An Authors Perspective of Twitter

Twitter, for me, is a place to chat, a way to connect with my readers. Because of Twitter, people come to my readings when they realize I am in their area. Sometimes it can be really spontaneous. I love it when that happens."

[But] as with any social network, it's easy to burn precious hours reading relatively useless information, and Twitter can prove distracting for writers struggling to finish their books. "Twitter is a crazy time-vampire,"

Novelist Tayari Jones
taken from New & Trends (Poets & Writers)