A few hours ago, I verbally spewed my irateness all over my pages on Facebook (something about one of my print books not appearing correctly on a retail site, and I was tired and suffering from hayfever, and going deaf because of my three-year-old's timely tantrum, etc, etc).
I have since hidden the spillage from my timeline :D But it got me thinking... over the past few months I've seen a lot of authors get emotional about different things and relaying it across their social networks, and for some reason, it kind of seems acceptable. As long as it's personal and not about attacking another person or whatever, then it seems like it's actually okay. Is that something to do with the art-orientated career? Writers are, more often than not, emotional creatures - we pour it into our books and characters, and occasionally it seeps out and gets poured into our social lives / networks too.
If I were friends with an artist / painter on Facebook, I don't think I'd bat an eyelid if they got all angsty over something - angst feeds an artist's creativity. I sort of expect it. It's part of the passion that burns within them.
So, does being able to see an author's emotions about certain things add to the appeal of the author, or does it totally put you off ever wanting to read their books?
And this doesn't mean that I'm suddenly going to spew all of my emotions all of the time if your answer is yes, because I'm naturally inclined towards privacy most of the time, and I can't just change that ;)
But it got me wondering, that's all...
Dianna x
I have since hidden the spillage from my timeline :D But it got me thinking... over the past few months I've seen a lot of authors get emotional about different things and relaying it across their social networks, and for some reason, it kind of seems acceptable. As long as it's personal and not about attacking another person or whatever, then it seems like it's actually okay. Is that something to do with the art-orientated career? Writers are, more often than not, emotional creatures - we pour it into our books and characters, and occasionally it seeps out and gets poured into our social lives / networks too.If I were friends with an artist / painter on Facebook, I don't think I'd bat an eyelid if they got all angsty over something - angst feeds an artist's creativity. I sort of expect it. It's part of the passion that burns within them.
So, does being able to see an author's emotions about certain things add to the appeal of the author, or does it totally put you off ever wanting to read their books?
And this doesn't mean that I'm suddenly going to spew all of my emotions all of the time if your answer is yes, because I'm naturally inclined towards privacy most of the time, and I can't just change that ;)
But it got me wondering, that's all...
Dianna x
