Twitter for Dummies 3.0

From time to time, I like to do a blog post on my Twitter experience. Right now, I'm fast closing in on my 10,000th tweet, so I've been at it for a while. I should say up front that I'm using Twitter as a promotion tool for my published novels and writing.

With that said, I hasten to add I've found that doing a lot of promos on Twitter gets old real fast. When I have a new book published, I feel it's necessary to promote more heavily to get the word out. I make announcements by posting links to the new reviews and interviews. But most of my tweets are non-commercial in content.

I follow the old rule don't tweet (or blog) on the controversial topics like politics and religion. On the other hand, I go a little crazy on things I like which includes baseball, film noir, current movies, history, and books. I've also met some great "tweeps" who share my different passions. I've done the same thing through my blog here with the super commenters.

Is twitter still puzzling to me? Sure. But I'll just keep on muddling through with it, and continue to have fun.

Happy holidays to those who observe Easter!