I found out about #SFFpit on Twitter with two days to spare. #SFFpit is a pitching opportunity on Twitter for people who write science fiction and fantasy (hence SFF). "Pitching" refers to distilling one's novel into three lines or less -- shorter for an "elevator pitch", longer for a pitch on Twitter.
This is the wonderful thing about Twitter -- first, that I can get my work exposed to many agents on the Internet without being in the same room; second, that I can find out about it without having to remember to go to the website to check when a pitch exercise is happening. (Note: always go to the pitch contest's website to find out their latest rules for pitching.)
I set up my pitches using a web app called TweetDeck, which is free and allows you to put in a series of pitches to be timed for posting throughout the day. So when I set up pitches, I put them into TweetDeck so I don't have to go back and remember to post them.
So this is another opportunity to hope. I take all the opportunities to hope that I can, and someday I may have an agent!
That is actually really helpful. Thank you for sharing the idea to use TweetDeck to spread your word. Happy writing!
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