I know many of you balk at the idea of Twitter. Or you signed up but felt like a wallflower so didn’t click on it much. Or you just plain old didn’t get it and didn’t appreciate all the authors that tweeted over and over again about their books without contributing much else.
Or it could be that the well-known hashtags could never quite capture what you were feeling or the exact stage you were at in the writing or revision process.
Well, no more.
You can slide into Twitter with these new and improved hashtags that are sure to go viral.
#amwritingfirstdraftcrap
#amwritingwhilemykidsarescreaminginthebackground
#amwritingeventhoughIneedtofoldlaundry
#amwritinganditfeelslikethewordsarebeingpriedfrommybrainwithaspoon
#amwritingandthewordsareflowinglikemoltonlava
#amrevisingbutihavenocluewhati’mdoing
#amrevisingandamdoubtingmyentirepurposeinlife
#amrevisingandthisisthebeststoryeverandwillsignanagentwithindays
#amrevisingbutcan’tfigureoutwherethiscommashouldgo
#amrevisinganddonaldmaasstipskeepoverwhelmingme
#askagentbutican’taskaboutqueries
#askagentbutiwilllooklikeakissupstalker
#askagentbutaren’tagentslikemeanscarypeoplethatjustwanttoinflictpain
#askagentiaskedbutnooneansweredthequestion
#askagentgotagreatquestionbutforgotthehashtag
#yachitchat?
#yatitfortat?
#yadothesepantsmakemelookfat?
#yaiswhereit’sat
#yai’mawriterdoesmybuttlookflat?
Okay, you get the point. So now you have absolutely no excuses. Just use some of these hashtags and you will have hordes of followers within days.
What hashtags did I miss that should be on this must know list?
Oh, my!!! #Lauracracksmeup
I’ll come back more when my funny kicks in. #amwritingbeforecoffee
#IloveLauraPaulingcauseshemakesmelaugh
Seriously, you’re the best. This should totally go viral.
Heather – What are you talking about? This is totally serious. 😉
Kris – Sometimes I have a hard time taking things seriously. That’s not always good.
These are great! My personal time-suck is:
#amrevisingandmakingitworse
#amrevisingtofixearliercraprevisions
#nearlypeedmypants laughing! This is just what I needed to wake my kids up at 6 am–cackling!
Nope, Laura, it’s ALWAYS good. You totally have to have a sense of humor through all this. Or at least friends who can make you laugh. 🙂
Kris – Thanks. I really have to bite my tongue in Sunday School class though.
Jessica – #thanksalotgladtomakeyoulaugh
Beth – I love the first one! Been there.
Laughing VERY HARD, thank you these are brilliant, especially liked #amrevisinganddonaldmaasstipskeepoverwhelmingme 😀
I think there need to be a bunch of #amnotwriting ones though…
#amnotwritingbecauseamtoohungover
#amnotwritingbecausecathaswoncontroloflaptop
#amnotwritingbecausebothmykidsarepuking
#amnotwritingbecausetheresazombieinvasionhonest
#amnotwritingbecauseIjustcantbloodythinkofanythingtowriteokay??
Heh, sorry for hijack 🙂
I really should learn how to tweet. Just so I can really get the funny in these.
#Lauramademyday
#youmustbeanerdfighterbecauseyouresurelymadeofawesome
Thanks, Laura! =D
LOL, I love these hashtags! I definitely need a twitter pick me up. I never have time to fully invest in twitterfun.
Thank you SO much for the laugh this morning!! Ha!
#amwritingandstuffingabrownieinmyface
#amrevisingandtyinganoose
Have a great day!
LOL #hashtagLOVE
Fun hash tags are about 50% of the value of Twitter to me, personally. 🙂 #usetheminRL #ifIcould
#thankseveryonethisneedstobeatrend
#nomoreneedforpsychotherapy
#maybewe’dloseweightbysharingourfrustrationsthroughhashtagsinsteadofeating
I still don’t twitter, but these cracked me up!
Especially the words,t he brain and the spoon one!
Shelley
This is so awesome! Just yesterday I was wanting to tweet a link to my blog and wondered what hash tags I could use. This is perfect. Were you reading my mind? :0)
LOL!!! #thesearebrilliant.
