My Twitter Life

I'm spoiled.

On twitter I follow mostly book people so my stream there is literate and funny and entertaining. I cannot imagine myself reading posts from average everyday people. I can see twitter being very, very boring. But not mine, and I'm spoiled.

I think the biggest reason is because the people I follow are readers. Reading is the gateway to learning, obviously, and learned people interest me. I am a fairly intelligent person but every one of my close friends, every one of them, is smarter than I am. Not only do I learn from them but I sharpen my skills when I verbally combat them. Just like on twitter.

I am currently reading My Reading Life by Pat Conroy. The reading is slow-going, not because of Mr. Conroy's writing. His writing is superb and engaging. It is just because I am slowly savoring it during the little bit of reading time I've had lately. Since he normally writes fiction, I haven't done much reading of Conroy before. I've seen a few movies made from his books but we all know how that goes.

But on this day I thank goodness that I found twitter. I resisted it for the longest time and perhaps I joined it just at the right time. I have plans for my blog; plans that I hope to eventually result in bigger things for the publishing industry. But for now, my reading life and my twitter life are intertwined. I wouldn't have it any other way.

If you follow me on twitter, thank you. If I follow you, thanks for the entertainment.