I’d like to thank the dozens of people who joined in with me as I rocketed around the world gibbering inanities, [...]]]>

Well, it didn’t kill me, and, considering how I felt when I reached Europe and still had nine hours to go, the tour not killing me is something for which I’m very grateful.

I’d like to thank the dozens of people who joined in with me as I rocketed around the world gibbering inanities, and the dozens of new Twitter followers I picked up along the way – some from as far away as the USA (and some from places closer to home, like Russia and India.) I picked up some very odd bots too – like the one from Syria that was retweeting me – but we won’t dwell on that. I was very glad of the company and enjoyed myself immensely. Some people (like my friend Em) went out of their way to offer me succour on my long march. Some (like Merrilee and George and Joanna and Jan and Valerie and lots of others) shouted out welcomes as I passed through their neck of the woods. It was all very much appreciated.

I was expecting it be a fairly humdrum affair, with me blethering about the book and people politely ignoring me (and some not-so-poiltely telling me to shut up already.) It was exactly the opposite. It was exciting and intense (for me!) and I often had several conversations going at once. People actually said they enjoyed “following” the tour around the world (bless you all!) But I have to say, virtual though it was, I really felt at times that I was on the frozen Siberian wastes, or back in California, or watching scenes from TimeSplash in the back-streets of Berlin. I’ve travelled about a bit – in real life as well as in my fiction – and it was great to go back to some of those places.

Many people retweeted my posts and the wonderful Andy Shackcloth kept up a constant sream of tweets about the tour and the book. Best of all (I mean, given the reason I did all that) was that people actually bought the book and even read some of it during the tour, telling me about it in real time. One person bought and read the whole book, and blogged about it before the tour was over! Aren’t people great?

But the 24-hour non-stop round-the-world Twitter tour was just a sideshow to the main event: The TimeSplash 2010 Blog Tour. Some great things have already happened there – including Andy Shackcloth’s thoughtful review and Luz Zakari’s impromptu interview. But check the schedule and stand by for lots of fun over the next couple of months.

This is my Twitter [...]]]>

The TimeSplash Non-Stop 24-hour Round-the-World Twitter Tour starts soon. The process is complicated but all you need to know is that I’ll be in your timezone between 7pm and 8pm during the next 24 hours. To shout out to me as I go by, send me a tweet on Twitter.

This is my Twitter ID:  @graywave  ( http://twitter.com/graywave )

I’ll be using the hashtag  #timesplash if you’d like to follow the whole thing (and have lots of stamina and a very high tolerance for me saying “Hello New York”, “Hola Argentina” “Gruetzi Switzerland” and such for the next 24 hours.)

Don’t forget to shout. And if you know people in odd places, tell them to shout out too. I’ve a feeling some parts of this are going to be very lonely :-}