One of the great challenges of Twitter is to get across your personality in 140 characters or less: a challenge for any writer. Here are just a few of my favourites from the past few days:
My sister just had a baby, so now she knows how I feel having finished 1st draft of my “Fringe” spec. – @julie_bush
PLEASE don’t tell my husband I misspelled Nabokov. – @PowerOfNo
I may’ve found a FANTASTIC manuscript. Gotta stop reading. Please let it not transform itself into lousy during the night. – @literaticat
Aspiring writers commit this to memory: Submissions guidelines are your friends. Follow your friends! – @NepheleTempest
I used to feel my life was wasted while waiting for pages to load. Now I have Twitter to fill the gaps. – @julie_bush
Important to remember: Writing is an art, but publishing is a business. Profit matters. Always. – @ColleenLindsay
hey helvetica – you look disgusting. have some dignity and put on some serifs. – @StephenAtHome
That’s why I always include an SASE with all my anonymous threats, deranged rants, and ransom demands. (in reply to @BonnieAdamson) – @Magelly
If you’d like to nominate someone’s Tweet for a Golden Marmot, please RT with a #marmot hashtag or DM me (the hashtag lets others find Marmot-worthy quotes more easily). The criteria for winning a Golden Marmot Award are frustratingly vague and entirely subjective, but often include writing or publishing, cleverness, humor or wisdom. Must be original (e.g. no fair using a famous quote).
