James Hanna-Magill
Nov 6 · 2 min read

Dear Vicky

Thank you for your kind Facebook request. I suppose my link with Medium is via my Facebook account.

But I really don’t use Facebook for writing these days. I do not find it a valid forum for writing or reviewing others writing anymore. So I have discontinued using it.

There is an awful tendency for people on there simply to invite you to ‘like their page.’ Frankly they are not at all interested in considering anyone else’s writing. They are simply hell bent on selling their own.

I think I have tried to explain to you that if I display any of my writing anywhere, I feel it incumbent on me to go out and review what others have written and give them my view. It is a courtesy rarely returned.

However that may be, I still take much pleasure in reading others writing, including yours, as it gives me a fresh perspective of the world, how others feel about it and whether that strikes a bell or not with me. Then I may have something valid to say in response, which I hope helps the writer, and which extends to more than two sentences.

Have a look at Writers Cafe instead. Whilst I have not been present on it for some while, or taken part, I do regard that as a valid platform for people to help each other improve their writing by giving each other valid feedback. Once as you may see I was heavily involved in it. I am a little distracted by other things these days.

I still am alerted when anyone comments on my writing or sends me a message private or other.

You are under no obligation to join, it is free, but if you really do want to get involved in a community or writers, help and be helped, I would honestly advise you to at least have a look.

You write well. But we can all write better, including above all me.

With my kindest regards as ever

James

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