Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Tuesday Twitter

In a wonderful case of synchronicity, I furtively created a Twitter account last night only to have Stuart Neville coax me into using it for the first time today. He's running a contest!

Specifically, Stuart's running a contest to hype the release of his much-anticipated debut novel, The Ghosts of Belfast--which, if you live in the States, you can buy this Thursday! Squee! (Canadians have to wait until Nov. 2nd, apparently. Sniffle, grumble, whine.) The contest runs until Hallowe'en, so you can tweet-to-win at your leisure.

I'm, um, more than slightly ignorant about the subtleties of using Twitter, and I suspect it'll take me a while to figure out what I want to do with it (spam the world with bad haiku? Probably.) However, I'd love to follow any of you who already have a Twitter account providing you help me figure out how the hell to do so if you'll let me know what your Twitter-handle is.

My page is http://twitter.com/jjdebenedictis, and chances are, if you follow me, I'll follow you. After all, the only Twitter-buddy I've scored so far is a spambot.

But he's cute. *pets little spambot*

Author website: J. J. DeBenedictis

7 comments:

writtenwyrdd said...

If you go to my twitter you will see a number of familiar people. Might be easier for you to add them that way. For the record, I can't keep up with Twitter so I rarely read the posts there!

http://twitter.com/D_Lynn_Frazier

jjdebenedictis said...

Ooh, thank you! A reservoir of people is just what I need. :)

Lynnette Labelle said...

I haven't really gotten into Twitter either, but I do have an account and am now following you. *waves*

Lynnette Labelle
http://lynnettelabelle.blogspot.com

writtenwyrdd said...

I'll try and remember to add you when I get home tonight.

By the way, I'm having a contest on my blog: http://writtenwyrdd.typepad.com/writtenwyrdd/2009/09/announcing-a-contest.html

Heather said...

You do have a sister who lives in the US & a birthday coming which I have no idea what you would want... a book perhaps? hint, hint ;)

jjdebenedictis said...

Lynnette and Writtenwyrdd: Thank you both! And please forgive the fact I've been a twittering fool today. It's all so shiny and new, you know!

Heather: OOH! OOH! THAT'S A GREAT IDEA! I had thought about hitting you up to buy the book for me, but it hadn't even occurred to me to think of it in terms of my birthday.

In other words, yes please! :D

Heather said...

Yay, two happy people! It is ordered and I will ship it to you as soon as I get it.

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