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Susan Orlean: Twitter is ‘almost like doing an ongoing book tour’ – Poynter.org

And rather than being a distraction, she found that her 127000 followers acted as a “cheerleading squad” as she struggled to finish her last book. “It became really interesting seeing people saying, ‘C’mon hang in there, you can do it. …
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Susan Orlean Explains How Twitter Affects Her Long-Form Writing – PBS MediaShift

“I used [Twitter] as a cheerleading squad as I was struggling to finish my book and people would be interested in watching me slog through by my postings of how many words I’ve written,” Orlean said. “And it became really interesting seeing people …
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