Me at 140 characters or less

[swan_tower]

So my publicist finally found a way to prod me into getting off my butt and joining Twitter: from 4-5 p.m. EST tomorrow, I'll be participating in the #torchat discussion of steampunk, alongside Lev A.C. Rosen (@LevACRosen) and George Mann (@George_Mann), with Ay-leen the Peacemaker (@writersyndrome) running the show.

But ignore the bit where that post says my username is @marie_brennan; I inconvenienced my publicist by changing it after making my account. It's @swan_tower instead, for consistency with my LJ and website names.

I've been on Twitter for a little less than a week now, dabbling my toes in the water and getting a feel for what I can say in the space allotted. (Answer: not much.) This is going to be a particular challenge tomorrow, I think; if people ask interesting questions, my impulse is going to be to respond with a paragraph. Wish me luck!

Comments

[ninja-turbo.livejournal.com]

Never underestimate the power of split responses. Lots of folks write as much of the answer as they can and put a (1/2) at the end of the first tweet and (2/2) at the start of the next to show it is one complete thought.