23rd Mar 2010
Murder in 140 characters! The first great SMS Twitter murder mystery novel is alive and kicking at www.twitter.com/whodunit140 Readers can follow the world’s first comedy detective novel on twitter completely free.
The world's first entirely Twittered murder mystery novel has started on Twitter. Reading it is completely free, readers just have to sign up for Twitter.com and then follow @whodunit140.
The story will develop every day, and is being SMSed directly to Twitter.
'Some people have claimed to write a Twitter novel, but all they have done is rewrite and abbreviate a manuscript they have already written. Whodunit140 is being written especially for Twitter.'
'I love the idea of people being able to read the story without having to pay for it,' said the author, 'as well as the freedom to write whatever I like.'
Readers can get involved by sending replies to @whodunit140.
'The interactivity is amazing, it is instant, whether it is praise or criticism. Most novels are published once, but I have to publish everyday. It is stressful, but exciting!'
The author of whodunit140 is an artist and writer interested in new media and the combination of cutting edge technology and creativity
Whodunit140
whodunit140 is the world’s first daily SMS comedy detective Twitter novel. It is written every day and then SMSed to twitter.com, where hundreds of people read it as soon as it appears. This is cutting edge literature at it’s most contemporary.
Read the novel at www.twitter.com/whodunit140
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