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