Happy Tweets

Happy Tweets

You know what I love? Unexpectedly seeing the Twitter bird in the notification bar on my phone screen in the middle of the day. It’s like, Yay – here I am, stuck at work, and somebody out in the world is thinking of me!I just wanted to share some tweets that made me...
The Perils of Eavesdropping on Your Readers

The Perils of Eavesdropping on Your Readers

Reviews. You need them, and yet … they can be painful. I’ve seen authors discuss (on blogs, on Facebook, on Twitter) whether or not they read reviews of their books. I’ve come to the point where I don’t read all of them anymore.However, thanks to social media, there...
The Social Part of Social Media Marketing

The Social Part of Social Media Marketing

I’m not an expert in marketing by a long shot, so this post is just going to be my personal opinion. I hope I don’t offend anyone, and of course people are free to disagree with me.  But I think if you’re going to use social media to promote...
Tweeting in the Nineteenth Century

Tweeting in the Nineteenth Century

They say there’s nothing new under the sun.via Wikimedia CommonsI’ve written before that séances were like a nineteenth century version of Twitter. And a recent article in WIRED Magazine reveals that people did tweet before Twitter. It was called sending a...
Twitversations

Twitversations

Last week, I went through my Twitter list and weeded out about 250 accounts. This took FOREVER, and if anybody knows a way to do it without looking at each and every account, please clue me in!I had already noticed an increasing number of people who follow me to get...
Too Much?

Too Much?

The other night, I dreamed I went skiing. That’s not unusual, especially with winter coming on. I love to ski!Unfortunately, the skiing conditions (in my dream) were poor – soft mushy snow and not a lot of it. That’s not unusual either. Oddly enough, I dream more...