Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 12/3/10)

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Best of the Best

Should you post your fiction on your
blog?


@justinemusk




Things Tess Gerritsen has been wrong about - ebooks,
piracy, self-pub - must read!


@murderati



Beware the Trap of 'Bore-geous' Writing: "writing
beautifully but pointlessly."

@RachelleGardner



Our presentation: What Publishers, Authors & Journalists
Can Learn from Indie Rock & Music Blogs


@GalleyCat



"People buy books from authors that they resonate with."
What makes people buy your books by @justinemusk


@DanBlank

Getting Published, Agents/Editors

4 Reasons Why Bestsellers Get to Suck and
You Don't


@VictoriaMixon




How to write a 1-page synopsis


@elizabethscraig

Craft & Technique

The 7 Worst Ways to Start Your Novel


@Writeitsideways



The circle of tell-show-tell


@victoriamixon




Five Commonly Repeated Words to Hunt Down
in Your Writing


@Lifehacker



Why less detail makes for more believable characters


@Writeitsideways



6 Articles for a stronger, faster, better first draft


@Writeitsideways



Design your plot in 100 questions - aimed at scriptwriting
but good for novels


@dirtywhitecandy



"Make your characters stand for something": putting
heart & soul in your story structure


@justinemusk



5 ways to make your novel helplessly addictive.


@victoriamixon

Publishing News & Trends

A MUST-READ --> On The Certain Economics
Of Relegating Paper Books To The Margins Of The Business


@mikecane



Are apps the 21st century chapbook?


@eBookNewser



Digital content isn't defined by editions, so let's
stop thinking that way: An argument for open-ended publishing.


@toc




"It is not only the act of writing that is changing. It's reading, too."


@lardevils

Self-Publishing
and E-Publishing

Agent
Jessica Faust on self-epublishing: a viable option,
but only if you know why you're doing it.


@victoriastrauss



Monetize it (must read for fiction authors)


@jakonrath



Self-Publishing Company Comparison: Amazon CreateSpace,
Lulu or Lightning Source?


@indieauthor

Marketing and Promotion

Discover
Your Hidden Remarkable Benefit


@copyblogger





How To Connect with Readers using GoodReads


@LiaKeyes



Colin Robinson, co-founder of @orbooks, talks about the
evolving art of online handselling


@GalleyCat



"Your job as a marketer is to know yourself." ~
@MaryDeMuth on my blog today

@RachelleGardner

Blogs & Websites

7
Free Useful eBooks That Every Blogger Should Read > Some great resources listed
here.

@nickdaws




7 Secrets for Amazing Author Websites


@BubbleCow



4 things you should do after launching a WordPress
blog (see 1st paragraph)

@toc

Social Media

How
to Build a Real Network (Not a List of Strangers)


@elizabethscraig




Seven
tips on how to build a following online


@NathanBransford





The 10 Commandments of Social Networking for Writers « Waxman Literary Agency


@publishingtalk

Online Resources & Tools

Lit
agent Jennifer Laughran's excellent go-to glossary
for genre definitions


@threepenny



Top blogs for writers that I'm reading right now


@iainbroome



Great list of websites who may review your self-published
book or e-book


@nickdaws

The Writing Life + Fun Stuff

16
Drinks Named for Authors and Their Books


@Quotes4Writers



What a conversation with a seduction guru taught one
writer about creativity


@elizabethscraig



Writing: Find the Time or Don't


@scalzi



The Most Important Thing You Can Do: Start reading more
... and don't stop.


@jafurtado

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