To go by Kinky Friedman’s formulation, Cormac McCarthy must be a real cowboy, because Cormac McCarthy doesn’t tweet. But for the better part of Monday, the Twitterverse was wondering (and hoping) otherwise.An account belonging to “@CormacCMcCarthy” came to life at 4:29 a.m. on Monday morning with an “@” message to fellow author Margaret Atwood. Atwood, who would later explain that it took three months to get her own Twitter acount “verified,” took it at face value: @CormacCMcCarthy: Hello! I’ve long enjoyed your work! T-pals, please welcome Cormac McCarthy! @neilhimself @jack @GreatDismal @AmyTanWriter — Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) January 23, 2012 Hey, stranger things have happened. Like, say, Margaret Atwood writing 7,464 tweets (she’s actually quite eloquent about its value). Or Cormac McCarthy penning an original…The post “Cormac McCarthy” Twitter Account Debunked in Record Time appeared first on Texas Monthly.