Thursday Twitter Finds

Starting today, and hopefully for many Thursdays to come, I’m going to share stuff I heard about on twitter. This “stuff” may be links, authors, blogs, or even a tweet.

Carolyn Jewel
What can I say about this author? I’m not sure how I came to follow her on twitter. She probably replied to someone I was following–back when you could see everyone’s @replies. She’s one of those people whose tweets I look forward to. I really enjoy the way her mind works and that’s very much in evidence through her tweets. I was looking forward to buying one of her books until I went to Amazon and saw she wrote (insert gasp of dismay) historical and paranormal romance. I have this idea that I hate reading both those categories. Still, the more I followed @cjewel’s tweets the more I was convinced that I had to break down and read one of her books. I finally downloaded a sample of Scandal to my Kindle and once I started reading it I couldn’t stop.* As I suspected all along (and probably many of you already knew) she is a wonderful writer and I blame her for my current lack of sleep. I’ll be reading many more of her books. Here’s her website: http://www.carolynjewel.com/

*This is one of the things I love about ebooks. I downloaded the sample and after reading a couple of pages I knew I’d be buying the book.

Laurie R. King’s iPhone App
I’d seen the tweets about turning your blog into a phone app and thought it was a pretty nifty idea. Seeing an author actually do it, and do it well has been a real treat. I downloaded Ms. King’s phone app last week. It’s true I could just follow her blog in my reader–I follow a lot of blogs that way. Why bother having the app? I dunno there’s something I just like about it. I see it on my phone, think of Ms. King, and check it just to see if there’s anything new going on. Psychologically it feels much more like a direct link to the author than having the blog pop-up in google reader amidst the many other blogs I read. Maybe this will create a tiered system of information–blogs or authors I really like will make it onto my iPhone while others will stay in my reader. I’ll give you an update on my usage over time. You can find the app in the iPhone app store by searching for Laurie R. King or check it out here: http://appshopper.com/news/laurie-r-king . I believe it’s also available for the Blackberry.

Favorite tweet this week comes from @SmartBitches: Snow day: from the Greek meaning, “Behold, your living room has never been so messy.”

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