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REVIEW: Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros

REVIEW: Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros

Dear Ms. Medeiros: I think you were one of the first authors I followed on twitter and it was at the recommendation of another reader. I thought your tweets were fun and entertaining. When I first heard of this project, I had some apprehension but I thought if there was an author who could pull(…)

Wednesday Midday Links: What kind of author promotion works for you?

Wednesday Midday Links: What kind of author promotion works for you?

Susan Mallery is an author whose promotional work intrigues me. My responses to her novels have been all over the place from loathe to love but, for the most part, I find her promotional voice works, in part because I never get the sense that she is selling me anything even though that is probably(…)

REVIEW:  Tweet Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick

REVIEW: Tweet Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick

Dear Ms. Rudnick, Social media is probably one of the funnest tropes that’s present in young-adult fiction.   How often do you see a regular adult novel belting out blog posts, emails, and IM’s in a way that tells a full fledged story?   Not very often.   Books that use social media have always been fun reads(…)

Teachable Moment: Someone’s New Twitter Addiction Is Running Amok

Teachable Moment: Someone’s New Twitter Addiction Is Running Amok

For those in their 30s and 40s, Scott Baio is best remembered for playing Chachie, a wannabe punk, nephew of The Fonz.   He was also Charles in Charge, a manny.   Today’s generation might best remember him for a three year stint on VH-1 as a reality star and now for his Twitter addiction run amok.(…)

Do You Use Twitter?

[poll id="171"] Maili (@McVane) had a great comment yesterday regarding the promotional benefits for authors on Twitter.   I love Twitter for all the reasons I don’t love blogs. You get a real sense a person’s individuality and personality because of the spontaneous (as @PortaDaCosta said) and organic nature of Twitter (as Maili termed it).   I’ll(…)

Liveblog Review of Elizabeth Amber’s Nicholas

I’m going to be doing a liveblog review of Elizabeth Amber’s Nicholas. It might even contain Lego stills. We’ll see. I plan to do it while I watch the opening ceremonies for the Olympics tonight. To give you a hint about what the book is about, think 2 dicks. You can follow along on Twitter.(…)