Jane's 'Tweet Treats' is a celebrity success
Three months ago Jane had what she calls a 'lightbulb' moment and tentatively floated the idea on her Twitter account. Her target was maybe a thousand recipes, but the response was so good that this was quickly extended.
This week the number of recipes, all of which are within the Twitter SMS message format of 140 characters, exceeded 1,700. Jane is now getting down to putting the book together, with the help of several of her writer friends who got behind spreading the news of the idea.
Among the celebrities are Sarah Brown, wife of former British PM Gordon Brown; Masterchef finalist Alex Rushmer; Alistair Campbell; comedian Bobby Ball; journalist Fiona Looney; magician Keith Barry; broadcasters Miriam O'Callaghan and Ryan Tubridy; and a host of authors including Inspector Rebus creator Ian Rankin.
But she's not finished yet. "Our attention needs to turn more strongly towards celebrities," she says. "We have a great list of contributors so far, numbering 90; but our aim is to get 140, so we have 50 to go. Please, anyone and everyone, if you can help to get celebrities' attention on Twitter, I would be very, very grateful."
You can check out the matter on her 'Tweet Treats' blog.
Brian Byrne.
