Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 5/13/11)

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I watch Twitter, so you don't have to. Visit each Sunday for the week's best Tweets.
If I missed a great Tweet, leave it in the comments.





















Best of Best

Seth Godin explores people's goals in publishing
a book


@DanBlank



6 tools to help you format your eBook; includes
tools for ePub, Mobi & PDF files

@eBookNewser



What Is the ROI of a Conversation?


[business context, but applies to authors]


@DanBlank

Getting Published + Agents/Editors

Author, Know Thy Self [knowing your genre]


@Porter_Anderson



Should
you ask a published author to look at your work and/or give you an agent referral?


@RachelleGardner



What kind of advance can you expect?


@WendyLawton



Query letters – do you have personality?


@elizabethscraig

Craft + Technique

10 Ways to Totally Screw Up Your Novel


@storyfix



10 Ways to Create a Plot Twist


@tn_tobias



Ticking Clock or Option Exhaustion: 2 Ways to Bring
Your Novel To A Crisis


@elizabethscraig



The most critical storytelling skill


@AdviceToWriters



Does Your Story Have a Hook or Merely a Gimmick?


@elizabethscraig



3 ways to end your chapters


@writersdigest





8 Ways NOT to Describe Your Main Character


@victoriamixon

Children's Writing

5 Fast Differences Between YA and MG


@elizabethscraig



Picture book writing tips: "allow the child character
to be the one to figure out a solution"


@GalleyCat

Publishing News + Trends

Bookish fits in between Amazon and Goodreads,
to solve a "problem" that only exists for publishers, not readers.


@glecharles



Big Think on redefining the e-book experience


@PublishersWkly



Piracy vaults a book to number one bestseller and scores
it a movie deal.


@AlanBaxter

Marketing + Self-Promotion

Smashwords Book Marketing
Guide is now in the Kindle Store, and it's FREE starting now


@markcoker



The Dials, Levers and Buttons of Building Your Author
Platform


@DanBlank

Websites + Blogs

Do You Really Need a Blog
if you're on Facebook or Twitter?


@KMWeiland



21 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don't
Have a Clue


@copyblogger

Social Media

Editors, writers & producers are using
reactions from fans to improve their storytelling methods


@filodaria



The Ultimate Guide to Twitter Marketing


@copyblogger

Self-Publishing + E-Publishing

Ooh, 2 of my favorite authors: @scottsigler
guests on @jakonrath blog on self-publishing


@thecreativepenn



Creating Amazon Kindle bestsellers


@40kBooks



Tracking a Bestseller Through Price Changes - One Book's
Story


@DigiBookWorld



Tips to improve your Amazon sales page


@craftycmc talks to @thecreativepenn

Online Tools + Resources

Looking for some good online writing
communities? Check out my FB page - lots of great ones!


@RachelleGardner



10 Kindle Tricks
and Tweaks


@Jane_L




10 websites where you download free & legal eBooks


@eBookNewser

Writing Life + Fun

"Famous authors tend to write only for 4 hrs during the morning." Interesting
study about productivity


@irisblasi



Writers & Kitties


@GalleyCat




Writers talk about their lives before they "made it" - an inspiring blog


@jessicastrawser



Stereotyping people by their favorite author


@elizabethscraig



Against Professionalism


@elizabethscraig



Beautiful essay by Christopher Hitchens on losing his
voice & the relationship of voice & writing.


@RachelleGardner



Can
you teach creative writing?


@guardianbooks

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