Twitterphobia

[helenlandalf]

"Welcome to Twitter, helenlandalf," says the message in my email inbox. I haven't had the courage to open it.

I've been avoiding Twitter forever, for a couple of reasons. First, I'm afraid it will be a huge time suck. Case in point, I opened a Facebook account a few years ago, thinking I could go on their just to "check it out.' Wrong. As many of

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[robinbridges]

Mwu ha ha!

@robinbridges

:)

[kendare_blake]

I'm with you Helen. Before this whole authorly-thing finally gained liftoff, I swore that I would never Tweet. The minute I heard that congresspeople were tweeting during presidential addresses, I was done.

And then I started reading people's tweets and discovered it's a fun way of keeping up to date on news. So I hope your journey is positive and envigorating. Maybe I'll stalk you on it passively sometime. (I'm still not registered. We'll see how long that lasts.)

[helenlandalf]

Well, I haven't actually started tweeting yet. The welcome email still sits in my inbox, waiting for me to open it...