Have you heard about Twitter Chats?
I had briefly heard them mentioned but had never understood what they were until I accidentally stumbled onto one while browsing my twitter feed. I replied to a post that one of my Twitter friends posted and in turn ended up crashing a twitter chat (whoops!). When I realized what I had done and what I was now in the middle of, that old high school anxiety of “Will I be excepted? Will they like me? Will I make a fool of myself?” came rushing through me, full force. Of course, my fears were unwarranted and they welcomed me with open arms. I quickly got the hang of the chat and actually had a lot of fun and made some new twitter friends. After it ended I was eager to learn more about them so that I could chat it up on a regular basis.
Twitter Chat is a live interactive conversation between twitter users.
It’s held on a predetermined date and time with a predetermined #hashtag used to connect every ones tweets.
The chats can be a one time deal or occur on a weekly or monthly basis.
There is usually a moderator to direct the flow of the conversation.
Anyone can participate and you can follow along on your twitter feed or by using a site like:
TweetChat – A program that helps you follow a single twitter chat without distraction
ChatSalad – The real-time homepage for twitter chats that will also give you SMS reminders about your favorite chats.
Nurph – A home for your twitter hashtags with real time group chat, events planning, RSVP’s and more.
Twitter chats can be about anything at all. Here are some twitter chats I found that pertain to writing/books and take place on a weekly basis.
Monday
- #LitChat – 4pm
- #WritersRoad – 9pm
Tuesday
- #BlackBookChat – 8:30pm
- #KidLitChat – 9pm
Wednesday
- #LitChat – 4pm
- #EditorChat – 8:30pm
- #YALitChat – 9pm
- #MemoirChat – 8pm
Thursday
- #Bookmarket – 4pm
- #Poetry – 10pm
Friday
- #KindleChat – 12noon
- #SciFiChat – 2pm
- #FollowReader – 4pm
- #LitChat – 4pm
- #SteampunkChat – 9pm
Saturday
- #RomanceChat – 4pm
- #WriteChat – 3pm
Sunday
- #Scriptchat – 8pm
- #FantasyChat – 8pm
- #TVWriterChat – 9:30pm
There are many more twitter chats taking place every day. Take the time to search for ones in your area of interest. I promise you wont regret it!
Do you follow or participate in any Twitter Chats? If so, what is your favorite one?
Darla G. Denton 
Good to know! Thanks for explaining that, lol. Twitter is fun, but there’s so much to understand and “get”. Sheesh.
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Tell me about it! Have you taken part in a twitter chat yet?
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I don’t think so, lol (after reading your post, I’m paranoid I may have inadvertently intruded upon one w/out knowing, ha!).
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Lol if you did, don’t freak out. It apparently happens all the time.
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