Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 10/22/10)

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Best of Best

5 situations where it's better to tell
than show in your fiction


@AdviceToWriters



The Top 5 Free eBooks for Fiction Writers


@Writeitsideways



How to Write a Novel in Three Days. Thought-provoking
advice from a master fantasy author.

@nickdaws

Getting Published, Agents/Editors

Can you write a publishable first novel?
8 dos and don'ts to increase your chances


@Writeitsideways



The definition and challenges of the early reader and
chapter book market


@Kid_Lit



Do you have a BUSINESS mindset for your writing career?
Should you?


@RachelleGardner

Craft & Technique

9 (Arbitrary) Ways to Get Your Writing
Rejected


@AdviceToWriters



Alexander McCall Smith on writing concisely. Overwritten
prose takes away readers' opportunity to imagine


@dbschlosser



"Little Fictions" within creative nonfiction


@KimsCraftBlog



6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line


@AdviceToWriters



An agent on some opening page tactics that fail


@elizabethscraig

Publishing News & Trends

Is Beg, Borrow and Barter a Good Business
Model? It Works for Cory Doctorow

@ereads



The real cost of free


@doctorow



Why book publishing needs Silicon Valley way by
@mike_elgan

@jafurtado



The pyramid of literary
respect


@RonHogan

Marketing, Platform Building, Self-Promotion

The seven deadly book marketing mistakes
authors make


@BookBuzzr




Research: what kinds of promotion sell books


@dbschlosser



8 Tips on Starting Your Own Grass-Roots Campaign For
Your Book


@JFbookman



Promote Your Book on the Goodreads Network


@indieauthor

Self-Publishing and E-Publishing

9 tips for authors on writing and selling
e-books


@dsawyer



Did Borders' New Self-Publishing Tool Make Blogs Smarter
or Books Dumber?


@fastcompany

Blogs & Websites

How to Turn Your WordPress Blog Into
a Social Network


@BubbleCow

Social Media & Twitter

The Secret to Social Media Success–Slow &
Steady Wins the Race


@elizabethscraig



"What we are ultimately trying to do is really connect
with another person." Great video by @ZeFrank

@DebbieStier

The Writing Life

Feeling
Sad Makes Us More Creative


@AdviceToWriters

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