TwitrLit

Tweeting the 1st lines of books so you don't have to, since 4/29/07. RETIRED on 7-31-16. TwitrLit's new home online:

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Big news! TwitrLit's roughly 6000 first lines now have a new home at https://t.co/XjTeTOFulY. Click the "show more" link there to explore a random batch.

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But I’ve been making close to nothing from affiliate sales for a long time & can no longer justify the time I spend finding & posting lines.

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I’m sad to report that I just posted my last 1st line. I love TwitrLit, and I’ve been posting lines daily, incredibly, for over 9 years.

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"To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman." https://t.co/0HCIoHwjja

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"I understand from acquaintances of my late husband that you are something of a champion of our race." https://t.co/TN207CwWSf

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"There are certain idiosyncratic notions that you quietly come to accept when you live for a long time in Britain." https://t.co/8Kil2r5wqE

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"Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill." https://t.co/iK1yKdo2AZ

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"Today I'm five." https://t.co/N945zDtoPG

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"The White Dinner is a love poem to friendship, joy, elegance, and the beautiful monuments of Paris." https://t.co/eOrh1WlbFB

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"Maggie Lawson was upstairs in her bedroom when she heard the phone ringing in the kitchen." https://t.co/mYv6WZyEoR

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"The smoke carried up from the Cahuenga Pass and flattened beneath a layer of cool crossing air." https://t.co/P6eUQPANlW

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Still not sure, because I love the idea, but I find I resent the task increasingly because of the lack of reward. So… Not sure.

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I don’t make enough from affiliate sales (close to nothing, in fact) to justify the time spent finding and posting new lines.

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After more than 6000 1st lines, I’m thinking of going on hiatus.

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"Wow, he can hold his breath for a long time." https://t.co/3lByuNFTcW

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"On June 11, 1930, the first humans entered the world of eternal darkness and returned alive." https://t.co/VFuTHS0Hpq

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"Somewhere around the age of seven, most kids ask uncomfortable questions." https://t.co/clnz7pdFfQ

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"I have come to claim my prize." https://t.co/NbQJtFPt9v

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"A man sits alone in a cave." https://t.co/rw9jZncYyE

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"'What do you need the blowtorch for, Daddy?'" https://t.co/lpeeMI4wSi