Nathan Bransford is the author of the Jacob Wonderbar series and How to Write a Novel, which NY Times bestselling author Ransom Riggs called “the best how-to-write-a-novel book I’ve read.” He writes a popular blog on writing and publishing and is also available for book editing and consultations on Reedsy. In this guest post, Nathan explains his belated love affair with Twitter.
Let me tell you a story about how I joined the human circus, otherwise known as Twitter.
In 2008, while I was boasting to friends that I would never do that whole social media thing, someone created a fake Twitter profile of me, photo and all, and started tweeting out my blog posts! Real people were replying to me and everything.
Once I got wind of what was happening, I wrested control of the rogue account and grumpily determined it was time to succumb to social media.
So yes. I now have around 93,000 Twitter followers and social media has become a foundational aspect of my entire professional career, but I can also relate to the deep reluctance some of you might have to engage with social media.
Take it from me: it pays to be active on social media. Even if you don’t want to be.
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