Polenth wrote,
True. I started Tweeting because that darned Nicola Morgan told me it was fun and that I should. So I did. And I made friends. And those friends led me to other friends, and some of them turned out to be literary agents who were Tweeting incognito, and one thing led to another and here I am, with agent-friends who have asked me to submit to them (and the ones I have submitted to have then said no, but that's a whole other story: I don't do it any more).
Twitter is great. But only if you use it primarily as a vehicle for fun and discussion, not for promotion. I unfollow people who don't interract with me, or who only plug their work. That's not what I want from Twitter. And yet I keep getting offers of real work from it. Hurrah!
If you go into Twitter expecting it to be the door that'll open and get you published, you will be disappointed.
True. I started Tweeting because that darned Nicola Morgan told me it was fun and that I should. So I did. And I made friends. And those friends led me to other friends, and some of them turned out to be literary agents who were Tweeting incognito, and one thing led to another and here I am, with agent-friends who have asked me to submit to them (and the ones I have submitted to have then said no, but that's a whole other story: I don't do it any more).
Twitter is great. But only if you use it primarily as a vehicle for fun and discussion, not for promotion. I unfollow people who don't interract with me, or who only plug their work. That's not what I want from Twitter. And yet I keep getting offers of real work from it. Hurrah!