I haven't had the time for things like Twitter's #FF (Follow Friday)
Making up for lost time, here is a list of worthy tweeters that I follow on Twitter. (Now let's see if I can manage to write that 1st ever book review I've been meaning to write.)
You follow 115 people - @ Apr 8/11
Note: All tweeter descriptions are quoted directly from their twitter pages (except techdirt).
Groups & Communities:
Gather_Inc Gather_Inc
Maker of new friends.Sharer of content.Photography lover.Foodie.News & gossip junkie.Ga-ga for giveaways.Parenting guru.Haver of hobbies.Social Networking fan.
goodreads goodreads
The largest community of readers in the world. Find new books, recommend books, track your reading, join book clubs, win book giveaways, and much more!
Horror_World Horror World
Communicate with dark fiction's best known authors Read reviews of the latest horror book releases Original Fiction by some of the Genre's biggest names
HorrorWriters Horror Writers Assoc
The HWA exists to promote and protect the careers of professional horror writers and those seeking to enter their ranks
IndieHorror IndieHorror.org
Join the leading horror author community to workshop your fiction in our forum, learn the craft from our blog and meet people just as messed up as you are.
mbwriters MB Writers' Guild
The Manitoba Writers' Guild
NextBigAuthor Leading Publishers
In May 2011, the publishers of Dan Brown, J.K. Rowling, & Stephen King join to support TheNextBigAuthor.com. Simply write some opening chapters in May to join.
publishingtalk Publishing Talk
The online community for authors and publishers interested in social media, digital, and the future of the publishing industry. Run by @jonreed.
redroomdotcom Red Room
Redroom.com is an exciting online community for authors, book-lovers, and people who love great writing. Become a fan on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/yhrlkrc
webook Brian
A leading online writing community that helps writers achieve their goal of publication. Home of PageToFame and AgentInbox.
Writers_Cafe Writers Cafe
A place where all writers can congregate to share, learn and network. Not related to WritersCafe.org.
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) & Scriptfrenzy:
NaNoWordSprints NaNoWordSprints
The official home for Twitter-based NaNoWriMo word sprints!
NaNoWriMo NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. The goal: write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November.
NaNoWriMoYWP NaNoWriMo's YWP
The youth program for @NaNoWriMo's novel-in-a-month challenge. Tweets for young writers, parents, and educators.
scriptfrenzy Script Frenzy
The challenge: Write a script in April. Are you in?
Publishers:
AccentPress Hazel Cushion
Accent Press is a feisty independent publishing company based in the UK
AlgonquinBooks AlgonquinBooks
Founded in 1983, independent publisher of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Opinions our own, not representative of the company.
americaspress America's Press
America's Press is a Book Printing company that specializes in short run books for publishing companies and self published authors.
ApexBookCompany Apex Publications
Painting the landscape of dark fiction.
CarinaPress Carina Press
Harlequin's digital-first press publishing all genres/subgenres of fiction. Where no great story goes untold.
ChronicleBooks Chronicle Books
An independent publisher of distinctive books and gifts. Community Manager @zenguin on deck.
GraywolfPress Graywolf Press
Founded in 1974, Graywolf Press is an independent, nonprofit publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction, & poetry. Tweets by Erin Kottke (@eekottke).
HarperCollinsCa HarperCollinsCa
News, views and a bit of attitude about HarperCollins Canada books, our authors and the world wide web.
HarperPerennial Harper Perennial
We're one of the paperback imprints of HarperCollins. We like you.
harperteen HarperTeen
Teen division of HarperCollins, publishing quality young adult books. Frequent contests, giveaways, and the latest news for YA readers!
littlebrown Little, Brown and Co
One of the U.S.'s oldest and most distinguished publishing houses, Little, Brown publishes James Patterson,David Sedaris,Anita Shreve,Malcom Gladwell &more
MacKidsBooks Macmillan Kids
Macmillan Children’s is home to some of the most highly acclaimed and noteworthy children’s imprints in the publishing industry.
