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Twitter: Getting Over the Two Thousand Follower Roadblock

You may or may not know this, but being able to follow over two thousand people on Twitter can be a pain. According to Twitter Support “… every user can follow 2000 people total. Once you’ve followed 2,000 users, there

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Twitter–One Line Wednesday

I love one line Wednesday: #1lineWed. It’s become the highlight of my Twitter week. Kiss of Death chooses the theme (@RWAKissofDeath). Every week there’s a new pinned tweet at the top of her Twitter feed. Sometimes it’s an idea, like

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Hunted

I spun my horse; the damned hounds had finally caught me. The horse was stolen, which would be enough by itself to draw the hangman’s noose around my neck. My eyes searched the circle of mounted men who surrounded me,

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Looking For Opinions

So, this post is going to be somewhat different. I’ve discovered that writing this blog every day is really sapping my writing energy. I just don’t think I can write about writing every day and still keep it intelligent and

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Lessons Learned in a Thousand Tweets

I’ve made my thousandth tweet, so I’m feeling more experienced about Twitter. I thought I’d pass on the things I’ve learned so far. DMs (direct messages): These are really only for someone with whom you have a pre-existing connection on

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Getting Started on Twitter

Twitter is the easiest social media to get started in, and it’s definitely got the cutest graphic. It’s all about communicating in 140 characters or less. At first this floored me. How could I possibly say anything meaningful in 140

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Twitter Encounter with Robin Hobb

As far as I’m concerned, this story made opening my Twitter account worthwhile all by itself. When I started following people on Twitter, I looked up some of my favorite authors to see if they had accounts, and I was

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Posting a Photo on Twitter

I’ve been tweeting for a while now, getting a feeling for expressing myself in 140 characters or less. But the big exception to this is that we’re also allowed to post images. A picture can say a lot, particularly if

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