Twitter, Facebook, etc.

I just wrote a new post to my Cafe´blog and a new book review to my Examiner page.

Lately, I've been trying to increase my presence on Twitter. I used to think Twitter was dumb and for people with delusions of grandeur unless they had a business, were a celebrity, or had something serious to share with people.

I still think this. So, how does that apply to me? Well, I have this Examiner page and the Cafe´blog with this multiracial family theme, so it's been a challenge to increase readership (mostly for the Examiner page, since I can actually make money from it; pennies mind you, but money nonetheless). Twitter is probably the only thing that will help increase readership and help me to connect with like-minded people that support multiracial families/causes.

So I unchecked the "protect my tweets" option, started seeking out folks and basically ended my Twitter hibernation. And it has worked. Not increasing readership (yet), but gaining more followers and people actually re-tweeting my posts. People that have 100-500 followers, who might also start following me.

Another thing that I am grateful for is making a connection with author Heidi Durrow, who published her debut novel a few months back (the book I review in the above link). She is a Portland native, but lives in L.A.. She is biracial; part African-American and Danish and is such a sweet lady and always responds to my tweets and emails. I hope to meet her soon; we missed each other when she had a book signing at Powells in February (Craig was recovering from surgery).

I've also found that I am naturally separating my Facebook situation from my Twitter situation. Almost every person on my Facebook are family, friends, or former acquaintances/co-workers/classmates, i.e., people I know or knew personally. Most people on Twitter are people I do not know personally, but share a common interest, such as multiracial families, writing, politics or parenting. This separation seems to work for me.

Anyhoo, that's about it. Check out the blog post and the book review; let me know what you think! Oh, and here is my Twitter page.