Patchworkinfo Doug Burchill
The Patchwork Project is an effort to increase the awareness of domestic abuse through the horror genre.
http://www.patchworkproject.com
PenguinCanadaYR Penguin Canada YR
Publisher of quality children's and young adult books. The Canadian affiliate of the internationally renowned Penguin Group.
penguinusa Penguin Group (USA)
Penguin Group (USA) is the U.S. affiliate of the internationally renowned Penguin Group, one of the largest English-language trade book publishers in the world.
PitchDarkBooks Pitch Dark Books
Your source for paranormal & supernatural YA reads.
randomhouse randomhouse
Random House book and author news
Scholastic Scholastic
The official Scholastic Twitter account. Tweets by book lovers and education enthusiasts from around the company.
scholasticCDA Scholastic Canada
Scholastic Canada, the country's largest children's book publisher and distributor, tweets about our books, authors, and children's book news
ShadowCastAudio Jason Warden-Editor
Author. http://JasonWarden.com Podcaster, Always looking for new Dark fiction stories, art, and music for the podcast.
simonschuster Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is one of the largest English language publishers in the world. Follow us for book, author & industry news and free book giveaways!
StoryCasting Jeff Reid
Creator of StoryCasting, the premier fantasy-casting website. Cast your favorite books with current stars.
torbooks Tor Books
Publisher of SF, Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal Romance, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and other speculative fiction (Tweets by Jen & Laura)
Followed by you!
unbridledbooks Unbridled Books
Promising that rarest of pleasures, a good read.
Industry News and Such:
ABooksBlog A Books Blog
A books blog is the place for blog content about books.
bookbench The Book Bench
We're the literary blog of The New Yorker. Who's tweeting? Macy Halford
DigiBookWorld Digital Book World
Digital Book World focuses on publishing strategies, not tools; solutions, not theories; practicality, not punditry. Tweets by @muttinmall
eBookNewser ebookNewser
The First Word on Digital Publishing
GuardianBooks Guardian Books
News, reviews and author interviews plus tweets from the desk: Sarah Crown, Michelle Pauli, Richard Lea and Lindesay Irvine
googlebooks Google Books
Popular passages, quotes, quirky images, and occasional product updates from Google Books.
LATimesbooks LA Times Books
Literary news + reviews from Los Angeles Times Jacket Copy blog + Books section. See latimes.com/twitter for more streams. See you at the #LATfob in April.
LibraryJournal Library Journal
Library views, news, and book reviews from LJ staffers
NewYorker The New Yorker
The New Yorker is a weekly magazine with a mix of reporting of politics and culture, humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, and reviews and criticism.
nytimesbooks nytimesbooks
Recent Critics' Picks, News and Author Interviews by the Writers and Bloggers of NYTimes.com/Books
PenguinTeen PenguinTeen
The latest info on today's hottest writers for teens: John Green, Richelle Mead, Laurie Halse Anderson, Sarah Dessen, Jay Asher...
paperbackhorror Paperback Horror
Reviewer for Paperbackhorror.com and KinderScares.com
Dangerous Arts n' Crafts type of guy.
PublishersLunch PublishersLunch
Publishing news tweets from the trade's biggest newsletter/website
PublishersWkly Publishers Weekly
The international magazine of bookselling and publishing
pubperspectives PubPerspectives
international publishing news and opinion served daily!
PWreviews PW Reviews
PW is the industry's leading news & reviews magazine & covers 7,000 books a year. Who's tweeting? Reviews editors Parul Sehgal, Jonny Segura, Mike Harvkey.
randomhousekids Random House Kids
Random House Children's Books news and updates #books #kidlit
RoomtoRead Room to Read
World Change Starts with Educated Children
sljournal SchoolLibraryJournal
School Library Journal is the world's largest reviewer of children's & young adult material, from books to digital content. Serving up tweets: @kishizuka
VirtualWriters Virtual Writers Inc.
The one-stop web resource for all Virtual Writers.
womenonwriting WOW! WomenOnWriting
WOW! Women On Writing promotes the communication between women writers, authors, editors, agents, publishers and readers. Tweets by Margo, Angela, Jodi, Marcia.
