Lipman a’Twitter

Many of her writer friends got on Twitter long ago, but not Elinor Lipman. The novelist, who splits her time between Western Mass. and New York, was skeptical of the value of a social networking site that limits messages to 140 characters. But at the recent Aspen Literary Festival, Lipman listened to a talk about Twitter, and her view changed. “I came away thinking that it isn’t just about vanity and ego, that you could really accomplish something,’’ said the author, who may be best known for her book “Then She Found Me.’’ So, over the weekend, @elinorlipman finally appeared on Twitter, and she’s not being halfhearted about it. Lipman has pledged to tweet one politicallythemed poem — rhyming couplets — every day until the 2012 election. (Yes, that’s 17 months from now.) Her inaugural poem was posted yesterday. “In Waterloo, her natal place, We hear Michele will join the race. Tho sure we knew this @ St. Anselm’s I will admit: her suits are handsome.’’