Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 10/15/10)

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Quick plug for upcoming Writer's
Digest online classes:




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

For Agents, Timing is Everything, by Richard
Curtis


@jafurtado



The Psychological Principle Behind Marketing Success
In a Networked World


@copyblogger

Getting Published, Agents/Editors

10 typical questions from writers (that
are really just fear in disguise)

@elizabethscraig



How To Be A NY Times Best-Selling Author [podcast]


@thecreativepenn




This Query Sucks (or how to fail and still succeed)


@Writeitsideways



In case you ever have to fire your agent - here's how


@RachelleGardner



How To Get Your Short Stories Published And Even Get
Paid


@BubbleCow

Craft & Technique

Great post from @p2p_editor about the
importance of [character] goals as NaNoWriMo gets closer




Excellent tips--> Newbie writers: Watch out for
these big writing no-no's by @Georgia_McBride

@inkyelbows




The Only "How to Write" Lesson You'll Ever Need


@KMWeiland



The WriteRunner offers pros & cons of three popular
plot structure methods in prep for NaNoWriMo

@inkyelbows



5 Resources To Help You Plan Your NaNoWriMo Novel


@Writeitsideways




Why I do the one-sentence pitch before I ever write the novel


@laurapauling




Is your book really finished?


@dirtywhitecandy



Stop your lazy Googling--here's some hardcore book
researching advice from novelist Greg Rucka

@GalleyCat



Organize
your writing, J.K. Rowling style


@40kBooks

Publishing News & Trends

What do writers make at different publishers?
"Show Me the Money" survey


@elizabethscraig



How Many Copies Do Novels Sell?


@BubbleCow



Who controls the ebook business?


[and what's the sales volume so far?]

@40kBooks



Futurist @nickbilton sees the destiny of media: storytelling [Q&A]


@gadgetlab



Big publishers and small publishers are both right
pursuing different strategies. They have different strengths.


@MikeShatzkin

Marketing, Platform Building, Self-Promotion

Author, Jody Hedlund: Are Book Signings
Worth the Time & Effort?


@Writeitsideways



4 ways to know if your book is ready for a book tour 
(and how to plan one)


@Weegee

Self-Publishing and E-Publishing

Can Writers Do On Their Own What the
Big Six Publishers Can't?


@HuffPostBooks



Got an ebook? Should you use Smashwords? thought-provoking
post @bob_mayer


@dirtywhitecandy

Social Media & Twitter

Self-Publishers and the Social Media Divide.
Which side are you on?


@JFbookman



Twitter Crushing Facebook's Click-Through Rate: Report

[most important for authors here: understand how
and where online content spreads]

@debbiestier

Online Tools & Resources

Becoming
A Fiction Writer » Writing websites and newsletters
I can't live without


@thewritermama



5 Free Online Writing Courses for Freelancers


@elizabethscraig

The
Writing Life

10
Truths About the Modern Music Business


[wisdom here for writers, too]

@largeheartedboy



How to email a busy person (like an agent): six tips
for effective emails


@elizabethscraig



Oregon Is For Writers: Should We Make It Our New State
Slogan?


@thewritermama

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