Sooo, I finally broke down and got a Twitter account. I am still not really sure how it works but I am mainly going to try to use it for the blog.
Any tips or tricks I should know?
Any tips or tricks I should know?
Synopsis: Distant Signs is an intimate portrait of two families spanning three generations amidst turbulent political change, behind and beyond the Berlin Wall. In 1960s East Germany, Margret, a professor’s daughter from the city, meets and marries Hans, from a small village in Thuringia. The couple struggle to contend with their different backgrounds, and the emotional scars they bear from childhood in the aftermath of war. As East German history gradually unravels, with collision of the personal and political, their two families’ hidden truths are quietly revealed. An exquisitely written novel with strongly etched characters that stay with you long after the book is finished and an authentic portrayal of family life behind the iron curtain based on personal experience of the author who is East German and was 16 years old at the fall of the Berlin Wall. Why do families repeat destructive patterns of behaviour across generations? Should the personal take precedence over...
When you post an announcement on Twitter you can use a hashtag (#) after important keywords. People use Twitter for search and can find you that way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance -- say you have a boook review to announce. You could tweet:
Read my review of 'Title of book' http://yourlink.com #bookreviews
When someone searches for bookreviews you're tweet will be given more prominence in the results.
Twitter is basically like a never ending stream of conversation. And I always think of it as a river: I jump on when I do and ride out the current conversations and then jump off later.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about missing things, because it's constantly moving. :)
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