Not satisfied with having enough to distract me from my writing I am now on Twitter. This is Anne Cassidy’s fault so I can blame her for shortening my attention span even further! Actually, I don’t know why I didn’t join earlier. It’s brilliant for linking to new blogs and keeping up to date with trends in the book world. I’ve linked to several libraries, other children’s writers, book review sites such as book bag (www.thebookbag.co.uk) and many more. I’m not bothering with celebrities at the mo, apart from David Schneider and Sarah Silverman because they are witty.
To follow me type in my name – all apart from the y at the end as it’s too long! So I’m Helenapielichat on www.twitter.com
My first ‘tweet’ was a recommended website www.slushpilehell.tumblr.com which is an amusing site by a literary agent (though I have my suspicions about how genuine the ‘agent’ is) who shares some of the gems from covering letters would-be writers submit to him. The letters are off-the-wall but the ‘agent’s’ responses are so funny; very American but very funny. Highly recommended for writers everywhere. A big thanks to Stephen Elboz for alerting me to it.