Wednesday Tweet Roundup

Welcome to my humpday Tweet Roundup. Today's tweet soup: a stock of tips and advice, heaping spoonfuls of craft and vampire, a dash of this, a dash of that, topped off with a couple crispy conference croutons. (Don't miss @LindaJoySinglet's SCBWI conference tips.)

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).

CONFERENCE TWEETS

@davetabler: RT @CynLeitichSmith: 20 Tips for Attending @SCBWI conferences by @LindaJoySinglet http://bit.ly/8Zas4i

@angelamatteson: @GaiaBordicchia some of my pics and notes from the 2009 NY SCBWI conference: http://bit.ly/cYCSHx

TIPS & ADVICE TWEETS

@BostonBookGirl: I get so disappointed when people start a query talking about their awesome job & then move on to "so, my completely unrelated novel..."

@chavelaque: #pubtip No need to leave 2 spaces after sentence-ending punctuation in your MS. We have to reduce it to 1 space for typesetting anyway.

@agentgame: Having the title of your book and/or your name in the subject line makes it a bit easier to keep piles of e-queries sorted.

@RachelleGardner: Writers - dealing with pass letters? Sometimes it's not about your book: http://bit.ly/9P4uyf

@PublishingSpy: Self-Publishing Should You Tell Literary Agents & Editors About ...: Should you tell literary agents and editors...... http://www.twitternovelist.com/?p=83

@thecreativepenn: Author's round table - advice to younger self  http://bit.ly/dBZMCC via@davidwoodauthor

@AdviceToWriters: In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are. GORE VIDAL

NEW IMPRINT TWEET

@mitaliperkins: Folks at @charlesbridge show off their new Imagine imprint of books: http://twitpic.com/24qs6e

NEW JOB TWEET

@PWKidsBookshelf: Karen Lotz named joint group managing director of Walker Group, in charge of Candlewick, Walker Books UK, Walker Australia

NEW BLOG TWEETS

@PWKidsBookshelf: Also, be sure to check out PW's newest blog, PWxyz, giving tidbits of industry news from PW editors all day long. http://bit.ly/cj3qXd

@kelcrocker: Arthur Levine, an amazing editor at Scholastic and a great supporter of SCBWI, is blogging! http://bit.ly/9VzXpj

SINGING THE ABCs TWEET

@PWKidsBookshelf: Josie fesses up: sometimes working in a bookstore can be... boring? But not entirely. See why. http://bit.ly/dBSVyw

TWITTER TWEET

@inkyelbows: Revamping my Writer's Guide to Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitwrite

CRAFTY TWEETS

@inkyelbows: 10 writing tips that can help almost anyone, from Janet Fitch: http://ow.ly/2awt1

@AdviceToWriters: "6 Reasons a Premise Sentence Strengthens Your Story" http://tinyurl.com/289ffb6 (via @KMWeiland)

BAD IDEA TWEET

@Swellbooks: Bad idea: re-reading ms after subbing. It always seems awful when it's too late to make changes. #whydoidothistomyself?

VAMPY TWEETS

@BlytheWoolston: RT @CynLeitichSmith: gr8 post 4 writers, parents! RT @LauraSibson In Which #Buffy Forces Me 2 Discuss Birds & Bees http://laurasibson.livejournal.com/9012.html

@GalleyCat: Author Marta Acosta posts her vampire novel for free on @scribd; lands deal with Tor Books: http://mbist.ro/aMbvfW

@GalleyCat: Author Meg Cabot picks the sexiest vampire http://bit.ly/adDmbq

I NEED BETTER DINNER GUESTS TWEET

The_Pigeon: Dining Room Doodles, with guest doodles from pals @studiojjk, @hollyblack, @hodgman, Rebecca Guay & mo' http://ow.ly/2a89j