Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 1/21/11)

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This week's installment is more abbreviated than usual due to the Writer's Digest
Conference. Look for the best lessons/advice on this blog in the next few days!





















Getting Published, Agents/Editors

How to Write a Synopsis When You Have Lots
of Characters in Your Story


@inkyelbows



Great piece by @andrewtshaffer on why complaining
will get you nowhere fast in publishing


@ColleenLindsay



Beware of Agent Solicitations


@elizabethscraig

Craft & Technique

Tension vs. Just Plain Old Annoying

@elizabethscraig



An additional post on openings--defining our characters
at the start of our book


@p2p_editor



Interesting article about the difference between edits
and revisions


@BubbleCow

Marketing & Promotion

WSJ: How authors move their own
merchandise: "Sometimes, you have to throw sex toys."

@dbschlosser



10 free online tools every PR pro should master


@TonyEldridge



Marketing Yourself in the Digital Age


@glecharles

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