BOOKS BY CHRIS SMITH
Fiction
Second Introduction: Anthology of Erotic Short Stories
Third Introduction: Anthology of Erotic Short Stories
My Declaration in Painted Blood: a collection of poetry Book 1
The Little Deaths: a collection of short and micro stories
Nonfiction
"A Taste Of Destruction" Book 1 is the juice worth the squeeze series
"A Hard Run Into Hell" Book 2 is the juice worth the squeeze series
No Means No: or does it?
The "Social" In Network
Twitter: stories from the underbelly
Writing: From The Trenches
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This book is a work of nonfiction and a collective memoir of sorts. It reflects the participants' thoughts, feelings, ideas, and/or past recollections of experiences over time as truthfully as recollection permits. Some names and characteristics have been changed to respect privacy and some events have been compressed for time. No harm or malicious intent was meant by the sharing of the participants personal stories, the purpose of which was to help educate the public about a user's experience on Twitter, both the good and dark sides, as well as to potentially help other users who may be struggling with some of the same issues/problems.
The opinions/beliefs expressed are those of the individual participants and do not reflect the opinions/beliefs of the author/compiler/publisher etc. The compiler/author and/or publisher makes no claims as to the facts of the stories contained herein.
Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
CONTENTS
Note From The Author
Dedication
CHAPTER 1 #TwitterConfessions
CHAPTER 2 The Day It All Started
CHAPTER 3 Your RL (Real Life)
CHAPTER 4 Tweet Your Heart Out
CHAPTER 5 The Emotional Component
CHAPTER 6 Twitter Inc.
CHAPTER 7 Reading Tweets
CHAPTER 8 Interactions
CHAPTER 9 The Follow & Unfollow Game
CHAPTER 10 Friends or Frenemies
CHAPTER 11 It's a Soap Opera
CHAPTER 12 Love & Lust & Crush It
CHAPTER 13 The Dark Side
CHAPTER 14 She Stood Up To Be Counted
CHAPTER 15 He Shook His Fist & Roared
CHAPTER 16 From The Mouths Of Babes
CHAPTER 17 The Biz
CHAPTER 18 Religion/Spirituality & Politics
CHAPTER 19 The Politics of Social Media
CHAPTER 20 Plagiarism
CHAPTER 21 Time Warp
CHAPTER 22 The After Life
CHAPTER 23 The Last Word
CHAPTER 24 When Your Friend is a Psycho (Allegedly)
CHAPTER 25 Manipulation & Lies & Catfish
CHAPTER 26 .....
CHAPTER 27 The Final Lesson
CHAPTER 28 The Chaos Of One
CHAPTER 29 Tips For Spotting Online Deception
CHAPTER 30 ....
CHAPTER 31 ....
CHAPTER 32 ....
CHAPTER 33...
CHAPTER 34....
Thank You...
After Thoughts
Do You Have A Twitter Story?
Cast of Characters
Resources
State Your Source
Behind The Story
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
This is a journey not everyone knows about or would understand.
It's a journey not everyone has taken.
It's a journey where you test your measure and your worth by each and every word.
Social media isn't just a "service" and we aren't just "avatars" on your screen.
So we lay down our tales. Our stories spun with love and twisted lies. Our broken hearts and all the blood we left drying on the walls.
We lay our thoughts down the page so you may feel, may see, the places we traveled beyond you.
Here is where we planted our hope.
Here is where we poured our soul.
But this isn't just my story.
This is our story and these are our truths.
This is the edge of the word.
c
June 3, 2017
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