Authors experiment with Twitterfiction
Neil Gaiman and Melvin Burgess are the latest authors to explore the potential of storytelling in 140-word bursts
For Neil Gaiman, it began with a disconcerting image of a girl spoken to by her reflection in a mirror. For Melvin Burgess, it was a mother told by a passing elderly woman that her babies weren't human. The two award-winning children's authors have both begun to dabble in storytelling via Twitter, with Gaiman's experiment on the micro-blogging site concluding today, but Burgess set to carry on tweeting.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 23 October, 2009
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