I have a confession to make: I am really ambivalent about social media.

There are a lot of reasons for that, most of which are private and will remain so. Speaking as an author and game designer, past experience tells me that social media eat up time, effort, and attention that could otherwise be spent on writing, all without resulting in much attention for the creative work itself.

Still, now that I am starting to publish original work, it’s probably worth the experiment. So as of today, and until I find that it’s actively hindering my progress, I’ve set up a new presence on Facebook and Twitter.

Here is the Facebook page for Sharrukin’s Palace, where all blog posts made here will be cross-posted. I may post some content there exclusively as well (release announcements and so on).

My new Twitter profile is under @John_Alleyn. As with the Sharrukin’s Palace Facebook page, blog posts from here and the occasional exclusive content will appear there.

All of this is very much in the service of “me as creative” rather than “me as social creature,” but we’ll see how things turn out in the long run.