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.
Fay Moore: I Want To Be a Writer 
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!