I follow hundreds. If people don’t repeat themselves or @mention me, I miss their tweets. Thanks to Hootsuite, I was able to create a smaller feed of close friends & colleagues–that helps–and I do try to mix it up with replies and re-tweets so I’m not always self-promoting. *shrugs* I’m gaining 75-100 new followers a week now without even trying. I guess I’m doing something right.

Love your totally true hilarious stories.

I’m replying and then going to say “hey!” on twitter… maybe see what’s cooking at WANA int. I feel like Snow White (okay, Snow’s older aunt) being awakened with a smack to the forehead.

I’m not a zombie blogger, at least not recently since I’ve been blogging regularly, but I’m somewhat zombiefied otherwise, since I get about 10 minutes sleep per week and thus shuffle about, red-eyed and oblivious to the world around me. I do not eat brains, being a vegetarian, but I have been known to relentlessly follow after anyone who smells of chocolate. Of course, who doesn’t?

I balance my life between being the recluse writer I always wanted to grow up to be and the social butterfly who lives on Twitter. It’s amazing to have human companionship available at 3 in the morning when you’re feeling chatty. Life is never lonely when so many Twitfriends are right there on your computer screen. And yes, I overdo it. I really live there when I’m not writing. If I could inject my consciousness directly into it, I just might. ;-}

As for my use of social media (in my case, mainly Twitter), I’ve worked for several years to build a platform of tweeps whose work I admire & company I enjoy, but I’m still baffled when my blog posts or short story links get 3 RTs but my tweets like “Had pizza tonight. Yum.” get 47 RTs. It’s a weird TwitWorld out there. ;-D