Friday Round-Up: Tweets you may have missed

Just in case you missed them - or you have yet to join the Twitter craze - here's a rundown of the posts from our LAwritersgroup.com Twitter account from the past couple weeks.

Key:
RT = Re-tweet, which means someone else tweeted something and we re-tweeted it.
@(name) = This is a user name on Twitter. If you click on it, you should be able to visit that person's twitter site and follow them if you so chose.

• The Poetry Market Ezine Call for Poetry Review Submissions: http://ow.ly/1s0CEx
  
  
• Miracle Monocle Call for Poetry, Fiction and Microfiction Submissions: http://ow.ly/1s0CTt
  
  
• Diverse Verses Quarterly Call for Poetry, Short Story, Personal Essay and Creative Nonfiction Submissions: http://ow.ly/1s0CTE
  
  
• Mythium Literary Journal Call for Poetry, Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Submissions: http://ow.ly/1s0CU5
  
  
• Writer Beware™ Blogs!: Alert for Poets: Oprah Wants You (But You May Not Want Oprah) http://ow.ly/1s12QJ
  
  
• The Redheaded Stepchild Call for Previously Rejected Poetry Submissions: http://ow.ly/3UlFC
  
  
• Why join a writer's group or a writing workshop? http://ow.ly/3UHmD

Friday Round-Up: Tweets and posts you may have missed

Here's a list of posts from our LAwritersgroup.com Twitter account from this past week, in case you missed them or don't participate in Twitter.

Key:
RT = Re-tweet, which means someone else tweeted something and we re-tweeted it.
@(name) = This is a user name on Twitter. If you click on it, you should be able to visit that person's twitter site and follow them if you so chose.

• Beware of agent solicitations: http://bit.ly/gy4SIF
  
  
• Why you should revisit the movie Psycho: http://ow.ly/3In47
  
  
• Johnaugust.com: No one stole your idea http://ow.ly/1s09KV
  
  
• Prime Number Magazine Call for Fiction, Poetry, Book Review, Interview and Short Play Submissions: http://ow.ly/3Jxlx
  
  
• Low-Residency MFA Announces Scholarships http://bit.ly/hj7rV6
  
  
• Mandala Journal Call for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction and Art Submissions: http://bit.ly/fg9X1Q
  
  
• RT @UnkScreenwriter: Los Angeles Writers Group Writing and Literary Agent Blogs and ... http://bit.ly/hrP4DM
  
  
• CEO Author Wants Readers to Write Ending of Third Book Fishbowl LA http://ow.ly/1s0g94
  
  
• SF Peace & Hope Call for Poetry, Nonfiction and Imagery Submissions: http://ow.ly/1s0ggK
  
  
• Weave Magazine for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction and Short Play Submissions: http://ow.ly/1s0ggX

Tweetlove

A. How can we not love someone who uses an interrobang as their logo?

B. Fake anything often rules. Hello... Fake fur. Fake purebreds (muts). Fake milk (soy). Fake eyelashes (ok maybe not so much fake eyelashes).

C. Fake AP Style handbook on twitter? We're in love.

Check them out: http://twitter.com/FakeAPStylebook. Here are a few sample @FakeAPStylebook tweets:

To denote air quotes, "use quotes."

"Buggy jockey" is an insulting term to the Amish and should only be used in the online edition.

And while you're in the mood to laugh, run on over to our other favorite tweeter: Justin from http://twitter.com/Shitmydadsays. It's a 29 year old guy who moved in with his with his dad (so he says) and tweets what his dad says, which rumor on the internet street says it apparently got him an agent and a possible book deal. The tweets are hilarious. The guy has nearly 700,000 followers. Impressive.

Friday Round-Up: Tweets and posts you may have missed

Here is a list of items we posted on the LAwritersgroup.com Twitter account this week, in case you missed them or don't yet participate in Twitter:

Key:
RT = Re-tweet, which means someone else tweeted something and we re-tweeted it.
@(name) = This is a user name on Twitter. If you click on it, you should be able to visit that person's twitter site and follow them if you so chose.

• Everything You Need to Know About Writing a Novel, in 1000 Words http://viigo.im/0cbC
  

• EventsForWriters: Happening Friday / Saturday Nights at Skylight Books: Skylight Books in Los F.. http://tinyurl.com/nlxklc
  

• We run peer writers groups to create new work & get feedback. New group on Wed July 15 at 7:30pm in WeHo. http://www.LAwritersgroup.com.
  

• EventsForWriters: The Fundamentals of the Fountain Pen Seminar at Vromans: Sat 7/25/09. http://tinyurl.com/lkx3g5
  

• Does flash fiction have formal structure? Find out here: Write Small, Think Big http://viigo.im/0aIr
  

• How to Establish a Connection With an Agent http://viigo.im/0aHq
  

• RT @inkyelbows: Tough Days for Literary Fiction http://ow.ly/gHjm Uplifting post by Darin Strauss
  

• Motes Books Seeks Submissions for Anthology: http://tinyurl.com/m4yzkw
  

• Sweetlit.com Call for Poetry and Creative Non Fiction Submissions: http://tinyurl.com/myzjv3

Twitter and Book Marketing:

Publishers Weekly has a short but interesting article called A Tweet Treat (#fb) about a new kind of author book promotions called Tweetfests.

Are you on Twitter? If you are an author, or an aspiring author, it might be time to start tweeting! Twitter is basically a blog that limits you to 140 character per post, and people can subscribe to your blog, or they can go to your twitter site and read your tweets. One of the wonderful aspects of twitter is that you can interact with your follower who can reply to your tweets (called @replies), or send you direct messages. Twitter also integrates with your cell phone so you can send and receive tweets as text messages - just be sure that you have an unlimited text plan before you sign up for that option.

How to start a twitter account:

1. Go to Twitter.com

2. Create an account

3. Find some people to follow either by seeing who on your email address book is on twitter by using their Find People Tool, or their search tool. When you follow people, they will usually follow you back.

4. Post some tweets.

That's it!

If you'd like to follow LAwritersgroup.com on twitter, once you've signed up for your own twitter account, go to http://www.twitter.com/lawritersgroup and click on Follow.