Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 2/11/11)

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Do
Your E-Book Right, presented by yours truly, on Feb. 24.



Crafting
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Includes critique of your first page.



How
to Write a Dynamite Mystery or Thriller That Sells, presented by Elizabeth Sims,
on April 14. Includes critique of your first page.



















Best of the Best

"Is the future of physical book publishing
the same as the future of reading and writing?"


@danielnester

@DigiBookWorld



Things you can do if your book is not selling so well


[great discussion in the comments]

@GuidoHenkel



"I am leaning toward telling new writers to self-publish
rather than go to Big Publishing"


@kristinerusch

[Critical must-read]

Getting Published + Agents/Editors

How Much Editing Does a Contracted Book Need?


@BubbleCow



Interesting, long discussion of whether the art of
editing has been lost


@twliterary



Why an agent can judge your book from your query letter


@dirtywhitecandy



This post by @ColleenLindsay is still the definitive
guide to fiction word counts. Bookmark it!


@RachelleGardner

Craft + Technique

How to Learn Story Structure in Two Minutes
or Less


@elizabethscraig



The Scene Conflict Worksheet - Developing Tension in
Your Novel


@elizabethscraig



Plotting Made Easy - The Complications Worksheet


@elizabethscraig

Publishing News + Trends

Is there hope for small bookstores in
a digital age? - USATODAY.com


@inkyelbows



Will Authors Become The New Fiction Gate Keepers?


@jafurtado



Live Stream & Video: O'Reilly Tools of Change for
Publishing Conference


@thewritermama



Documenting the Fall of Borders Through Its E-Mail
Newsletters [funny & sad]

@thoughtcatalog




Neil Gaman (@neilhimself) talks about how piracy
helped sell his books


@eBookNewser



Q&A with @r_nash on the eve of his SXSW panel: "The
e-book is transitional, a slavish mirroring of the physical book"


@PublishersWkly

Social Media

Tips for Writers: How To Use Social
Media & More


@thewritermama

Websites + Blogs

Don't Go It Alone: Relationship-building
for Bloggers


@nickdaws



Starting Your First Blog? 29 Tips, Tutorials and Resources
for New Bloggers (a ProBlogger Classic)

@problogger

Self-Publishing + E-Publishing

Digital Book World, 'PW' Present FREE Self-Publishing
Webcast


@PublishersWkly



Best selling trade-pubbed author Alisa Valdes
explains why she's experimenting w/self-pubbing


@victoriastrauss




Amanda Hocking sold 450k+ of 9 YA paranormal books last month, virtually all electronic


@publisherswkly



Ebook Madness: Don't Confuse Ebook Conversion With Ebook
Formatting!


@indieauthor



Fair Value? 7 Tips on How to Price Your Digital Products


@AlistBlogging



Pricing digital content


@chrisbrogan

The Writing Life

Quick & easy recipes for writers
lost in a writing project--great new @HTMLGIANT feature

@GalleyCat



Reading in the Age of Screens


@pubperspectives



It's Time To Kill Multi-Tasking


@the99percent

@justinemusk



@EmilyMandel on authors dealing w bad reviews is the
best thing I've ever read on the subject.


@WeeGee

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