I often forget myself and Tweet completely inappropriate things. I specifically don’t say these things on FB because my mother is on that list and she’d probably kick my butt if she ever saw how raunchy I can get. Thanks for the reminder… I’m a “lady” and I’m supposed to know better. *slaps myself on the hand*

eh… I am an entirely inappropriate tweeter but I have come to accept that. Anything I tweet I would say on my blog, but my blog is really for my own entertainment anyway. I’m not so much worried about pubs or authors digging it *shrug* I spent a really long time being someone I wasn’t and it just isn’t worth it Either people like my tweets or they don’t… I won’t be offended.

If I was an author/blogger trying to do this more for my own amusement, I would probably need to re-evaluate. But since I am not…

Sometimes I tweet about my growling crotch kitty. I have a cat who likes to sleep between my legs when I am typing and she growls in her sleep. Just thought I would share.

*scurries back to work*

My Twitter and my FB aren’t connected to each other or my blog-which makes me a habitual tech tard

That aside, despite the fact that I’m a big mouth, there are lines I don’t cross. Politics and religion being two. There isn’t much I’m afraid to tap, but I try to gauge my audience and temper my tweets accordingly. Yet sometimes, no matter how hard you try, there’s always that one person who reads something into a tweet that implies you’re their best friend–no matter how careful or vague you try to be. But for every assumption, there are a hundred other folks who get you’re just interacting and having a good time

As to the sexual stuff–I snark all the time about it, but it’s usually about someone else’s proclivities like Tiger Wood’s recent visit to sex-rehab. Because you know, celebs are ADDICTED to sex. Mere mortals are just whores who sleep around

DC

It is easy to forget Twitter is not an IM conversation. And I think everyone has written a comment he or she is sure will be hilarious, only to have it bomb/fail/embarrass/unintentionally insult/annoy or score on the TMI meter.

Twitter is extremely spontaneous, which is both good and bad. As writers, we’re used to being able to go back and edit ourselves before sending our words out into the world. Twitter makes missteps immediately and extremely public. There are plenty of minefield topics, and while writers are allowed to grapple with these topics within the fictional world, addressing them through social networking sometimes leads to flak. I think it’s up to the individual author to sit back and evaluate whether dealing with that flak is worth it or not.

I generally only tweet or blog about stupid, blatantly silly stuff to avoid running through one of those minefields. This runs the risk of making me appear to be a clown or a complete tool, and more than once I’ve debated deleting the Twitter account/blog. However, I do genuinely like the vast majority of the people I’ve met through social networking. It is difficult (and you bloggers know this) to continually create interesting content to catch or keep people’s attention. Aside from my Evil Day Job and time spent with my family/friends, my life consists of sitting on my ass at a computer writing about characters I invented. I know. Non-stop action adventure. Point is, it’s difficult to be consistently interesting without causing controversy.

Or maybe I’m just boring.

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Now that I think about it, I’ll go with answer B. ^_^

Hehee. I took my Big Brother tweet link down from my website because I do say “ass” so often. In fact, I’m the ruler of the Ass Thugs who smite those who don’t do my bidding… LOL. Sadly, this is how I talk in person as well.*g* If you find me offensive, you won’t like my books either. My outgoing personality is part of my brand.

Aside from that, I am my own brand of professional. I’m a writer. That’s my job. If you don’t like my book, I’m sorry, but I’m thankful that you took the time and money to give it a shot. I have no patience for asshats who don’t respect their readership. I won’t buy authors who get into pissing matches with reviewers and readers. I’ve blogged on this a few times, actually. Books are a product just like anything else. If you don’t like it, as a consumer you should be able to express that opinion without some prima donna douche bag with a sense of entitlement getting his or her knickers in a knot.

“Oh, you just didn’t understand it.” First of all, how presumptious. WTF. If authors feel the need to say this, then they didn’t do their job to start with. A book should be able to speak for itself. If it doesn’t, it’s not up to the author to explain it, but to produce a better product.

As for politics or religion, don’t go there.

Luckily for me, my author platform is all about irreverent filthy humor. If I wrote regency romance, I’d be screwed. So the tweets are raucous and foul and often ugly and GASP some of the time–brace yourself–they’re completely fictional. That said, I do try to let people know that my Twitter feed is adult and that I don’t even use my Facebook page for real “Live Friend” interaction–I should probably do that more.

I do make it a point NOT to talk about things that impact me on an emotional level. I don’t talk about family crises, I don’t talk about religion, I don’t talk about issues with my wife. I don’t DO outrage. <— That last one is a biggie. If I've unfollowed you, you can bet it's because you do a lot of outrage posts. Can't stand them.

Now that I'm writing YA, I'm having a very difficult time separating that personality on Twitter, and often don't bother to tweet under that name at all. It's just more risky, young adults could certainly handle my tweets (and do), but editors and YA publishing types probably don't need to see an author leading a discussion on the best sexual positions, or what figging is all about. I'm limited. And that's fine.

Not sure there was any continuity in this comment. I guess I'm just saying, we should watch ourselves–specially now that twitter is being published in perpetuity in the Library of Congress–so just don't be a fuckrag!

Wow!!! There is a ton of comments. I read your post while I was traveling inner island on my iphone and I totally understand what is being said.

I work managing a social networking site and it is very hard to remember not to indulge too much info… more so personal stuff that may lead to more of your identity then you would like to. However, many many many times do I see users share more then they ought to. Thigs that we dont need to know.

My motto is: “If I would not yell it center stage of the mall or a concert then I should not share it online.”

And I agree about those scandalous pictures- I will thank my lucky stars I have not seen any- my eyes are my own and I like them that way. LOL!!!

-I also have 4 different groups of people who follow me (my fellow book, sports, tv, and reality tv lovers) and have a hard time sometimes figuring out how not to upset one group by tweeting too much about the other. I still haven’t come up with a good answer for that one.

Damn girl…you’ve made me slightly self-conscious now. I’m trying to think (or should I just go through my posts) if I’ve said anything you’re remarked on.

Oh and you’re not alone. Totally agree with everything here. I have a separate FB profile for LE and I don’t even use Twitter for anything other than LE. It’s a total marketing tool for me (yes I market my site!) and I can’t really seeing people caring about the latest hijinks my son has gotten himself into.