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

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I watch Twitter, so you don't have to. Visit each Sunday for the week's best Tweets.
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Best of the Best

The secret ingredient to a powerful
author platform


@justinemusk

Getting Published, Agents/Editors

An agent on common problems he sees in query
letters that fail


@elizabethscraig



Excel For Authors – Agent and Editor Research


@elizabethscraig



Do agents remember things they've rejected?


@Kid_Lit



The 2 Non-Artistic Professions Running the Artistic World
of Contemporary Fiction


@BubbleCow

Craft & Technique

Looking for gaps in your story? Ask yourself
these 8 questions


@inkyelbows



Writerisms and other Sins: A Writer's Shortcut to Stronger
Writing


@AdviceToWriters

Publishing News & Trends

Things I Thought at BookCamp, But
Did Not Say (my thoughts were similar, some spoken)

@jasonashlock

@glecharles



Practical advice on how to use Kickstarter to fund
your publishing project


@GalleyCat



"Knowledge isn't power without context" Thoughts on
Authors, Bookscan, and Amazon


@sarahw

@jasonashlock

Self-Publishing
and E-Publishing

Top
5 discussion forums for self-publishers


@JFbookman




Single father & self-published fantasy author
went from poverty to earning $18,000 a quarter


@GalleyCat



Poetry e-book made New Yorker's 11 Best Poetry Books
of 2010 list; find out how the e-book was made


@eBookNewser

Marketing and Promotion

Facebook
Marketing in 6 Steps: "People want to join something that identifies them."


@marketingsherpa



On community. creating intimate spaces in a digital
world. great post by @gwenbell


@justinemusk



This is handselling now. (Reduce friction, eliminate
obstacles to discovery and purchase.)


@glecharles

@MoriahJovan

Social Media

My
Top 5 list for writers to follow


@robertleebrewer

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