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?
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