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Copyright © Paula Byrne 2018
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For Matthew
So will I turn her virtue into pitch,
And out of her own goodness make the net
That shall enmesh them all.
William Shakespeare, Othello
Without the Tweets, I wouldn’t be here.
Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, interviewed in the Oval Office
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called ‘tweets.’ Registered users can read and post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them. Users are identified by a ‘handle,’ indicated by an ‘at’ sign.
Lisa Blaize @Lisa_Blaize
Twitter may be my undoing!
Contents
CHAPTER 4: The Truth Will Set You Free
CHAPTER 5: ‘I’m Going to Rescind that Ticket, Sir’
CHAPTER 7: The Fashion Mistress
CHAPTER 10: Meaningful Coincidences
CHAPTER 11: All My Pretty Chickens
CHAPTER 14: The Cabinet of Curiosities
CHAPTER 16: The End of the Affair
CHAPTER 18: An Unexpected Letter
CHAPTER 19: Flattered and Followed