#james garside

Screaming Into the Void and Other Occupational Hazards

If you’re a writer who wants to write a great book that sells itself then the advice about how to use social media can end up being counterproductive. Good books rarely sell themselves, they need to be discovered by readers who are innervated by them and that’s the hardest part. Lately I’ve become active in Twitter’s writing community and it is a wonderfully diverse community of writers who are…

Them's the Rules, Baby Cakes @jamesgarside_ on #etiquette

Reblogged from graffiti living.

You may remember James from when he gave us advice about how to view our blogs. I did take that advice and have never regretted it.

Now he’s back with some rules for Twitter:

My Rules On Twitter (in the order that I just made them up):

1. Don’t be a dick (Try to play nice with the other children)

2. Be yourself (I’m a part-time sarcastic git and full-time grumpy…