Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06

  • Our 2.5 hrs of yard work turned into 4 hours when we had to cut down too LARGE branches (in danger of falling) on a front yard tree. Whew! #
  • Disney to buy comic book powerhouse Marvel for $4B – Yahoo! News #
  • No luck getting ADVENTURELAND through Red Box for $1. Might have to break down and pay $5 at Blockbuster. No, I don't torrent, on principle. #
  • Worked on & posted bunch of photos for client's site. Hard to believe it's SEPT already; faster year I've had, relatively speaking, natch. #
  • Twitter-Only 1st 2 to order signed SHIMMER p/b get my $4 flip chapbook FREE. DM B4 order to C if U won #
  • Read & enjoyed a lot of Westerfeld's YA fiction this year. Leviathan ( ) due out OCT 09. Trailer: #
  • SEPT 12 – SAT 2-4PM – SHIMMER Book Launch Signing. Call Between Books, Claymont DE to reserve a copy 302.798.3378 #
  • Took Emma to meet 3rd Grade Teacher. Ordered copies of SHIMMER for SEPT 12 signing at Between Books. Fingers crossed they get here in time! #
  • WhoCrashed blames my last 40 blue screens of death on symevent.sys (Symantec Event Library), but is it the cause or the effect of the crash? #
  • Working on characters for new novel (for new series), characters @ center, setting/world around that, then plot. Don't always work this way. #
  • Just scored 'The Principles of Successful Freelancing' for free! http://twitaway.com #twitaway #
  • Organizing Tweetdeck followers by groups. If you're an author, reply w/ #author; if you're a book lover, reply w/ #reader. Both? Use both! #
  • RT @amazonmp3 Celebrating 1 million followers! Get 1 song. Limited-time only. Restrictions. Code FIRSTMIL. Details http://snurl.com/firstmil #
  • @lynnaj Thanks. Had to add you manually. You weren't showing up as a follower of mine in TweetDeck for some reason. in reply to lynnaj #
  • How did I miss this? Imogen Heap's new album (ELLIPSE) is out: #
  • Some web updates, client mailing list updates, run to post office foiled by early closing. Had oped to avoid a SAT trip to P.O. #
  • Organizing Tweetdeck followers by groups. If you're an author, reply w/ #author; if you're a book lover, reply w/ #reader. Both? Use both! #
  • "Dexter" author offers latest tale of murder: (love the show; haven't read the books, but might soon) #
  • @the_chrishall Enjoyed it a LOT. As did my sons, 12 and (almost) 16. in reply to the_chrishall #
  • Fall Books: Brown, Albom, Crichton, King, Sparks, Grafton big names to watch (USATODAY): #
  • Watched Serenity again. Been so long since I watched it, I was able to enjoy it like it was the first time all over again. #
  • Just sent a mass mailing to my clients about the new WordPress attack & the need for WP users to upgrade to version 2.8.4 immediately. #
  • Houston we have a problem: Lidge blows another save for Phillies — in Houston. Scales really balancing after his perfect season in 2008! #

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About John

Bram Stoker Award-Winning author of Wither (co-authored), Wither's Rain, Wither's Legacy, Return to Silent Hill: The Official Movie Novelization, Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization, Shimmer, Kindred Spirit, Exit Strategy & Others and many original media tie-in novels including Supernatural: Joyride, Grimm: The Chopping Block, etc.
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