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Author Privacy and OverSharing: How Much Of You Is Enough?

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 The Circle by Dave Eggers

I’ve been reading one of the most thought-provoking books I’ve encountered in a very long time (it’s also brilliant, and called piteously to me each and every time I was forced to put it down, despite the fact that I felt like I was bashed over the head with one particular metaphor towards the end). It’s called The Circle, by Dave Eggers, and so many people discovered it before me it’s embarrassing. It was named the 2013 Book Of The Year by about 49,398 different publications and terrifically important opinion owners, but I’m only getting to it now.

Broadly, it’s about social media, and our lives on the Internet. More specifically, it’s about a woman who gets a job in the best social media company – probably the best company – in the world. It’s fiction, but it also totally isn’t; or at least, is close to being otherwise. Ever since I…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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