This is the overview (with links to useful articles etc.) of the "Social Media for Writers" presentation we did for my writing group this afternoon.
Topics

• Benefits of Social networking for authors
• Your website / base of operations
• Is social networking effective?
• How to pitch your writing on social media
• Is it a time suck?

For my next writers group, I and others will be presenting and discussing social media (twitter, blogs, and other social networks) and its uses and hazards for writers.

What questions do you think might come up about social media?

What would you like to tell writers to do (or NOT to do) on social media?

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• 12:47 "The Twouble with Twitter" (vid, SFW, via @pegkerr) is hilarious and pointed. ( Read more... )

• 14:30 Serializing a novel through Twitter strikes me as a bit silly, though it does lead to pretty non-sequitors: ping.fm/2oGZZ
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• 07:46 The urge to hibernate was particularly strong this morning.
• 10:11 Because I am super-efficient, I have finished all the work at the on-site, and now have that magical thing known as "downtime." Yay!
• 10:42 My name is too long to search on Facebook and find me. I am tinyurl.com/cpnmp7
• 10:47 Translated Eastern Bloc LOLcats: rolcats.com/
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• 23:39 My parents, my Realtor, *and* my mayor were all on Facebook before me. Oy.
• 23:54 Phil re "Descent": Best part about this is women not asking for directions. (It's a very good horror movie.)
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• 15:04 Jewelry with names like "The Seven Bakers of Candlewick Close" and "Spirits From An Old and Civilized Land": ping.fm/pVRSH
• 17:47 Have joined Facebook. Apparently, *after* everyone else. Hints, tips, suggestions?

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