In case you hadn’t noticed it, social media is everywhere. It’s becoming an ever-more popular way for people to communicate, to work together, to share and so on. So I got to thinking (yeah, watch out when I do that! 
)… What if some of crime fiction’s famous sleuths had Twitter accounts? What would their tweets be like? Here are just a few of my ideas for…
Tweets From Fictional Sleuths
Tweets from @mhercule_poirot
Dinner at @chezmatante was delicious. Highly recommended.
Going with @captainahastings to the theatre. I hope it won’t be a detective play. They are always so predictable.
New #shoes received today: http://twitpic.com/b47fni . Not exactly comfortable but très soigné, n’est-ce pas?
Tweets from @KinseyM
Getting hungry. McD’s or Rosie’s for dinner?
Don’t worry, @henrypitts. Am fine – back in three days or so. Maybe.
Meeting new client 4 dinner. He’s paying. What to wear? #hateshopping
Tweets from @Rebusjohn
Listening to the #Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers. Best. Band. Ever.
@sclarke What time you in tomorrow, Shiv? Meeting at eight. We need to get together just before so you can give me those files.
@MairieHenderson Pint at nine? Our usual place? I’ve news and I hope you do too.
Tweets from @WriterEricaFalck
#edits finally done! Patrik’s cooking dinner so I have time for a shower at last.
Going to be offline tomorrow. Following up on something interesting I found out. Might be related to – well, it should be interesting anyway.
Anna coming for dinner tonight! Must stop and get some things for that. Patrik on a case so it’ll just be us. Fun! Hmmm… what wine?
Tweets from @AGamache
Three Pines? Again? Well at least there’ll be good coffee and food at the bistro.
@jgbeauvoir I won’t be in the office tomorrow. It’s Reine-Marie’s birthday. Let everyone know will you and call me if there’s an emergency.
Going to @claramorrowartist ’s new show this evening. Should be fantastic – highly recommended. #montrealartscene
Tweets from @emilythetempest
New ACPO uniform makes me look like an idiot! It’s three sizes too big! #ridiculous #nothappening
@hazeflinders Too right it’s been too long! Time we got together. Should be over your way tomorrow. No need for bandages this time – so far
@motorjack Yeah, I’m good. ACPO job finally settling down a little. You heading this way any time soon?
What do you think? What tweets might you see if you followed some famous fictional sleuths????
Happy Weekend, Everyone!
*NOTE: The title of this post is a line from Genesis’ Follow You, Follow Me.
Very creative and a fun parlor game.
Patti – Why, thank you
– Glad you enjoyed.
Very clever, Margot. it would be interesting to speculate about what the classic mystery authors would have tweeted as well, especially about their characters. Such fun.
Pat – Thank you! I have to admit I had fun doing these. And it would be interesting to see what tweets from those classic/Golden Age authors would have been like. Maybe I’ll do on featuring them some time.
Tweet from @Nero Wolfe:
@CramerNYPD Don’t be vulgar about me saying you are a twit. I use twit as an abreviation for twitterer.
Tweet from @Russel Quant from author Anthony Bidulka:
@agatt Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous! Wonderpants now come in fuschia. I’m in heaven!
Tweet from @sashajackson from author Jill Edmondson:
@IMHot Sure, come on over so I can take that condom covered cucumber you gave me as a tip and shove it ……
Bill – Oh, these are absolutely great! I love ‘em! Thank you for sharing – these are quite … satisfactory.
These are both creative and funny and I enjoyed all of them. You can imagine how many followers these fictional sleuths might have had on Twitter or Facebook, probably more than their creators would.
Prashant – Why, thank you
– And you’re probably right; these sleuths would most likely have an awful lot of followers.
Such a fun post.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
Mason – I’m glad you enjoyed it
Great tweets Margot but I really am struggling to imagine Hercule Poirot tweeting. Maybe Miss Lemon does it for him.
Sarah – Why, thank you
– You do have a point about Hercule Poirot actually tweeting for himself. It wouldn’t surprise me if that was really Miss Lemon…