7 Twitter Tips from Top Authors

The President tweets, the Pope tweets — even the Queen of England tweets — if they can do it, why can’t you? True, they’ve got a staff of people helping them. (Or, like Emphatic users, they may even have a team of people doing it for them.)

If you want to get your own Twitter game together, you could do a lot worse than following the advice of a few famous authors. These seven mistresses and masters of the written word enjoy tweeting as both another means of expression and a smart marketing move. They recently shared their advice in an interview with Hollywood Reporter on how to make the most out of 140 characters. Here’s what they had to say.

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Jonathan Evison is the author of The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, West of Here and All About Lulu. His tweeting strategy focuses on being the man in the know — a surefire way to become known as a thought leader.

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Eric Jerome Dickey is the author of several novels plus a six issue comic book miniseries for Marvel Enterprises featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. His focus on the value he adds to a dialogue makes him a true tweeting pro.

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Jackie Collins, romance novelist and younger sister of actress Joan Collins, keeps it really simple with this tweeting rule of thumb.

 

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Lauren Beukes, author of Fairest: The Hidden Kingdom, puts a poetic spin on it. Notice the focus on displaying your personal side.

 

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Daniel Handler may be better known by his pen name, Lemony Snicket, under which he has published the children’s series A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions. He’s got a pretty cool formula to his tweeting style.

 

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Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You, isn’t afraid to let her quirk show through.

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Anna Todd is the New York Times-bestselling author of the After series, which takes fanfiction to a whole new level. You may want to use the emojis a bit more sparingly than Anna does. But her point about getting to the point is, well…on point!

Which tweeting style do you have? Let us know in the comments!