Somewhere out in the audience at the 4:00 o’clock performance of Dorothy Meets Alice, was a friend I had never met. She had just driven 189.75 miles from her home in Northern Virginia to DCP Theater in Telford, Pennsylvania to see me perform as The Wicked Witch of The West.
We had met through the internet last fall when we took the on-line writing course, Tribe Writers, taught by Jeff Goins. We both signed up for the eight week course because we wanted to learn how to write, publish, and build an audience.
Jeff Goins also said, “You’ll have opportunities to meet others going through the experience and make lifelong friends and advocates.”
I signed up for Goins first Tribewriter class, expecting to learn how to write and build a platform with my blog. I did not expect to make any friends, let alone life-long friends, through his course.
Real friends can only be made in person.
How do I know the person I met on-line is real? What if they are just pretending to be nice. What if they really just want to steal my seven litter boxes?
Yesterday at 5:00 p.m. when we had our curtain call for Dorothy Meets Alice, I met my internet friend, my pen-pal, Kathleen Caron. Kathleen is a real person, who writes at {full of life}. She even looks like her photograph. I also met her daughter Marie, who looks just like the girl in the family photograph on Caron’s About Page on her blog.
Kathleen Caron did not drive for 3 hours and 45 minutes from Northern Virginia to steal my litter boxes. She doesn’t even have a cat. She has a dog named Tink. She came to see the play, because I invited her. I wanted to meet my pen-pal.
Kathleen will always be my friend. She does have her black belt in tae kwon do. So she could have taken all of my litter boxes if she wanted to. ( I knew she had a dog. So, I felt my litter boxes were safe. )
Real friends can be made on-line.
Jeff Goins was right.
I did make a life-long friend through the Tribe Writer course.
Now, I just have to meet my other Tribe Writer friends in Germany, England, China, Canada, and the rest of the 50 States.
Have you ever met someone in person that you first met on-line?
Please tell me in the comments. I would love to chat.
P.S.
The next session of Tribe Writers is starting soon. If you want to learn how to write, establish a community, and make life-long friends, consider taking Jeff Goins next eight week on-line course. It could change your life.
P.S.S.
I am an affiliate for the course. If you sign up through my affiliate link, the course won’t cost you any more money. The money I earn will help buy kitty litter for my seven litter boxes.
P.S.S.S
There are two performances of the play Dorothy Meets Alice today, March 10th, 2013, at 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. If you live close to Telford, Pennsylvania, come out and meet Dorothy, Alice, The Tin-Man, Scarecrow, The Lion, The Dormouse, The Red Queen, The Mad-Hatter, Judson (Who is from New Jersey), The Rabbit, and me, The Wicked Witch of the West. You can order your tickets on-line here.
