A few social media tips

What do fluffy bunny slippers have to do with Facebook and Twitter? Come over to the Fictionistas today and find out!

I'm in a New York state of mind!

I'm off to the 2011 RWA National Conference this morning! For anyone else who's going to be there, I'm going to be randomly tweeting my location and anyone who's interested will be able to find me and get a Blood Rights excerpt book that contains the first two chapters. You can follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/kristen_painter

Behave while I'm gone! And try to get some writing done, will ya? I'll be doing a little of that while I'm away as well. Carry on!

How hooked up are you?

I'm over at the Fictioniastas today talking about social media. How hooked up are you? Come chat!

People Worth Following

Twitter is turning out to be a lot of fun. I'm so glad I've gotten active on it! If you're not, you should be. It's a great way to get some scoops on industry info.

Here are some people to follow to get you started:

Me: http://twitter.com/Kristen_Painter
My agent: http://twitter.com/ElaineSpencer
My editor: http://twitter.com/angelajames

Now go have a great weekend!

Me In The RWR

My letter to the editor is in the Romance Writer's Report this month, currently in mailboxes or about to be.

I'm really curious what the response (if any) will be.

In other news, I'm really getting into Twitter. If you're on there, check me out at: http://twitter.com/Kristen_Painter I'm pretty good at following those who follow me, so add me and I'll come check you out!

Lastly, I need to write today. I say that every day, but the novella I'm working on is trying to kill me and I'm doing my best to resist it. Today I need to bite the bullet and get some pages done. If it's crap when I'm finished, it's crap, but at least it will be done, right? Have you ever written a story like that? One you didn't have a lot of faith in but wanted to finish anyway?

I Wish I Had A Repeat Button

Yesterday was a great day. I hope today is just as good! Why was yesterday such a good day? I'm so glad you asked...

1. Ate a salad made from sprouts I grew.
2. Wrote 5 pages that I liked.
3. Twittered in earnest
4. Had some fun conversations with the members of my Yahoo Author group (anyone can join, readers, writers, anyone!)
5. Apparently ate really well, because I woke up 1.4 pounds lighter!
6. Exchanged some funny emails with my mom, who is made of awesome (which makes me the child of awesome by default)
7. Got to see my friend Mel's new FANTASTIC cover!

Now, I just need to do some of that again. Except maybe write more pages. It feels good to be back in the groove.

I'm Very Friendly

Bebo, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Jacketflap...the list of social networking applications goes on and on. How do you decide which ones to focus on? I confess that Facebook is my most favorite. I resisted it for a while because I just didn't want one more "thing" to take care of, but really it's gotten to be my main one. Plus I'm addicted to some of the game applications.

I still maintain a Myspace page, but that community is so large it overwhelms me. Twitter I haven't signed up for yet. Jacketflap is nice in that it's focused around young adult and children's publishing folks. Bebo I sort of set up and forgot.

How many are you on? What's your favorite?