I started Twittering on April 5, 2008. What started out as a 30-day experiment, has now turned into part of my daily life. I have written about 12 Reasons to Start Twittering. I even created A Beginner’s Guide to Twitter.
So far, I have more than 1,600 people following me, but I only follow about 180. (Some people, for reasons I can’t fathom, think that they must follow everyone who follows them. I do well to keep up with the people I am following.)I won’t reiterate all the reasons I continue to use Twitter, but suffice it to say, it makes it easier to stay connected to the people I love, enjoy, and learn from. As such, I thought I would share a list of just some of the people I am following and who they are. Consider this a sort of Twitter “Shout Out.”
| A Few of the Twitters I Follow | |
| Username | Description |
| Family | |
| @GailHyatt | My wife and best friend, Gail |
| @MegHMiller | My oldest daughter, Megan, who is the development director for a private school |
| @MindySpradlin | My second oldest daughter, Mindy, who is married with two beautiful daughters of her own |
| @MadelineHyatt | My fourth oldest daughter, Madeline, who is in college and working for The Revolve Tour |
| @MarissaHyatt | My fifth and youngest daughter, Marissa, who graduated from high school a year early and is also working for The Revolve Tour |
| Friends | |
| @DearKaren | My fellow downtown Franklin resident, Karen Anderson |
| @Maurilio | The president of The A Group, Maurilio Amorim, who is also really funny |
| @PWilson | The pastor of Cross Point Church in Nashville |
| @RealChrisElrod | A fellow downtown Franklin resident, Chris Elrod, is a realtor and the wife of Randy Elrod |
| @Recreate | A fellow downtown resident and Renaissance Man, Randy Elrod, is involved in lot of creative and stimulating projects |
| @SpenceSmith | The local artist representative for Compassion International, Spence Smith, is also a triathlete |
| @SteveTN | Insurance agency automation consultant, Steve Anderson, is also a fellow downtown resident of Franklin |
| Authors, Speakers, Singers, and Actors | |
| @AllisonAllen | Actress, Allison Allen, who performs at many of our Women of Faith Conference events |
| @ColleenCoble | Thomas Nelson fiction author, Colleen Coble, who wrote Anathema among others |
| @DonMillerIs | Thomas Nelson non-fiction author, Donald Miller, who wrote Blue Like Jazz among others |
| @FlowerDust | New Zondervan non-fiction author, Anne Jackson, who wrote Mad Church Disease |
| @MaryGraham | The head of Thomas Nelson’s Live Events group, Mary Graham, is also the emcee of the Women of Faith events |
| @MaxLucado | Thomas Nelson author, Max Lucado, who has written more books than most people have read, including Cast of Characters, his most recent |
| @NatalieGrant | Recording artist, Natalie Grant, who performs for us at both Revolve and Women of Faith |
| @PatsyClairmont | Women of Faith speaker, Patsy Clairmont, and also a Thomas Nelson author of numerous books, including I Second That Emotion |
| @RachelHauck | Thomas Nelson fiction author, Rachel Hauck, who wrote Love Starts with Elle among others |
| @SheilaWalsh | Women of Faith speaker, Sheila Walsh, and also a Thomas Nelson author of numerous books, including Get Off Your Knees and Pray |
| Agents and Other Publishing Industry Professionals | |
| @ChipMacGregor | Christian Literary Agent, Chip MacGregor |
| @DebChristian | Deb is the wife of Christian Literary agent, Rick Christian |
| @LawrenceWilson | Editorial director at Wesleyan Publishing House, Larry Wilson |
| @TerryWhalin | Agent, editor, and author, Terry Whalin |
| @TheRobertD | Andy Andrew’s business manager and a very humorous Twitterer |
| @ThomRainer | President and CEO of Lifeway, Thom Rainer, is also a prolific author |
| @Totai | Chief technologist for ECPA |
In addition, numerous of our Thomas Nelson employees also Twitter, including @AmyChandy, @Brynormous, @ErikaGreene, @HRDAdams, @JimThomason, @JoelJMiller, @KLOlund, @LaraDulaney, @LNobles, @LoriRobertson, @MattBaugher, @MollyThornberg, @PFNikolai, @RElliott9, @RichardMuske, @Rick_Proctor, @SDWint, @TamiHeim, @THarris0343, and @Wayne_Hastings.
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