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Lesbian's Online Dating Adventures (onlinedatingmagazine.com -
April 24, 2004) Singles today have at hand a whole
new array of instant communications presented by the
Internet that can be
used to pursue romantic prospects—email, instant
messaging, text messaging Blind dates and phone
calls have gone the way of dinosaurs when you can look
up your candidate, get a picture, email a few times
and move on to the next.
Single men and women are learning the new vocabulary
and etiquette of Internet instant dating all over the
world. Kristin Cranford, a relatively shy 34-year-old
lesbian looking for love in Los Angeles, has now penned
the first chronicle on what it’s like to be beeped,
instant messengered and text messengered at the same
time, while trying to juggle your social calendar.
A humorous and lighted-hearted take on her adventures
in gay online dating, You’ve
Got Fe-Mail! is
a diary of Cranford’s experience
over the course of several months. She blends the confessional
elements of “Sex and The City” and “Bridget
Jones Diary” to explore how one pursues love
over the Internet. “You’ve Got Fe-Mail!” has
a universal theme told through the specific lens of
the gay experience.
As Cranford says,”It’s the tale of a lesbian
who posted an online ad, then added her photo and then
the courting began!” After having been in several
long term relationships, upon embarking on the online
dating adventure, the sudden bombardment of internet
messages was a shock to her sensibilities. But perfectly
attuned to the newest trends in electronic communications
through her work, she takes to it with gusto, eschewing
the phone.
Cranford's adventures include juggling ex-partners,
new prospects and long distance romances, while sorting
through the messages to find a serious love interest.
“Most of us single people are encountering this
brave new world of instant communication, creating
a false urgency to respond, “ says Cranford. “We
are compelled to act, which is sometimes revealing
about us, but just a revealing about the other person.
It’s still a new phenomenon that we are all just
learning to navigate. Sharing the experience with the
world is a fun way for others to see what’s in
store for them.“
But You’ve
Got Fe-Mail! is also
universal in that it addresses the collective need
to find a soul-mate, someone who understands, loves
and appreciates. What better way to find that person
than through extended, philosophical discussions and
explorations told in Internet-speak? You’ve
Got Fe-Mail! finds the right balance between
the Internet dating mania and tender probing of the
heart through email.
The author describes herself in her online ad as: ” feminine,
athletic, outgoing, animal lover and adventurous. I
love to travel, workout or just hang out at home, cuddle
and watch a movie. I am looking for someone who is
independent, yet capable of sharing her life with me.” Cranford,
who lives in Beverly Hills, CA with her cocker spaniel “Lady”,
works as production manager for The World Poker Tour,
the hit television show on The Travel Channel. A graduate
of San Diego State University with a BA in English,
Cranford has long desired to become an author and is
now at work on her second book.
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