WriterResource The Ivory Tower
We are a FREE market listing site for authors and artists! The site is totally ad/donation supported so there is no cost involved. Over 1100 markets to date.
WritersDigest Writer's Digest
Helping writers since 1920. Publisher of Writer's Market series.
YABookShelf Melissa Montovani
Want an honest review of the next YA book you'd like to read? Come on by and stay awhile.
Agents & Other Insiders:
BostonBookGirl Lauren E. MacLeod
A literary agent @strothmanagency with an emphasis in YA and MG fiction and nonfiction. Opinions are my own.
chavelaque Cheryl Klein
I'm an editor at Scholastic, a blogger at home, & a reader & writer everywhere. All opinions expressed here are solely my own, not my company's.
ColleenLindsay Colleen Lindsay
Publishing browncoat. Cat herder. Queer human. Professional nerd. TARDIS fan. Athlete's foot survivor. Part of Penguin Group (USA) Business Development team.
DeidreKnight DeidreKnight
Literary Agent and New York Times bestselling author of romance/women's fiction who loves to travel to far away places, mentally and geographically.
BukowskiD Denise Bukowski
literary agent
EvilWylie Evil Wylie
Evil publishing industry insider. Curator of EVILREADS.COM. Follower of the dark lord @EmperorFranzen.
GalleyCat GalleyCat
The First Word on the Book Publishing Industry
Ginger_Clark Ginger Clark
I am a literary agent. I work at Curtis Brown. I respond only to queries I'm interested in. This twitter account will be boring.
indiepridejenna Jenna
Chief Book Editor. We have gathered a team of editors to facilitate you in putting your best foot forward with your books.
Kid_Lit Mary Kole
Kidlit enthusiast and associate agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency!
literaticat jennifer laughran
literary agent at andrea brown lit, children's bookseller, reader, raconteur, eccentric multi-millionaire and patron of the arts... and some of those are lies
LucienneDiver Lucienne Diver
Agent, author, blogger. www.knightagency.net www.luciennediver.com
MichaelBourret Michael Bourret
Literary Agent, bran muffin enthusiast and nerdy cat person
moonrat moonrat
book editor. rabid reader. love to eat. yumm.
NathanBransford Nathan Bransford (agent)
Author of JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW (coming in May)
RachelleGardner Rachelle Gardner
Literary agent, firefighter's wife, mom of two awesome girls, Starbucks freak.
Authors, Writers, That Sort of Thing:
BDCWB Best Damn
The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog---Getting Your Literary Life.
bonnietoews Bonnie Toews
novelist of intrigue and suspense and advocate for Canadian Vets and Parkinson's Caregivers
cafeofdreams April
I am a proud mom of 2 as well as a happily book obsessed reader, reviewer, blogger, freelance writer and author/book promoter.
candiwall Candi Wall
Aspiring author - a.w.a K.R. Lawson, I'm an Animal Control, mother of four, and always working on a new WIP while editing others for submission.
chavelaque Cheryl Klein
I'm an editor at Scholastic, a writer at home, & a reader everywhere. My book SECOND SIGHT is out now! All opinions here are solely my own, not my company's.
ccmalandrinos ccmalandrinos
Cheryl C. Malandrinos is a freelance writer and editor. She is a tour coordinator for Pump Up Your Book. Little Shepherd is her first book.
djledford Deborah J Ledford
Author of The Hillerman Sky Award nominated SNARE (Second Wind Publishing). Three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, book lover, Native American.
Donna_Carrick Donna Carrick
Author of The First Excellence, The Noon God & Gold & Fishes Amazon.com
hollyhardin Holly Hardin
I am a children's author. My first book Aurora of the Northern Lights is a Yuletide tale with a message for tolerance.
jakonrath JA Konrath
I write thrillers.
JeffStrand JeffStrand
Author of PRESSURE, GRAVEROBBERS WANTED (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY) and a bunch of other stuff.
JeremyCShipp Jeremy C. Shipp
Bram Stoker nominated author of CURSED and VACATION, repped by Mark McVeigh. Live in a semi-haunted farmhouse. Yard gnomes like me. Attic clowns--not so much.
