Ed Lynskey's Blog: Cracked Rearview Mirror - Posts Tagged "tweet"

Recently, I began fiddling around again with my twitter account, and I have to admit that I'm left somewhat bemused. Beaming out laconic message about me throughout the day would bore my "followers" to tears. I just don't lead an exciting life. Plus which, I'm not sure I can come up with a slew of witty or funny one-liners like those I keep reading in the tweets. I guess I'd rather try to be witty and funny while writing my novels. That's not to say the other writers shouldn't be tweeting since they are engaging and humorous. One thing I don't get is the "following" and "followers" aspects of Twitter. I grasp what they are, but how do you get them? Or do they just come to you? I also wonder if writers, especially those like me, could suffer from overexposure if they tweet numerous times. "Oh look, here's another dumb tweet sent by Lynskey. I'll never read or buy one of his books." Like I said, I just don't know.