Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 10/22/10)
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. Want to know…
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. Want to know about the best stuff I read each week? Click
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Quick
plug for upcoming Writer's
- Get a query letter critique from yours truly! Only on Thursday, November 4, at 6p Eastern. Everyone who registers is guaranteed a critique of either a novel or nonfiction query letter.
- Copyright & Contracts presented by lawyer Amy Cook. Live session with opportunity to ask questions, Thursday, October 28.
Best of Best
5 situations where it's better to tell than show in your fiction
@AdviceToWriters
The Top 5 Free eBooks for Fiction Writers
@Writeitsideways
How to Write a Novel in Three Days. Thought-provoking advice from a master fantasy author.
@nickdaws
Getting Published, Agents/Editors
Craft & Technique
9 (Arbitrary) Ways to Get Your Writing Rejected
@AdviceToWriters
Alexander McCall Smith on writing concisely. Overwritten prose takes away readers' opportunity to imagine
@dbschlosser
"Little Fictions" within creative nonfiction
@KimsCraftBlog
6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line
@AdviceToWriters
An agent on some opening page tactics that fail
@elizabethscraig
Publishing
News & Trends
Is Beg, Borrow and Barter a Good Business Model? It Works for Cory Doctorow
@ereads
The real cost of free
@doctorow
Why book publishing needs Silicon Valley way by @mike_elgan
@jafurtado
The pyramid of literary respect
@RonHogan
Marketing,
Platform Building, Self-Promotion
Self-Publishing and E-Publishing
Blogs & Websites
Social Media & Twitter
The Secret to Social Media Success–Slow & Steady Wins the Race
@elizabethscraig
"What we are ultimately trying to do is really connect with another person." Great video by @ZeFrank
@DebbieStier
The Writing Life
Feeling Sad Makes Us More Creative
@AdviceToWriters
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Jane Friedman is a full-time entrepreneur (since 2014) and has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. She is the co-founder of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and is the former publisher of Writer’s Digest. In addition to being a columnist with Publishers Weekly and a professor with The Great Courses, Jane maintains an award-winning blog for writers at JaneFriedman.com. Jane’s newest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press, 2018).
