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Your’re Music Is Annoying

17 Jan

On the Porch

Onisha Ellis

Onisha

While strolling through my twitter timeline on Wednesday I came across this tweet from someone I don’t know. “How to Communicate your Displeasure with Neighbours using Wi-Fi”.  Intrigued, I followed the link (If you don’t click this link you won’t get my point.)

After I finished snickering I began to think of how this could be used in a positive way. My first thought for use in my life was Christian outreach. What if I named my network Micah 6:8? Would anyone be curious enough to look it up? How about a weekly encouraging word?

Sadly, my second thought was how could this be used for marketing? Now my mind was working overtime and I found myself giggling. If you don’t feel the need to be anonymous the possibilities are endless. I could title my network OldThingsRNew.wordpress. If you are an author you could try posting your book links, novel lines or announce “another 5 star review!”

Moving beyond marketing I imagined a whole neighborhood getting involved in a mini-flash fiction.

Carrie slowly opened the door

            Drat! It’s that weirdo down the street

            I let him in once.

You can see my quirky mind has taken off on it’s own tangent. I would try to be more normal but it’s not nearly as much fun.

 

            

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How’s Your Connection?

2 Nov

Onisha Ellis

On the Porch

 

My name is Onisha and I am an addict, specifically a twitter addict. My addiction began innocently as an alternative to throwing something at the television. It quickly escalated into an insatiable need to “know” things. Twitter is a global community of people who share in 140 characters what they are seeing, thinking and feeling and by joining twitter I found I could get information straight from the source.  I know most people will think this need is a bit extreme and it is, but I have trust issues with our media outlets.

After my daughter, Rebekah Lyn began writing novels, I moved deeper into social media and twitter as a way to help with her career.  This is when I became thoroughly addicted. Tweeting in the independent author community is an amazing experience. I have connected with women and men who I now consider to be friends. We meet together each day on twitter to help each other promote their work and in the process we laugh and encourage one another.

I have been musing over this connection phenomenon and think I may have figured it out. Each year, starting in November, my husband becomes very thoughtful and attentive. In the beginning, I meanly thought he was just angling for a nice Christmas gift, but after a few years I began to notice a pattern.  You see, my husband loves to give Christmas gifts and he starts thinking about what he will choose for me in November. The more he thinks about which gifts would please attentive, the more thoughtful and me he becomes. We feel a closer connection.  I, of course, love this time of year.

On twitter it is so easy to be attentive and supportive. With two clicks you can retweet someone or create a brand new tweet and help them promote their book.  In 140 characters you can ask someone how their day is going and share yours.

Come check out my books on Amazon. There’s romance, horror, inspirational                and children’s books. @ReginaPuckethttp://ow.ly/eW9TY 

It seems connection comes from moving our attention away from our thoughts and onto thinking of someone else. I wish it was as easy in my everyday world as it is in the virtual realm.

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