Comments on: A Writer’s Guide to Social Media

By: Social Media for Writers and Authors « Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:40:34 +0000

[...] Cameron’s and Don’s Lafferty’s take on social media for writers are generally both good overviews. [...]

By: Nettie Hartsock

Nettie Hartsock — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:01:09 +0000

Cameron,

Your post on Mashable and this post and your insight is truly invaluable!

Nettie

By: Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:13:13 +0000

I've seen a few people using Twitter experimentally for writing novels (George9Writer is one), as well as authors using other social media (such as The Man Who Stole Agnieszka's Shoes on Facebook). There is so much potential out there with social media. I've been brainstorming a few ways to use it myself for some upcoming projects.

By: Kirsten Osolind

Kirsten Osolind — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:05:00 +0000

P.S. Every aspiring writer should look into Red Room – it’s an amazing new website for writers in beta! http://www.redroom.com/. No I’m not associated with it – I’m just a happy member.

By: Kirsten Osolind

Kirsten Osolind — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:02:22 +0000

Good advice. I’m actually tweeting my book on Twitter in real time – with multiple characters. At first, I wasn’t sure how to handle interaction (like #followfriday and responses to readers) because it made the storyline confusing. A reader came up with a genius idea – label interactions with readers as “Editor’s Note:”

9,000 followers across the 5 Chicago to Coronado Twitter characters to date, 4500 on the main story at @kirsteno. It’s an experiment. Welcome ideas!

Kirsten