I particularly love:
#amwritingfirstdraftcrap
#amwritinganditfeelslikethewordsarebeingpriedfrommybrainwithaspoon
#amrevisingandamdoubtingmyentirepurposeinlife
I think I may put that first one to good use before too long. 😉
Thanks for the laugh! 😀
LOL, I love these! I need to use #amrevisingwhileconsumingtoomuchchololate or #amrevisingbutishouldbesleepingbecauseineedmorethanfivehourssleep 🙂
Ha! These are great. Still don’t know if I’m inspired enough to do Twitter. I’ll get there eventually. Keep posting about it and you’ll wear me down.
Shouldn’t have been sipping my tea on some of these. Ha.
I agree with Heather: #Lauracracksmeup
These hashtags are my life right now:
#amwritingatdayjob
#amprintingmanuscriptpagesatdayjob
#amwritingblogcommentsinsteadofworking
Thanks everyone! A dash of humor makes every day better. you guy are cracking me up too!
ACK! Just when I expect something serious, you make me giggle. 😛 Thanks!!! I love these. I might only use these from now on. He he he. I LOVE Twitter. Can you tell?
I’m really loving Twitter these days! I’m so glad I braved the waters. So I really like the #amrevising Donald Maas overwhelming one! 🙂 and the #yatitfortat. And by the way, I’ve never asked an agent a twitter question yet – do they actually answer sometimes?
So funny! I can’t bring myself to start Twittering yet, but if I did my favorites would be:
#amwritingbecauseImafailureatcleaningthehouseandwhychangenow
#amwritingandfeelingguiltywhilemysonhangswithhisdigitalbabysitter
#amwritingsoidonthavetolookatthecrustydishesinthesink
Thanks for making me smile!
#amwritingbutreallystuffingmyfacewithchocolate
Happy Wednesday, Laura!
Oh my gosh. This made my freaking day. HILARIOUS!
#amrevisingandamdoubtingmyentirepurposeinlife. Totally.
Those are great!
#amspittingteaonmykeyboard
#LauraPaulingistoofunny
Can I chime in on the chorus of love these! Too funny!
I especially like:
#amwritingwhilemykidsarescreaminginthebackground
But that was for my younger days. Now that my kids are older, it should read:
#amwritingwhilemykidsarekillingeachotherinthebackground
And this one:
#amrevisingandamdoubtingmyentirepurposeinlife
now would say:
#amrevisingeventhoughihavewastedmylifeawaywiththisbook
And on that sunny note…
#can’twaittowriteagain!
#lietomeandtellmeIdon’tlookfat is my favorite hashtag. Good work my friend. As soon as I ditch this flu bug I’m sending you my page.
Tee hee – these are hilarious! I think I may have to pick up a few of these since I seem to fall into all of the categories mentioned in paragraph #1…
Oh, these are hysterical! #laughingsohardigotacrampandpeedmypantsalittle!
#Iloveyou #noreallyIdo
These were so funny–and perfect. Right now my hashtag should be:
#amrevisinganddonaldmaasstipskeepoverwhelmingme
OMG. How funny. I LOVE these. Please, please, please, may I repeat them on my blog? I’ll give you credit and come up with some of my own!
Thanks for the laugh. And you can follow me on Twitter at bethsbanter. (No, it doesn’t let me add an apostrophe which really bugs me as a writer.)
My blog: http://www.banterwithbeth.blogspot.com
Come visit!
Ha! You crack me up. For the moment, I’m not doing much tweeting except to respond to @ replies, but I’ll have to keep these in mind 😉
OMG, could you be any funnier? I don’t tweet, but if I did, I’d use these!
Man, I need me some #amwritingeventhoughineedtofoldlaundry. Right now, it’s more like #amfoldinglaundrythoughishouldbewriting. Procrastination wins!
Thanks for the laugh, love it!
God, I LOVE the prying words out of brain with spoon one…that one alone is worth braving twitter to use…okay, just kidding, still not ready for Twitter:)
Ah, so that’s what I was missing. Will note this and when I hop back in, will heed your advice! Thanks! 🙂