason, just do not get it — Friends.  Some you are having such a nice time with, then they disappear,  because they are over committed, and they have said something they regret, and you just want to tell them that we rarely expect of others what they offer in total, for, especially in California; It is an art form out here, for you are so interesting that people can hardly bear to leave you; “Let’s get together sometime,” but  dear do not hold your breath.  Sadly this mentality, as it does, is now flowing across country, so you are looking for people, sometimes, who just are supportive and truthful, and Xanga offers a larger pool from which you may share some common ground.

I set out to write a book before Julia and Julia hit the big screen, so I can answer whether or not Xanga is a good format for that, and I am so sad to tell you that there are few places to do serious writing.  You can write on your own but getting paid for it is quite another thing.  I earnestly go through here and find people to write a note to now and again, for I fear they are sad, or misdirected, or they expect too much from a network where people socialize.

If you want to find some smart  people;  Come to Xanga, though I admit some of the boys doo doo and bugger events suggested or written show me that some people have some maturing to do, but as far as writers go;  I knew that I was pretty good before I started getting some book rewards, but there are people on here who are darned good, and the photography and art is sometimes so amazing that I just feel like a zero, so there is talent on Xanga.

I believe that we are all looking for something in thoughts or in words, for praise is wonderful — both in giving and in receiving.  Again, do not write any books, for you will then have to go in and take it out, for the publisher notes that if you have it out there for free, then who is going to buy it?  Another warning for those coming on; Do not make my mistake of writing long and complex sentences, for we are a new group of people for the ground rules which seemed clerer a few years ago is simply shot to hell. We have walked in to a very dangerous world where computer writing of all kinds take away the need for a fully literate world, and I just kep having the night mares of mass book burnings, because people have decided that their paper backs aren’t worth two cents.

I am one who suggests two things;  Enjoy wireless of all things, but never let our world depend on it, for the decimation of man kind is beginning when we believe we know longer need the written word.  Have fun with Xanga, and wirelss folks, when they do not function but they are the way of all of learning; Fear wireless everything, for we are less than we once were when the bookshelves become bare.

My opinions — Another reason I write on Xanga.

Blessings