One aspect of social media for writers, which has been little discussed, is the idea of extending your story with social media. Social media is part of the new wave of communications, which is dominating the mindspace of hundreds of millions, with its instant tribal culture, its visual cortex stimulating nature and its snappy story-telling … Continue reading »
One of the most challenging tasks for any writer is what to create for social media. Twitter is important and we can retweet, reply and link to other content with it, but if you have a blog or web site with valuable content you can draw people to your own site and expose them to … Continue reading »
Reblogged from Restless Writers: The last thing I want as a writer is another social networking platform to worry about. I have enough distractions, thank you very much. And so it begins… With a little persuasion from Maria, I have started “Pinning.” I’m using Pinterest for my writing research. Sure, I’m creating personalized boards and … Continue reading »
Another storytelling technique you can use to build social media engagement is characterization. Characterization builds empathy between the reader and your post or feed/series of posts. But how do you do that? Characterization is built by revealing personal details. It’s in the advice to “be personal”, but we can expand on that idea to give … Continue reading »
A selection of the most popular tools for social media are listed below – with links. This is not a complete list, but hopefully it will help you and inspire you to look for more! If you’d like to add to the list do so through the comments at the bottom. Listening & monitoring: Topsy … Continue reading »
Creating tension, the need to read on, to find out what happens next, is a technique that social media posters can use to build engagement with their followers. I’m not suggesting that each post should have a cliff hanger, but I am encouraging awareness of how storytelling techniques can be used in a corporate or … Continue reading »
Social media has become an increasingly important platform for writers to communicate with their readers (or find potential readers). This means we all need to be aware of how to make the best of it. 1. Remember, you are a brand. Just because social media can often require you to write a concise comment, this is no excuse … Continue reading »
I received a proper, with money involved, offer for the option rights on The Istanbul Puzzle. We are all very excited and my publisher in London, Harper Collins, are negotiating the finer points about percentages of the box office and all that with the Hollywood producer involved. Now, keep this in mind. I was rejected … Continue reading »
This video is not mine and you are welcome to follow the links at the end, but I think it gives a great view on how social media can help writers. Enjoy Continue reading »
As you know I am an author of crime/mystery/adventure novels and a social media consultant. My second novel, The Jerusalem Puzzle, published by Harper Collins, came out January 3rd 2013 in paperback in good bookstores and on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. I have created a 2 minute video with me narrating the first chapter of The Jerusalem Puzzle above … Continue reading »
