Another chat with my friendly ABC WideBay radio crew can be heard here; http://audioboo.fm/boos/310010-katapel-abc-widebay-talking-pblitchat-twitter
This time we were talking about #pblitchat, and the professional benefits of social networking.
In a previous post I gave step-by-step directions for a Twitter chat using TweetChat and TweetGrid. For TweetDeck users, here’s how you can Twitter chat with hash within your TweetDeck platform. The instructions are for #pblitchat (a worldwide picture book chat I co-convene) but you can apply it to any chat. Here’s how: Read the rest of this entry
What to say. (What not to say!) And where to begin…
Yes – the long-awaited CYA (Cya Later Alligator… Writing for Children and Young Adults) weekend has been and gone in a flurry of food, friends and fantastic-fun in the form of:
Each week at a set time, I am busy (very busy!) chatter-nattering about picture books. It’s online within the wonderful worldwide Twitter community. We call it #pblitchat, and anyone can join in – if you have a Twitter account. It’s really very easy.
There are probably countless ways you can take part in a twitter chat – these are the two I’m familiar with. (You can use these forums for different chats – you just change the hash code.)
Our first #pblitchat was held today on Twitter, and it was hugely successful. Everyone said so!
Sometimes it amazes me how quickly things happen.
Last Wednesday, during #kidlitchat on Twitter, the lovely Karen Collum asked if any picture book authors would be interested in a Twitter chat for picture books only. I was… (she knew that) others were… (we hoped so) and now it’s happening (amazing!) - tomorrow! (If you want a job done, get Karen on board. She is ‘D’ynamite.)
