Wednesday Tweet Roundup

It's humpday which means it's time for me to share some of my favorite tweets of the week from the many writers, illustrators, editors and agents who are out there sharing information and joining in the conversation on Twitter.

Click on the Twitter handles (@name) to see the original tweets (and get to each tweeter's page should you wish to follow them). Follow the links included below to read the articles or blog posts these tweeters recommend.

Remember--whether you're signed up with Twitter or not, you can read tweets and click links to find helpful blog posts, useful articles, and timely news bits (like the ones below).

CRAFTY TWEETS

@CynLeitichSmith: Author-editor Deborah Halverson on Setting, Wherefore Art Thou? http://bit.ly/c54b6k

@chavelaque: If you're interested in plot structure, this @JennyCrusie post is a must-read: http://bit.ly/b1lzGF

@inkyelbows: How to create sympathetic characters in your story - tips from @p2p_editor: http://bit.ly/aP8w8y

@KristineAsselin: Check out the How We Write blog series. 12 writers blogging about how we write. http://bit.ly/bNQ12U

ALA TWEET

@harperlibrary: Psyched for this #ALA2010 program with Nancy Pearl, and here's why you should be too... http://tinyurl.com/249gy4w

SOMEONE LIVES UNDER A ROCK TWEET

@Ginger_Clark: My seatmate on flight to denver: what's that? Me: an e-reader. Seatmate: what's an e-reader? ....I don't think the market is saturated yet.

ADVICE FROM EDITORS TWEETS

@EgmontGal: Writers: worst thing you can do is not let your editor and/or agent know about a concern.Communicate! (Note to Lawsy: heed your own advice.)

@ingridsundberg: Editor Wendy Loggia share's the How's and Why's of acquisition at Delacorte Press: http://tinyurl.com/283zkq7

SELF-PROMOTION TWEETS

@thecreativepenn: Six Ways Authors Can Promote Books on Facebook http://dld.bz/hG3d
via @BookBuzzr & @BookMarketer

@PublishingSpy: FANTASTIC post on the nature of free content in the book publishing industry http://tinyurl.com/2vtxz9r 

iPAD TWEETS

@mitaliperkins: "Kids Could Help Apple Move iPads" (an intuitive user interface, lots of children's e-books, entertainment content) http://bit.ly/9Th73s

@inkyelbows: More kidlit publishers launching interactive children's
bks for iPad. @iphonegirl: http://bit.ly/b2RA0t

@PWKidsBookshelf: Toronto Star: Is iPad next big toy for toddlers? Kids take to it immediately; gives parents more control over content http://bit.ly/duW1fY

TWITTERIFIC AGENT TWEETS

@RachelleGardner: Quick answers to a bunch of writer questions (with a
teensy bit of snark thrown in): http://bit.ly/9EV5CL

@Kid_Lit: When to *gasp* tell INSTEAD of show in your writing http://ow.ly/22f9b

@BostonBookGirl: The democratization of slush http://shar.es/mEJPZ (Salon) Agree w/ this, except for the assumption there will be no publishers.

QUERY FAIL AGENT TWEETS

@MandyHubbard: "I know you don't represent non-fiction, bit this is different" ..... IRRITATING AS HELL, people. Stop wasting my time!

@EpsteinLiterary: Don't tell me your book project's been in a drawer a while...I don't wanna know! #queryfail

@barrygoldblatt: What is with people who tell me in their query that they were referred to me by (blank)...invariably a person I've never heard of?

@colleenlindsay: Yet another person just walked in the door and tried to hand the intern a manuscript. SERIOUSLY, PEOPLE??? 

TWITTER CHAT ROUNDUP TWEETS 

@c_weese: #kidlit chat on Twitter - great stuff. http://kidlitart.blogspot.com

@CERodriguez: New blog post - #Kidlitart and #Kidlitchat on Twitter http://tinyurl.com/2uzsfj4

TIPS FOR BLOGGERS TWEET

@debng: 10 Tips for Using Your Competition to Become a Better Blogger http://bit.ly/bRlpUZ

ON REVIEWS TWEET

@HornBook: Book reviewers are not your friends http://readroger.hbook.com/2010/06/we-are-here-to-judge-but.html

YOU’RE NEVER TOO YOUNG FOR A BOOK TWEET

@JKidLA: Why Babies Need Books! http://tinyurl.com/2enajwg

TATTOO TWEET

@curiousmartha: New blog post! Over the weekend, I was thinking about ink... http://bit.ly/auy543

ISN’T THAT REFRESHING TWEET

@lioncaller: Overheard in YA section, one teen girl to another: I don't want anything about vampires. 

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHERE SHE IS NOW TWEET

@PWKidsBookshelf: RT @mcsweeneysbooks: Eloise, the children's book heroine, all grown up and interning at Condé Nast http://bit.ly/aCDY4C