OMG! As usual I am a decade behind everyone else in using new technology. Writers are supposed to be clever folks, light years ahead of everyone else, right? Sadly, I don’t fit the mold.
At last, I am actually using Twitter. . .from time to time. . .when I remember. . .at least I opened an account and tied it to this blog.
Find me and follow @MooreFay. We’re only a tweet away. . .when I figure out how to use the #$@%$ thing.
Yay! I’m your 3rd follower! And don’t worry – you’ll figure it out. I’m still learning too. (I don’t get a lot of this social media stuff either.)
Thank you, Sweetness, for the encouragement. A year from now do you think we’ll feel like old hands at it?
I hope so… but part of me hopes not.
I’m a bit old-fashioned, I guess.
I’ve been on Twitter for years now and love it. Will follow you!
Thank you. Want to do a guest post for me on Twitter for Idiots? For real. I am serious!!
Ha. I’ve had my Twitter account for five years but haven’t always used it with such glee. Used to be a privacy fanatic. Never wrote a guest post before, honestly. My big deal with Twitter now: being personal out loud. Too many people just push their work. True marketing is about YOU more than what you do. When people like a person, they begin to like their work. By the ocean of BUY MY BOOK spam out there in the Twitterverse, I wonder if others even see Twitter like I do.
Karen, if you haven’t seen it, you need to check out my off-the-wall Phoenix-style blog http://www.offmymedsagain.wordpress.com. I want to put your Phoenix Lights story up for others to read.
I’ve followed it since you started it.
Thank you, girlfriend!
Ha ha – that makes you one Twitter account ahead of me =]
Better get on it, lad. Seems it is the “must do” thing for authors these days. We can practice on each other.
I’ll just go ahead, and leave that last comment all alone… =)
Ha! When my editor told me I needed to do the Twitter thing, I thought, what’s she smoking? I made fun of Twitter, calling those that used it twits. But she introduced me to another platform Tweetdeck (Twitter, only better) and I actually find I like the format better: http://www.tweetdeck.com
There’s also a Tweetdeck app for your smartphone that is set up the same way. You can break up your follows and topics into handy-dandy columns and set up alerts and what not. It’s fairly user friendly, but if you run into any trouble let me know. A good hashtag to follow for writers if you haven’t already come across it is #amwriting
I’m happy to see you in the Tweetsphere. I’ve only been here for a year so I’m not an expert, but it is fun if you know what to look for.
Thank you for great advice. I am going to take your remarks out of the comments and move them into a “guest post.” Feel free to contribute more.
Thank you for the “guest post”! As I said though, I’m far from being an expert. I am happy to share what I come across though. Cheers!