KreelanWarrior Michael R. Hicks
Author of the acclaimed IN HER NAME novels, Amazon Kindle owner and publisher, BEACHBODY (P90X) fitness fan, and servant to two Siberian cats... ;-)
LindaThieman Linda Thieman
Author of the Mom's Choice Awards(R)-winning chapter book series, Katie and Kimble: A Ghost Story, for ages 7-10.
MargaretAtwood Margaret E. Atwood
Author
mcbourque Marie-Claude Bourque
Author of gothic paranormal romance (Dorchester) & steampunk fantasy. French Canadian. Physicist. Oceanographer. Fitness pro, Mum. Future Sciences teacher.
Nicole_Odell Nicole O'Dell
Author, Scenarios Interactive Series @scenarios4girls, Speaker, WAHM of 6 w/2yr triplets! Host of #TeenTalkRadio http://www.choicesradio.com Thurs, 10pm EST.
PatBertram Pat Bertram
Author of Daughter Am I, More Deaths Than One and A Spark of Heavenly Fire, available from Second Wind Publishing. Look for Light Bringer in March, 2011!
ScottWesterfeld Scott Westerfeld
I write novels for money and fame.
sherikayehoff Sheri Kaye Hoff
Inspiring living in Success and joy everyday, Life Coach, Author- Keys to Living Joyfully, Professor, Spirituality, Wine Lover, Mom of 3, Married to Randy
10MinuteWriter K Grubb
Mommy, homeschooler, novelist, comedian wanna be, who writes in very small increments.
thebookmaven Bethanne Patrick
Blogger, book reviewer, author interviewer, author --but above all, a reader.
toricarrington toricarrington
Dynamic duo of Lori Schlachter Karayianni & Tony Karayianni with 50 titles incl Sofie Metropolis, PI series. Have baklava, will travel!
UWannabeawriter Jane WJ
From @JaneWenhamJones, author of Wannabe a Writer? Hot tips for would-be authors, struggling scribes and all those who twitter instead of getting on with it...
victoriastrauss Victoria Strauss
Novelist (7 books), book reviewer, co-founder of Writer Beware, a publishing industry watchdog group. I don't autofollow, but I do check & answer @ replies
WebbWeavers WebbWeaver
Co-authors of 2 books in the 'INNOCENTS' series. We review books & interview authors for you!
writers2follow Follow That Writer
I'm Ann Douglas, a writer who follows and recommends a lot of other writers on Twitter.
WritingSpirit Julie Isaac, Author
Award winning author & content creation coach. Creator of #WriteChat 12-3pm PT Sundays & the #SHINEonline Blogging Challenge that starts on 1-11-11 for 111 days
And Some Other Twitter Peeps:
allgreatquotes Tom
Your Daily Inspiration pill! Take one quote three times a day.
Quotes4Writers Quotes4Writers
Quotes junkie. The words of the quote may belong to just one writer or author but the sentiment may be shared by more than one.
RoseCottageLisa Lisa Shipp
I am a Christian, a young wife, a mother to two darling cats, and a full-time student. Rose Cottage is my home.
susieqtpies Susie QT pies
Love doing Product reviews, family,coffee,homeschooling twin teens 1 tween, Recipes,lipstick,Games, watchin' movies, books and playing with my Android Phone!
techdirt techdirt
Diggs up the dirt on writing and a whole bunch of other stuff involving technology.
And This Miscellaneous Twitter Stuff:
addthis AddThis
Share anything to anyone, anywhere and boost traffic back to your site with the most popular sharing tool in the world.
shortyawards Shorty Awards
Hailed as the Oscars of Twitter by The NY Times, the Shorty Awards honor the best people & organizations producing short-form, real-time social media content.
Followed by you!
twitrbackground David Fairley
Twitter Backgrounds from the largest free source online. We also post about the latest Twitter Tools, Apps, News, and Twitter Opportunities.
wefollow wefollow
A user powered twitter directory located at http://wefollow.com
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