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Every few weeks, I write about my experiences with the social phenom (or perhaps by now it's blasé) known as Twitter. Well, I've tweeted 742 times, gained 330 followers, and follow 229. Does this qualify me as a more than a novice? Beats me.

I've noticed a few things. One, I try to include value added (good content) with my tweets. Two, my dry humor is usually best untweeted. Three, most fellow tweeters are nice, helpful folks. Four, if I'm not disciplined, twitter eats up my work time.

Since I write fiction, most of my tweets are on that subject. Sometimes I get a little passionate about it. But nobody seems to really mind. What amazes me is I've not run across any flame wars on twitter that is an unmoderated forum. Good stuff, so far.

Maybe I'll read your 140-character message in tweetdom.

By Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
"Satisfying."
The Rap Sheet/Kirkus Reviews

Every now and then, I weigh in on a blog, talking about my ongoing twitter adventures. I've tweeted almost 2K tweets, so I'm either doing something right, or I'm a failure doomed to repeating myself. LOL. Just kidding. Twitter is fun.

I've met some good folks via twitter. They're friendly and helpful. I also try to support my fellow writers on #WritersWednesday and #FollowFridays. The good karma is returned to me. Do I sell any books? No idea.

My twitter mood is usually upbeat. Nobody likes a whiner. I like to share links to newspaper stories I find interesting. Or I'll give a pointer to a book review (including my own here on Goodreads) I think is worth sharing.

Lately, I've been promoting my new noir Lake Charles released this week in paperback. But I also do my other tweets, since I'd get pretty sick and tired of just tooting my own horn all the time.

Anyways, here's a useful link I dug out covering twitter acronyms and abbreviations from the good folks at digiphile. I bookmarked it for when I get stuck trying to decipher the tweets:

http://digiphile.wordpress.com/2009/0...

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
"The most fun traipsing along the muggy, rugged backroads of Appalachia since DELIVERANCE."
Barnes & Noble Mystery Blog