Yep, that’d be me. But, here’s the real irony.  If you are a regular blog-reader, you know I’ve been peddling my fiction manuscript for a couple of months now – my completed manuscript that is.  But this week I signed a contract with publisher Jossey-Bass to co-author a new, non-fiction guidebook with my MuniGov pal Dr. Ines Mergel, professor of public administration and information studies at Syracuse University. Woot! Woot!

We’re collaborating on a guidebook targeted at those in the public sector tasked with establishing social media in a government organization.  This is not about setting up a Twitter account or gathering followers on Facebook (okay, well, we might cover those tentpoles briefly).  This will be a practical guide to building an organizational policy  and integration the potential value of social media into an overall business strategy.  I hope the book will occupy a space somewhere between a textbook and an Idiot’s Guide, with lots of examples and voices of leadership in government social media use.

If you are one of those voices – someone who has something to share in the realm of government social media – please speak up!  We want to hear from you and possibly feature your story, your suggestions and your experience in the book.  Drop me a line.

For me, for now, it’s back to work on the writing! I’ll post some updates from time and time and I’ve promised myself that I will not give up on the fiction writing and publishing either. After all, sleep is so overrated!