Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 4/29/11)

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Best of Best

Ever wanted a detailed list & description of genre fiction categories? Here's
a useful genre map


@JaneFriedman



13 Ways To Get Traffic To A New Blog


@NicksTraffic

Getting Published + Agents/Editors

Author Allison Winn Scotch (@aswinn) tackles tough question: Should
you ever re-query an agent?


@GalleyCat



Wise words from @hprw: just getting published
isn't enough; you need to be published well


@victoriastrauss

Craft + Technique

Write in scenes: start in one emotional
place, end in another. Tips for writers from Janet Fitch


@inkyelbows

Publishing News + Trends

Publishing: Guess What? No One Knows How
Big the E-Book Business Is [Update]

@40kBooks



It's hard to figure out pricing for ebooks from anecdotal
evidence


@MikeShatzkin



28 out of 100 top Kindle ebooks are self-published


@namenick

Marketing + Self-Promotion

How Writers Build the Brand: rabid self-promotion
has been practiced by the greats throughout history


@PublishersWkly



The Art of Enchanting Online Marketing


Great interview @guykawasaki & @copyblogger

@thecreativepenn



Email Marketing: How to Push Send and Grow Your Business


@copyblogger



8 ways writers can make the most of online video


@awsamuel

Blogs + Websites

7 Formats for Winning Blog Posts: Classics
still super effective


@JFbookman



How blogging helped a science fiction author find
new fans


@trustinart



7 Secrets
for Amazing Author Websites


@AuthorTech

Social Media

5 Quick Ways to Liven Up Your Twitter Stream


@mashable



6 Ways to Sell Your Book Using Social Media


@nickdaws

Self-Publishing + E-Publishing

5 Ways to Publish a Book for iPad, iPhone,
and iPod


@elizabethscraig




Fiction vs. Nonfiction e-Book pricing in the Kindle store: What the numbers say


@JFbookman

Writing Life + Fun

A Big Part of Giftedness Is Task Commitment


@debbiestier



Zadie Smith's rules for writers


@GuardianBooks



Blurb Releases iPhone App for Creative Storytellers


@Mashable

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