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7 Reasons Every Writer Needs to Be On Twitter  

By Marcy Kennedy

Twitter often gets a bad rap by people who don’t understand it, misunderstand it as full of spam and celebrity stalkers, or don’t know how to use it to its full potential to build an author platform. When used correctly, though, Twitter can be one of the best tools for meeting new readers and increasing traffic to your blog. Not to mention it’s fun!

Don’t believe me? Well, let me prove it to you then. I have seven reasons why I think every writer should be using Twitter.

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 

1. 7 Reasons Every Writer Needs to Be on Twitter | Kristen Lamb's Blog http://ow.ly/oGPJ2
2. Writing Wednesday: 7 Habits of Highly Successful Writers | Endpaper: The Paperblanks Blog http://ow.ly/oGPhy
3. How to Write a Self-Help Book - Brian Cormack Carr http://ow.ly/oGPo1
4. Author, Jody Hedlund: An Important Technique for Adding Momentum to a Slow Plot http://ow.ly/oGPrW
5. One Year at My Standing Desk http://ow.ly/oGPyP
6. Standard Pages for A Fiction Website | Author Media http://ow.ly/oGPQ6
7. 4 simple tips to know before you write your first book - chatting at the sky http://ow.ly/oGPTO
8. Writing in Bed: The Peculiar Perks of Being Ill | grub street daily http://ow.ly/oGQ8q
9. We Grow Media – Dan Blank » Life Is More Than A Series Of Tweets. On Taking A Break From Your “Platform.” http://ow.ly/oGQdo
10. Amazon’s New SciFi, Fantasy, and Romance Subcategories http://ow.ly/oHr6U
11. Five Legal Issues All Writers Need To Be Aware Of | LitReactor http://ow.ly/oHAab
12. Author, Jody Hedlund: Strategic Ways to Give Away Books http://ow.ly/oHAxB
13. Tips From a Bestselling Author: Joanna Penn On Marketing - Pen & Muse Press http://ow.ly/oHAHr
14. A scientific guide to posting tweets, Facebook posts, emails and blog posts at the best time - The Next Web http://ow.ly/oHAS7
15. How 6 Pieces of Self-Publishing Advice Led to Averaging $1,250 a Month in Book Sales | Self Land Stories http://ow.ly/oHEUW
16. 10 Counterintuitive Tips for Self-Publishers | Publishing Perspectives http://ow.ly/oHFa9
17. Is Indie Publishing For You? | Terry's Place http://ow.ly/oHFx8
18. Making Your Characters Extreme @storyfix http://ow.ly/oHFNd
19. Google+ Introduces Embedded Posts http://ow.ly/oIyPi
20. New Facebook Contest and Promotion Rules, What Marketers Need to Know | Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/oIyVn
21. Facebook Tips: 31 Ways to Promote Your Facebook Page | Book Marketing Bestsellers http://ow.ly/oIzaj
22. Dancing Out of Tune: Writing Scenes Out of Sequence to Enliven—and Maybe Even Finish—Your Novel http://ow.ly/oIzB4

Happy writing & running, Kathy

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