I went on MySpace to maintain my page as I typically do on any given Monday or Tuesday evening. I go to my “friend’s request” link and I proceed to click on the “select all” button at the bottom of the page. This day was not unlike any other Monday or Tuesday and I probably had perhaps 7 to 8 pages of friend requests. When I state this fact, I am by no means implying that I am special. I would tend to believe most people probably have this many friend requests if not more, especially if they are half-way decent looking or even if they appear to be under 35 years of age. I believe that’s all it takes.
Anyway……………
I select all and “BAM”, like an instant “friend magnet” I have about 50 or 60 more friends (if that’s what you want to call them). I flop off of MySpace and get back to the real reason I’m on the Internet in the first place and that was what? Oh yeah, to do my homework.
The following day, we will call that Tuesday; I receive a few emails from some of the friends I accepted the previous day. Most of them were thanking me for my acceptance of their friend request – most of the time I try to respond to them with a “you’re welcome” email. One particular email stood out for me because the guy in the picture was wearing a suit and holding a book in his hand. He looked very professional. And “professional” is not something you see too much of on MySpace. I looked at his email a little more and noticed he was the author of a book on relationships. I thought I might be humorous and comment on his book, so I sent him back an email saying something like, “I could tell you a few things about relationships, but it sure won’t sell any books”.
A couple of days later, he responded back with something funny and then asked me to check out his book. I responded back asking him what it was all about and he responded back again telling me to purchase it to find out. I then proceeded to tell him that I was also an author and working on my book. I also told him I have a couple of other friends who are authors and was looking to network with other up-and-coming authors. I then ordered his book and asked him if he would give me his opinion of an excerpt from my book since his book was doing quite well and he was self-published, as I was planning to self-publish as well.