Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 10/8/10)

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How
to Write Your Life Story or Memoir (October 21) by Linda Joy Meyers. Includes
a critique, plus a digital download of a how-to book on memoir.







Best of Best

Choosing An Editor For Your Work


@mikecane



Douglas Rushkoff on Upstart Publishing, Staying Human
in a Digital World


@dbschlosser



Self-Help and Memoir: Do's and Don'ts to Save Your
Book


@GreenleafBookGr



You Aren't J.A. Konrath: Top advice from a top-selling
Kindle author. And actually very positive.


@nickdaws

Getting Published, Agents/Editors

In today's "closed-to-queries" climate,
how can writers get agents? A few tips

@JodyHedlund




How to pick an agent if you write for multiple audiences


@Kid_Lit



The declining popularity of children's picture
books


@victoriastrauss

Craft & Technique

Write characters, not "Mary Sues"


@AdviceToWriters



Outstanding interview with independent editor Ramona
DeFelice Long. Hitting the wall at 100 pages?


@dbschlosser



Do you need a villain-style antagonist? What if you
don't have one?

@Kid_Lit

Publishing News & Trends

"He who controls IP wins: Macmillan Starts
Film/TV Division"


@glecharles



The e-reader incompetence checklist (for discerning
consumers, editors, publishers and designers)

@craigmod



Smart piece by @brainpicker showing why Malcolm Gladwell
is flat out wrong [about social media]

@nickbilton

Marketing, Platform Building, Self-Promotion

Publicity expert shows self-published
authors how to use Google Alerts & Help a Reporter Out


@GalleyCat

Self-Publishing and E-Publishing

A look at Barnes & Noble's
new PubIt [self-pub] service (plus a small caution)

@victoriastrauss

Blogging
& Websites

3
Reasons to Start Blogging Before a Book Contract


@JodyHedlund




To Blog or Not To Blog: Authors Online


@inkyelbows



5 Blog Naming Basics


@nickdaws

Online Tools & Resources

Research
Links for Writers


@AdviceToWriters


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