Social Media and Agents

[EJDeBrun]

Long time folks! I had a serious bout of illness and then travel, all during which I was forced to go on creative hiatus. It was horrible.

Anyways, the one thing I did start doing was research agents and editors for the upcoming San Francisco Writer's Conference and I'm completely floored by the resources on Twitter. I mean, agents are posting entire threads of querying advice on the thing.

Here is the standout one I found:

Kate Brauning (@KateBrauning) on Twitter

So I was wondering, does anyone else here follow twitter? Have you found any good people to follow? Let's discuss!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

#askagent
#tenqueries

 

[Mouse]

#mswl

 

[Abernovo]

Yes, #mswl is a good hashtag to keep your eye on. Manuscript Wishlist, for those who don't know. Good for matching your work to agents and publishers.

 

[Dan Jones]

Twitter algorithms will suggest more agents to follow once you've added two or three to your following lists. Soon you can build up a really useful bank of contacts, and the majority of them will respond to good natured tweets asking for advice (but not, generally, "please read my book" type tweets).