Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 12/17/10)

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Best of the Best

Self-Promotion With Integrity


@jafurtado

10 great writing posts from
2010. Worth a look.

@justinemusk



Interesting article on making it as indie musician
by OK Go's Damian Kulash - lots of lessons for authors, too


@twliterary

Getting Published, Agents/Editors

5
writers talk about their book editors


@awl



Great article explaining why editors read with an eye
out for reasons to stop reading


@BubbleCow



"I find that I know by the end of the first sentence
that I will reject"


@BubbleCow

Craft & Technique

Can a first chapter be too exciting?


@elizabethscraig



8 "Moments" You Absolutely Need to Deliver to Your Readers


@storyfix



Self-editing: 10 ways to tighten your copy


@alexisgrant



Top 5 mistakes writers make when penning sex scenes--and
a writing exercise to avoid making them

@elizabethscraig



Anatomy of a scene revision


@lydia_sharp





How to introduce your characters at the start of your novel


@p2p_editor




How JK Rowling mastered mystery in Harry Potter


@coreyjpopp

Publishing News & Trends

Don't pave that cow path: Lonely Planet's
@gusbalbontin on agility in the digital age.


@toc



The future of publishing is writeable (smaller, easier,
more personal)


@40kBooks



End Of Days For Bookstores? Not If They Can Help
It, from NPR; great quotes from @booknerdnyc + @bookpassage

@toc

Websites &
Blogging

Print
vs blog writing -- well-written article, & this is my blog find of the day


@justinemusk

Marketing and Promotion

How Timothy Ferriss
(@tferriss) hit the Amazon Bestseller List; practical tips for all writers


@GalleyCat



How To Interview & Build Relationships With The Most
"Influential" People In The World


@TheRiseToTheTop



Guide To Orchestrating A MASSIVE New Media Tour


@therisetothetop

E-Books & E-Publishing

"Breaking
the Poetry Code"(Poets need to rethink form, not force old forms into new channels.)


@glecharles

Social Media

The
One Thing About Social Media That Most People Don't Think About


@mitchjoel



How do you find the time to do all this social media
stuff?


@40kBooks



Guy Kawasaki reveals a sure way to get Facebook fans


@justinemusk

Online
Tools & Resources

Want to understand transmedia?
Here's seven people I turn to for smart insights and good conversation


@glecharles

@Broadcastr is "like Foursquare
for storytellers"


@electriclit

The Writing Life

Countdown
to December 31: Your Writing Expenses by C. Hope
Clark

@thewritermama




Laura Miller on why we love bad writing


@bookbench

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