They can write books, but can they tweet? Here are 10 authors you should follow
You'd think it natural that writers would be good at Twitter after all, words are their bread and butter. However, some authors have found themselves host to extremely boring feeds, or have misread the medium altogether, never quite understanding what a "mention" is, or a bit.ly link. It's a sad state of affairs when politicians are better at Twitter than literature's experts.
There are, however, a bunch of authors who have perfected their Twitter presence, in some cases earning millions of followers to go with that prized blue tick. Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman are the leading examples, but here we offer 10 alternatives whose tweets make our hearts sing.
At an awards ceremony with Martha Stewart. Life complete.
"There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will."Drake "Started from the bottom, now we're here."Shakespeare
TO A BLONDE IN THE SUBWAY Your terrified child's incessant cry of "I don't like him!" when I sat down is maybe not entirely not your fault.
Being stoned varies geographically, considerably.
New hat pic.twitter.com/AgCpPo52RT
How have I lived so long without knowing that the only full anagram of Britney Spears is Presbyterians
No more mr niche guy.
Loving @USHER'S single GOOD KISSER
A man in Ohio got 11 months in jail for having sex with a rubber float!! Couldn't make it up!!!
Oh God My. pic.twitter.com/xLRoiXquDi
I have sprung from the womb of someone who e-mails in florescent comic sans.
The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them fully developed in someone else.
The constant challenge of modern relationships: how to prove more interesting than the other's smartphone.
AND I got to sing Oasis 'Don't Look Back in Anger' in karaoke. Everybody needs to do that at least once in their lives.
Somebody just told me Glenda and Dorothy were not lovers.
When your dreams are better than your waking life, you need to change things. At the very least your shampoo. But maybe more.
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