
I watch Twitter, so you don’t have to. Visit each Sunday
for the week’s best Tweets. If I missed a great Tweet, leave it in the Comments. Always
welcome your suggestions on improving this weekly feature.
Also, quick plug: March is a phenomenal month for Writer’s Digest webinars, with three sessions by fabulous guest presenters:
- How to Create an iPhone App by author Al Katkowsky on March 25
- Break Into Corporate Writing by freelancer I.J. Schecter on March 31
Best of Best
Write A Selling Synopsis Without Losing Your Mind
@ScribeChatOverwriting–spotting it
@elizabethscraigGreat post here: why self pub books get picked up for publication by Alan Rinzler
@thecreativepenn
Stand Alone
The ONLY necessary qualification to have your novel plucked out of the slush is great writing.
@rachellegardnerConflict should escalate, & when the big moment arrives, pace should slow to give reader full scope of scene they’ve waited for.
@DocumentDrivenSemiautobiographical, or barely autobiographical, fiction should not be queried as if it were memoir. It’s not about you anymore.
@EpsteinLiteraryUsing the word “I” is the key to self promotion failure.
@kate_mckean
Professionalism Begins With Your First Contact
@asuen1An agent on submitting a partial
@elizabethscraigDefining steampunk as a genre
@elizabethscraigWhat does it take to succeed as a novelist?
@elizabethscraig
Craft & Technique
What makes a good ending?
@elizabethscraigOpening lines–12 ways to start your novel
@elizabethscraigA film technique that could be useful for writers
@elizabethscraig
Publishing News & Trends
Books overtake games as most numerous iPhone apps (Guardian, UK)
@elizabethscraig
Twitter, Blogs & Social Media
If an agent/editor dropped by your blog, would it be ready?
@JodyHedlund
Marketing & Platform Building
Marketing–focus more on community than platform
@benwhitingThoughts on writing communities
[developing connections that impact your success]
@elizabethscraigTrent Reznor’s music advice applies to writing: What to do as a New | Unknown Artist. Establish goals, forge your own path
@dbschlosser
Self-Publishing and E-Publishing
The Real Source of Self-Publishing Stigma by @zoewinters
@selfpubreviewHow does an unknown author become a Kindle bestseller?
@benwhitingTrad Author Goes Indie and Back
@selfpubreviewThink that most of what’s pubbed today is crap? Robert McCrum points out that this is nothing new
@victoriastrauss
The Writing Life & Fun Stuff
Take this Job + Write it: NYT on writing that proclaims the intelligence, peculiarity, beauty, horror of the workplace
@dbschlosser
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Just a quick note to say how much I appreciated this info you give once a week. It always helps me find new tidbits and new blogs. Thanks for doing this!
Thanks so much for linking to my article on overwriting. 🙂 I’m excited to make the list! Now I’m off to check out the other articles you linked to.