Twitter – Page 2 – Polilla Writes

Yes, it’s true. I am spending too much time checking tweets posted by my Twitter Followers, and by other Twitter users I am following. It doesn’t take long to do, but … do I have to do it so often?! Geeeeesh!

It took me awhile to get the hang of it, and even now I don’t understand some things about using Twitter, but it certainly is a huge community in which to mingle – and that makes it fun and interesting.

I am ‘meeting’ such fascinating people. So many writers! I love it! And I have connected (as a Follower) to some famous and not so famous (yet) Christian authors. Gotta love that! My horizon is expanding.

As for myself … well, I post the occasional tweet, hoping it will be of interest to someone who reads it. Who knows? I could be the instrument of God’s blessing to someone, or just make them smile.

But … I have writing of my own to do. I have Valley Sunshine publication to catch up on – two issues, in fact – because I took a break during the summer. Now I am so far behind in my responsibility, but with effort – and listening to the Voice of the One Who leads me – I will catch up. There are people waiting for their issues, so I have to get busy. And NaNoWriMo is coming up in November, for which I want to make a space in my life.

So, Twitter .. wait for me. I will be back. Often.

To you my reader, what role does Twitter play in your life?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂

Today I have a riddle for you.
Q: What day of the year is a command?

Think a little about that question.

Today is March fourth.
🙂 See it?

A: March Forth!

So, do you want to know how I am “marching forth” today? Well, I signed up on Twitter this morning. Yep! I now have a Twitter account.

A few months ago a good friend suggested I try it, so I looked into it but just wasn’t ready to take that on. Since then, several writers in the chat rooms have talked about the benefits of Twitter and convinced me to do it. Okay, I finally see the possibilities and now I’m a Tweeter, um .. a Twit? Oh, no! don’t like that one! ; ) hmmm .. now I am a twitter-er? I think that is what we are called. Well, anyway, now I am a Twitter user! I have made my initial post to get things started, and I also became a follower of a few members with whom I was already familiar.

It is a little daunting, but nonetheless, if I want to break into the world of writing for children I have to take the steps to get there. A little at a time.

I also learned yesterday that all publishers now expect their authors to do a lot of the work themselves of promoting sales of their books. In an earlier post I may have come across as sounding quite lazy, but not understanding how things have changed I thought traditional publishers still did most of that. Of course, I am not opposed to doing what needs to be done. I just didn’t like the idea of being an ‘unknown’ and having to cart books all over the place to sell them. Do I have a lot to learn, or what? 🙂 Yes, I admit I do. And I want to learn.

In the meantime I continue to read, and I have added more to ‘My have read” list’.

So, do you use Twitter? And .. what are you doing to ‘march forth’?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