It's been a year since my novella Cat and The Dreamer was published! There have been lots of changes in my own life in that time, and I started to wonder what else had changed...
Thank you Jade for inviting me over today!
Today's topic: Twitter!
When Cat and The Dreamer was published I didn't have a Twitter account - everyone else in the world did, everyone else used their accounts to tell each other about their new book releases... I relied on a solitary tweet by Hubby. I was on Facebook, I had a blog - why did I need Twitter too?
I succumbed in June, and it wasn't even with professional reasons in mind. I'm not sure what swayed me, but I've been having a blast ever since. I can now tell the world all those witty things I think during the day that would be otherwise lost. I can (and did) share my thoughts about the Olympic opening ceremony, along with the rest of the world. In fact, it was that was the evening I unfollowed my first person, because he insisted on tweeting about his book release while everyone else was talking Olympics.
Best of all was watching TOTP2 over Christmas. I was alone, but I took to Twitter and shared my thoughts about Wizzard, The Pogues and Kirsty McColl, and some rather strange dancing snowmen #TOTP2, yeah! And it was fantastic. Lots of people all thinking the same as me, how great is that!
It was because of a Twitter conversation that I took part in NaNoWriMo this year, and now have a great new project to work on.
It was because of Twitter that I've met some great new people, and have a heavy metal guitarist following me. (I wish Blogger would support cheesy-grin smileys because I really want to put one here!)
It's also very useful for those silly little research questions you have and can't find the answer to on Google. For one story recently, my character was being poisoned and I'd already written his symptoms when I realised I didn't know what would cause them. I got my answer via Twitter because the question was retweeted until I found the expert I needed. I think it was an expert, it might just have been someone who'd poisoned people!
Are you on Twitter? Has it changed your life?
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About Cat and The Dreamer
As a teenager, Julia survived a suicide pact, while her best friend Rachel died. Julia’s only escape from her guilt, and her mother’s over-protection, is her imagination. When Adam arrives in the office, Julia’s world takes a startling turn as she realises reality can be much more fun than fantasy. Finally she has someone who can help her make the most of her life. But can she allow herself to be truly happy?
Cat and The Dreamer is available on Kindle UK, Kindle US, Kobo, Nook, iTunes/iBooks, and via Vagabondage Press.
Annalisa Crawford lives and writes in Cornwall with a good supply of beaches and moorland to keep her inspired. She finds endless possibilities in the relationships between people. Several new projects are on the cards for 2013.
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I'm on Twitter but still have no idea what I'm doing there.
ReplyDeleteTweeting is a bit of an enigma. With one tweet, you can have an amazing conversation. With another, you're promoting your work and hoping for a retweet. Like Facebook, it can be time consuming. Pros and cons, I suppose. Like everything else, it's something we have to learn to appreciate. I'm still at the beginning of the learning curve on that score, and it may be a while before I move up to the next level.
ReplyDeleteJade - thanks for hosting my blog stop today. I had a quick read and noticed two errors - don't you just hate it when that happens!!
ReplyDeleteAlex - as King of Blogs you probably don't need Twitter!
M.J - I've had some great conversations just by following a hashtag that I'm interested in. There's always someone willing to talk, especially if you're agreeing with them! :-)