Can You Read an Epic Novel on Twitter?

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) July 29, 2011 -- Boston writer Errol Lincoln Uys faces a staggering task: He is tweeting his 340,000-word novel Brazil in 140-character tweets or less for his followers on the social network.

Brazil is micro-blogged on Twitter, each tiny “episode” contributing to regular installments of 60 to 100 tweets. The novel's Twitter address is @BrazilANovel A reader can track black excerpts by subscribing to the writer's RSS feed on Twitter.

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Can You Read an Epic Novel on Twitter?

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Uys (the name is pronounced “Ace”) is no stranger to monumental labors. Before writing Brazil, he worked with the late James A. Michener on The Covenant, the story of South Africa. Brazil is the first work of fiction to depict five centuries of that nation’s remarkable history told through the exploits of two Brazilian families.

The new Twitter edition of Brazil couldn’t be more different than Uys’s original manuscript: He wrote it by hand, all 2,454 pages. His work took five years, including a 15,000-mile trip by bus through Brazil.

Internationally-acclaimed Brazil is also available on Kindle e-books and in print. There's a free online illustrated guide to Brazil, the Novel{/i], that includes Uys's Brazilian journals and writing notes, plus The Making of Brazil{/i], in which the writer shares his writing secrets.

“It’s going to take 24,000 tweets,” says Uys. “Thanks be that I write short sentences and that I've enormous patience!"

Brazil has been called “A Masterpiece – a totally new and original world for the reader-explorer to discover (L’Express, Paris.);” “Uys accomplished what no Brazilian author was able to do – Descriptions evoke the grand passages of War and Peace. (Jornal do Brasil);” “Uys recreates history entirely at ‘ground level,’ through the eyes and actions of an awesome cast of characters. (Publishers Weekly)”

In the world of Twitter, Brazilis a totally new literary trail to explore one tweet at a time @BrazilANovel

More information can be found online at http://erroluys.com/BrazilPage1.htm

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