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Hello--New here, book to be pub in 2013.Please follow, will followback -- am following the list above here. Wonderful resource, thank you.
https://twitter.com/LizGruder
I will follow others as I get onto a laptop...It can take longer on an android, and more hassle if I follow a ton of people LOL :)
I'm the subject of a live Twitter chat tonight 9pm UK time. just follow the #litchat hash to particpate
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I have followed as many as twitter will let me for now.
I agree with those above, reading a lot of publicity is not why I use twitter either. I tend to tweet something about my book a couple of times a week. My blog posts tweet automatically. I also RT a lot of friends that I schedule throughout the day so those are automatic.
I have mixed feelings about that. I like to support my friends but I want to use twitter to socialise. It seems to me that a lot of people automate tweets. Sometimes I tweet - Is anyone there? - just to see if anyone responds. If no one is there then who is reading the tweets? And more to the point why should I read them if no one is there to read mine?
On the other hand I am in Europe. A lot of the people I connect with are in the USA or other parts of the world. They auto / schedule tweet to me so that I can read them when I am awake and visa versa.
On using hash tags. I often look at hash tags to find things of interest and assumed that others did too. If I am posting the next event at my Jazz club I might use 'music' 'jazz' and 'charent'e tags. If I want to see what is going on those are the ones I would use. For my book I would use 'books' 'memoir' 'Ireland' 'Walking' - is that too many?
I would be interested to know what hashtags people look at and which you find off putting. Which do you use on your posts and which do you look at when you want something?
I have followed as many as twitter will let me for now.
I agree with those above, reading a lot of publicity is not why I use twitter either. I tend to tweet something about my book a couple of times a week. My blog posts tweet automatically. I also RT a lot of friends that I schedule throughout the day so those are automatic.
I have mixed feelings about that. I like to support my friends but I want to use twitter to socialise. It seems to me that a lot of people automate tweets. Sometimes I tweet - Is anyone there? - just to see if anyone responds. If no one is there then who is reading the tweets? And more to the point why should I read them if no one is there to read mine?
On the other hand I am in Europe. A lot of the people I connect with are in the USA or other parts of the world. They auto / schedule tweet to me so that I can read them when I am awake and visa versa.
On using hash tags. I often look at hash tags to find things of interest and assumed that others did too. If I am posting the next event at my Jazz club I might use 'music' 'jazz' and 'charent'e tags. If I want to see what is going on those are the ones I would use. For my book I would use 'books' 'memoir' 'Ireland' 'Walking' - is that too many?
I would be interested to know what hashtags people look at and which you find off putting. Which do you use on your posts and which do you look at when you want something?
Hi! I'm on Twitter: Margaret Lynette Sharp is my name. I generally follow for follow, tweet about interesting newspaper articles, blog posts (many are my own), books by others (and mine, too). I'm self-published, and nearly ready to try again with book #7.
Nice list!I am also on Facebook and Twitter. I will retweet things occasionally, post thoughts, updates on my book, and soon I will be posting things from my second novel.
https://www.facebook.com/troy.jackson...
@TroyJackson12
Hey there everyone!Just signed up for Twitter...here's my link: https://twitter.com/mischievousmali
Still trying to figure things out there (LOL) but would greatly appreciate it if you would add me to the Author List, follow me, etc. Thanks so much for this opportunity!
May you all have a wonderful holiday season!
Cheers! ~Harley
P.S. Think I've got everyone up to this point...
I havent really figured this out yet but if anyone wants to add me @abhac1
Hi everyone. My Twitter handle is @cheerupyourwife. I prefer to tweet/re-tweet thoughts that are thought-provoking/motivational/inspirational rather than only pitch tweets for my book. I get much more feedback and gratification. I may have a simplistic outlook but I believe that if I say something that someone views as worthwhile, he/she may be more likely to find out what else I might have to say via my books. I'll be going through the posts and following as many as I can. Good night all.Aleathea Dupree
Aleathea wrote: "Hi everyone. My Twitter handle is @cheerupyourwife. I prefer to tweet/re-tweet thoughts that are thought-provoking/motivational/inspirational rather than only pitch tweets for my book. I get much m..."Hi! I'll follow you! I'm Margaret L. Sharp, and I think my Twitter thing is margaretlynett1.
Update: can't find you on Twitter. If you follow me, I'll follow back. Thanks!
Eva wrote: "Hello! Here is my twitter: @EvaNatusmi My suggestion to those who have just posted their twitter handle is to link to their actual page. It makes it a lot easier and some people don't want to pu..."
Great idea!
Hello everyone. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Gary Goldstein, and my twitter handle is @gary_goldstein.
Please take a look at my appearance on the #blog of @JeanetteHornby for my #book, "Jew in Jail," which contains an excerpt http://ning.it/13hoxDZ.
Thanks, and I hope you all have a great day!
Hi everyone,My author Twitter page is: www.twitter.com/christine_rice. If you follow me and we're like-minded, I will follow you back.
Thanks!
Christine
I'm @deboracracy - I usually follow back too!
I will follow anyone who follows me ... just let me know that you found me via this thread :-)https://twitter.com/MelanieTomlin
http://www.twitter.com/JustinBienvenue I post a little bit of everything but when I post book related information I make sure it's important. I post blogs posts, take part in twitter chats and do my own hashtag #RecommendationWednesdays where I recommend five books within genres i write in.
Feel free to follow if my page catches your eye.
Thanks,
@JustinBienvenue
I'm kind of new to twitter. @TaleMasterTOV.https://twitter.com/TaleMasterTOV
Been following the Brexit, the Donald, and cute cat videos, among others.
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