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Twitter Tips for Authors You can create hashtags (the # symbol followed by a keyword) to describe the content of your tweet. It helps people search Twitter for specific keywords. For example, authors are using the hashtag #BookBuzzr to buzz their books. You could tweet: "My new book I Dream of Chocolate is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. #BookBuzzr" and the tweet will look like: Twitter has it set up that people can click on #BookBuzzr and all the other Twitterfolk that want the world to know they're buzzing a book will show up in the search. Below are a few examples... GENERAL WRITING ~ AUTHOR HASHTAGS #amazon #amwriting # author ~ #authors #bestseller #bookbuzzr #book ~ #books #reading #wip #wordcount #writechat #writegoal #writer ~ #writers #writing HASHTAGS FOR BOOK GENRES #darkfantasy #erotica #fairytales #fantasy #sciencefiction ~#scifi #shapeshifters #vampires #werewolves RECOMMENDING AN AUTHOR #FollowFriday ~ A trend that has started where people share

I'm just a jokin' with that title... Other than the fact that I haven't quite fallen in love with the idea of summing up my thoughts in 140 characters or less, Twitter is very useful. (At least for Haiku poets. I write novels, so Twitter is always a bit of a challenge.) Still, today I found a marvelous use for Twitter and I'll share my experience... I found the site http://buzz.trazzler.com/ where you can track tweets about popular travel destinations. This morning I was going to drive over to Yosemite and spend today and tomorrow wandering about. But on Trazzler Buzz I saw a post from another tweeter who knew today is free at Yosemite. For me, going to Yosemite on a free day would be the worst possible nightare. I don't like crowds, and even a quiet day in Yosemite is crowded. Thanks to Twitter, I'm relaxing at home intead of out in nature! How goofy is that? Zazzlers: From what I can see, Trazzler Buzz displays some of the latest tweets that talk about the m

Wow! What a lovely sunset in Key West, Florida. Absolutely one of the prettiest postcards on Zazzle. There is a sailboat against a bright sun with a brilliantly colored evening sky. Key West, Florida Sunset Postcard by craftycorner Join Zazzle's artist affiliate program

I thought I'd share that images of women with "big books"* attract attention. I made a whopping 44 cents on Adsense today thanks to the Evony ad featuring lotsa cleavage. Thanks Evony. If you keep advertising, perhaps I'll be able to get my first check this decade! I provide a link to http://evony.com/ to help increase their exposure on-line. The game looks like a game I'd play if I wasn't too busy Zazzling. *This was just a typo. I'm not afraid of saying boobs.

Spent the night wandering around online. Here's a cute graphic of a Boston Terrier on this Boston Born & Bred tee. Boston Born & Bred t-shirt by tshirtfun Design Custom TShirts at Zazzle.com

A digitally painted pink Cairn Terrier from a public domain image found on Wikimedia. For a few more days, posters are 50% off when you buy two. Back to School Sale! Buy 1 Poster Get 1 FREE! AKA ~ 50% off 2+ posters! Use Code: BTSPOSTERS09 Check below for featured posters! Pink Cairn Terrier Poster by annaleeblysse View other Pink Posters

A new find for me of a music library of public domain sheet music, as well as MP3s. http://www.musopen.com/ Musopen Quote from the Website: Musopen is an online music library of copyright free (public domain) music. We want to give the world access to music without the legal hassles so common today. There is a great deal of music that has expired copyrights, but almost no recordings of this music is in the public domain. We aim to record or obtain recordings that have no copyrights so that our visitors may listen, re-use, or in any way enjoy music. Put simply, our mission is to set music free.

I HEART MY SHAR-PEI design with a chunky, funky font. This tee makes a great gift for pet lovers and owners. I Love My Shar-Pei T-Shirt by annaleeblysse Get a tshirt at Zazzle.com

Wandering about I found a blog post by Aloramyst that links to some free backgrounds and scraps that can be used for personal and commercial reasons. The image below links to the set at Photobucket.

I was wandering around Zazzle this evening and found this stamp... North American Shar-pei Rescue by showcsp View other Sharpei Postage that lead me to a great Site for dog lovers. http://www.sharpeirescue.com/ North American Shar-Pei Rescue (NASPAR) has been helping unite Shar-Pei's in need with caring people that will love them for life. Making the world a little nicer place one life at a time.