Tardy Wednesday Tweet Roundup

Welcome to my day-late Tweet Roundup. (Hope you read my interview with Holly Cupala yesterday--if you check out that post and leave a comment, you could win a book! I'll pick a winner on Monday.)

Today I offer a light lunch of tweets which link to some great posts and articles on craft, technology, interviews, and events among other things. Be sure not to miss Elizabeth Law's ECLIPSE movie review, which is linked to below. (I love her bit about hair.)

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).


EDITOR/AGENT ADVICE TWEETS

@andrewkarre: RT @literaticat: People who query unfinished mss: Take the energy you'd use to research & send queries & use it to FINISH THE BOOK!

@RachelleGardner: Why I'm not all that concerned about trends in publishing: http://dld.bz/kupF

@Ginger_Clark: Authors: there is a big difference between heroine and heroin. #pubtip

@ElanaRoth: Bad sign: When my first reaction to your title is, "That's not a word." #queries

CRAFTY TWEETS

@thecreativepenn: Point of View Demystified http://dld.bz/kepp via @indieauthor

@ingridsundberg: Just Listen: What to do when getting a professional critique - http://tinyurl.com/2enefkk

@Swellbooks: Ever spent so much time in a character's voice that your own emails, etc., start to sound like him or her? 

TECH TWEETS

@janefriedman Ultimate iPhone apps for writers (30+ creativity & productivity boosts) - what are your favorites? http://bit.ly/aATcEu

@colleenlindsay: Does your company own your tweets, blog posts & YouTube videos? Smart post about social media & the workplace: http://bit.ly/d7azTo

@fastcompany: Big news week for Amazon, they just Upgraded the Kindle DX, All But Concedes Defeat to Apple http://bit.ly/9dNSah

@Bookgal 10 Tips For Maximizing Your Discoverability On YouTube: http://bit.ly/czcuKA via @addthis

@victoriastrauss: This article doesn't really answer its question (does Twitter sell books?) but interesting nonetheless http://tinyurl.com/23u9l38

@PublishersWkly: Older readers love their Kindles and other digital reading devices. http://ow.ly/274pn

IS YOUR AGENT IS ALWAYS WATCHING? TWEET

@erindowning: @novaren @brainbliss Hey, guys? @michaelbourret just emailed me to tell you to get back to work. :)

INTERVIEW TWEETS

@aliciapadron: My post at the PBJ's. Mo Willems awesome interviews! http://is.gd/diV0Z

@ericluper: Editor Cheryl Klein (@chavelaque) interviews editor Jill Santopolo: http://bit.ly/9rOE59

@kelcrocker: Great interview with Printz winner and #YaLit superstar @libbabray in SLJ: http://bit.ly/cEZIDs

EVENT TWEETS

@yalsa: YALSA Blog: Why ALA WAS Awesome (in which the word “awesome” is used far too much): Now that my post-ALA buzz is b... http://bit.ly/dcZtLO

@TotallyWriteous: The SCBWI conference is one month away. Are you registered? http://www.scbwi.org/Conference.aspx?Con=6 

@mitaliperkins: "The Newbery Banquet, or My Cinderella Night" by @pacylin, Newbery Honor Awardee http://bit.ly/9oteWg

WORST SENTENCE TWEET

@GalleyCat: Author Molly Ringle has written the worst sentence of the year: http://mbist.ro/9ddTO4

EDITOR'S ECLIPSE MOVIE REVEIW TWEET

@EgmontGal: By popular demand (ok, by one person asking for it), here again is the link to my review of Eclipse http://tinyurl.com/25bernq

SOME DUDES LIKE VAMPIRE MOVIES TWEET

@colleenaf: My boyfriend is making me watch Eclipse tonight. #OppositeOfEveryoneElseInTheWorld

More From BookExpo America

Here's more from the whirlwind book-o-rama of BEA. Aaron Hartzler, (SCBWI Director of Communications) and were I running our legs off meeting up with some of our favorite editors and agents--many of whom are coming to the 2010 Summer Conference in July. (Okay, I was running mainly to keep up with Aaron who has long legs, is a foot taller than I am, and can part a crowd like Moses at an ocean.) At SCBWI we work hard to keep in in touch with top editors and agents in the industry at events like BEA, so we can bring them to you at our terrific conferences. 

Here's the round-up:

Ari Lewen, Senior Editor at Disney/Hyperion (right) will be doing critiques and workshops at the summer conferece. We ran into her with Inara Scott (left),author of the DELCROIX ACADEMY books. Book One: The Candidates drops on August 24th.

We ran into Francesco Sedita author AND Publisher of Grosset and Dunlap, and Price Stern Sloan, two children’s imprints at the Penguin Young Readers Group. He told us about a great new series he has coming out: FRANKLY FRANNIE by A.J. Stern. The series is about a little girl who wants an office job, and debuts today! Be sure to catch Francesco's workshop on seies fiction this year at the summer conference!

Publisher Elizabeth Law was holding court at the Egmont booth where she gave us the scoop on the forthcoming titles:

• THE INVISIBLE ORDER, the first in a new series by Paul Crilley.
• VIRGIN TERRITORY the second novel by The Trevor Project founder James Lecesne.
• MIDDLE WORLD the first of the Jaguar Stones series by J&P Voelkel.
• Vordak the Incomprehensible's HOW TO GROW UP AND RULE THE WORLD

And just then, Vordak the Incomprehensible (aka Nico Medina) happened to wander by...

 

At the Random House booth we chatted with Delacorte Executive Editor Wendy Loggia who just nabbed Tyra Banks' Young Adult series MODELLAND due out in summer 2011.

Also at the Random House booth, author James Dashner (left), here with his agent Michael Bourret, was signing teaser chapters of THE SCORCH TRIALS the forthcoming sequel to his his debut book THE MAZE RUNNER. Be sure to catch Michael Bourret's workshop on Monday, August 2nd at the summer conference. He'll be talking with his author Jill S. Alexander about being ready for the publishing process once your manuscript is accepted by an editor.