Writing and Social Media by Wendy H. Jones

          As a writer I spend a lot of time on social media, and I mean a lot of time. It is amazing how this displacement activity can turn into hours rather than minutes. However, as a writer, social media is also a necessity to reach out to readers. So, an important part of a writer's life. I am on all the usual ones such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and Instagram. However, one thing I have done is sign up with my writer name to as many social media sites as I can. This means that should I ever want to use them, my name is available. They just sit there in cyberspace waiting for me to engage one day.

One such site was Wordeo. I had little to do with this but decided to give it a go. It is an app which turns your words into images. Yesterday I decided to do this and within seconds I had a little video which I could share. The images come from Getty Images, but you can also tweak the clips with your own images and others from Getty Images. You then add music from a fairly strong list. You can also add your own music. This did not take very long either. Here is the link if you would like to take a look at the one I have done about my book blurb.

Killer's Countdown Wordeo

This is such a simple little app and I am sorry I did not explore it earlier. There don't appear to be many people on Wordeo at the moment but this is not an issue as it links seamlessly with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I would say this is definitely a worthwhile app for authors and, used in the right way, a great tool to have in your promotional arsenal.

That's it from me today but I look forward to meeting you all back here next month.