Debbie Ridpath Ohi's Blog, page 185

Twitter Chats For Writers

It took me a while to check out a chat on Twitter because I figured it would be complicated, and I lacked the time to learn a new user interface. To my surprise, it was MUCH simpler than I expected…and a lot of fun!

There's a writer's chat on Twitter this afternoon called writechat (3-6 pm EST). I plan to attend at least part of it and hope to see some of you there!

If you've never tried a Twitter chat, here are some tips to help you get started:

What IS a Twitter chat?

A chat on Twitter basically c

Talking Quote Cure

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Stray Commas

From the archives, for your embeddable pleasure:

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Trying a new retweet plugin

Some of you have said how much you miss the "retweet" buttons so I'm trying a new plug: Tweetmeme. I removed the others because they slowed the site down considerably, so hopefully this one will be better. Please let me know if you experience any weirdness.

Fontface Connoisseur

A Bad Idea (For A Business Card)

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Golden Marmot Awards #4

Golden Marmot Award winners on Twitter are cheeky, wise, witty or profound (sometimes all at the same time), always in 140 characters or less.

Congrats to the recent winners:

PowerofNo:

Today I use the paper out of everyone's printer. No long walks to the copier room when I run out.

nickbilton:

Dear the Internet, you're too distracting. I wish I could quit you. Love, Nick.

Brendacopeland:

Death to all adverbs.

kikarose:

I have so much work to do and so much cleaning to do. So I'm sitting here procrastin

Cartoon Caption Contest #7

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This is an old cartoon of mine, but I think it could use a good title or caption. Any ideas? I'm also going to post this challenge on Twitter. If on Twitter, you can tweet your caption instead of posting here if you want but please use the #ccc7 hashtag.

Please read the rules before entering.

Critiquing Rule #1

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Will Write For Chocolate: Interrobang Appreciation Day

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Thanks to Mignon Fogarty (@GrammarGirl on Twitter) for inspiring this comic with some tweets she made recently. Mignon Fogarty is the author of Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing.