A Cautionary Tale: Google is your friend; Facebook, not so much...

   

     About a year ago, I was putting the finishes touches to my memoir, beginning work on my second book, and generally doing what I do....Out of the blue I received a friend request from a stranger on Facebook.  Nothing especially strange about that.  This would-be Facebook friend had written an autobiography and was about to self-publish it. She claimed she admired my writing and really, really wanted me to write a "blurb" (short review) she could feature on her book jacket.  

        I...