Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 1/14/11)



















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Best of Best



Is the Query System Dying?


@jodyhedlund



Are These Filter Words Weakening Your Fiction?


@writeitsideways



















Getting Published, Agents/Editors


10 reasons your novel isn't getting published


@chuckwendig




How soon do you query another project (esp. for picture books)?



@Kid_Lit



Queries: How Much To Sell Yourself?


@Kid_Lit



Should you resurrect an abandoned novel or start a new
one?



@Writeitsideways



How an endorsement can help land your book deal


@BubbleCow



Are you too old or too remotely located to be published? Thought
provoking post from @nicolamorgan


@dirtywhitecandy




Craft & Technique


Your manuscript is worse than you think,
but has way more potential than you think



@victoriamixon




Tips for high concept writing


@elizabethscraig



Three Ways Writers Evolve Over Time


@menwithpens



First Vs. Third: Point of View and Character Development


@elizabethscraig



Top 10 Storyfix posts of 2010. worth checking out.


@justinemusk



Editor @BrianKlems offers tips on when it is &
isn't ok to use the names of the deceased in fiction



@inkyelbows




Publishing News & Trends



The Agent's Role in Today's Digital Book
World
by @Kid_Lit

@DigiBookWorld



Six e-Book Trends to Watch in 2011


@michaelhyatt



Self-Publishing and E-Publishing

The top ebook self-publishers


@teleread



Great set of resources for anyone considering self-publishing


@BubbleCow



Two self-published authors' paths to commercial
success



@victoriastrauss



Great articles for self-publishers from the past week


@JFbookman




Marketing & Promotion

How To Create A Podcast


@thecreativepenn




How publishers & authors can use Quora, the rapidly
growing, question-based social network



@GalleyCat




Social Media

Read it and tweet: @sarahsalway's top
Twitter tips for authors



@publishingtalk



100 Twitter Feeds That Will Improve Your
Writing



@Quotes4Writers




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