DIRECTORY: Undiscovered Writing Talent on Twitter
Pre-published writers find it hard to get noticed, and editors and agents find it hard to get through the slush pile looking for talent. On top of that, in today’s marketplace, they’re not just looking for talent, but media-savvy writers willing to promote themselves. So how do they find all that quickly and easily? Check out Scribechat’s Undiscovered Talent on Twitter and click on the links. A quick scan of these writers’ tweets and blogs might be enough to spark some interest and form a connection.
If you’d like to be discovered, leave your details in the comment box, formatted in the following manner:
@twitter id / name, genre
You can also nominate a friend for consideration.
DIRECTORY: UNDISCOVERED WRITING TALENT ON TWITTER:
Fiction
- @amgamble / Ann Marie Gamble, romance, women’s fiction
- @JonasPolsky / Jonas Polsky, Comedy
- @KateLondon1 / Kate London, Women’s fiction
- @lioncaller / Claudia Putnam, literary fiction and poetry
- @necessarywriter / Birgitte Necessary, Literary
Non-Fiction
- @wholewidewords / Schuyler Esperanza, Depression
Children | Young Adult Fiction
- @aaernst / Alison Ernst
- @HeatherMcCorkle / Heather McCorkle, Fantasy|SciFi, Agent: Ken Atchity, AEI
- @joanawritesYA / Joana Hill,
- @junegoodwin / June Goodwin
- @katrinalantznov / Katrina Lantz
- @rebf / Rebecca Fabian
- @RiverRatWriter / Debbie Roe, YA Mystery/Suspense
- @rosy_lee / JLWatkins
- @Scribbles5thM / April Frazier
- @TracyClark_TLC / Tracy Clark, Winner: SCBWI Work-in-Progress Grant, 2009
- vbtremper / VB Tremper, MG/Young Adult
- @weplayedpirates / Nita Tyndall
- @wickedmoxie / Michelle Frank, YA paranormal/ Urban Fantasy
Children | Young Adult Non-Fiction
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Follow me on Twitter: @wholewidewords. My name is Schuyler Esperanza. I write the blog, “Inconvenient Blues: Personal Truths About Mental Illness.” It’s about living with depression and anxiety, sans platitudes and false promises. ADULT NON-FICTION.
Writer of all things fantasy/sci-fi, be it adult, YA, dark or otherwise. I’m represented by the fantastic Ken Atchity of AEI. It’s my mission to share my journey and make it easier for other aspiring writers to find answers to those elusive questions in the literary world. And I’m a huge supporter of debut authors! You can find me on Twitter under @HeatherMcCorkle
@junegoodwin/ June Goodwin, Young Adult
I’m an aspiring YA writer with two YA Works-In-Progress. I maintain a literary blog and my goal is to help and get as many people reading and involved in the written word as possible. Book reviews, giveaways, the craft of writing and what I learn on my journey toward publication are all part of the mix. I counsel children who are classified as Emotionally Disturbed.
My name is Nita Tyndall, I write the blog The Back of the Bookshelf where I review books, (http://atthebackofthebookshelf.blogspot.com), as well as having two WIPs. You can find me on Twitter at twitter.com/weplayedpirates (@weplayedpirates). Yes, I am only 16, but I’ve got a pretty good view of the world from where I’m at.
@aaernst / Alison Ernst – Children’s Literature – Picture Books through YA novels. I’m in the final semester of and MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons College. My portfolio to date includes several picture book manuscripts (ficiton & NF), a YA graphic novel text about a transgendered teen, and I’m currently working on a middle grade novel.
@rebf / Rebecca Fabian – I have several picturebook manuscripts and two YA works-in-progress. I am the Children’s Department Manager at the Odyssey Bookshop, an independent bookstore in Massachusetts, and am in the final semester of the Simmons College MFA program in Writing for Children, held at the Eric Carle Museum of Picturebook Art. I also write the blog Afterthoughts… (www.rebf-afterthoughts.blogspot.com); this blog is mostly children’s book recommendations, but also covers adult book recs, as well as general topics of interest such as typography, and occasionally cooking and travel.
Joana Hill, @joanawritesYA. I primarily write young-adult, specifically LGBT-themed romance YA. I’m a creative writing student in college and also have a fairly sizable following for writing I’ve posted on the internet.
@lioncaller / Claudia Putnam, literary fiction and poetry
There’s more information about me on my site & blog, http://www.claudiaputnam.com, or at my second blog, Lion’s Eye (http://lionseye.wordpress.com). I write character-based fiction in which the landscapes are as important as the people. My adult literary stories and poems are widely published, and I’ve received a residency fellowship from the Ragdale Foundation, a highly competitive artists’ colony. A full YA MS won first prize at the Pike’s Peak Writers’ Conference contest, and I’ve also had an SCBWI honorable mention. I’ve attended selective workshops such as the Highlights Founders’ Workshop with Patti Gauch and the Rutgers One-on-One Conference, as well as a number of master classes, on-line, and summer workshops. A former University of Colorado writing instructor, I now develop web content and do social media strategy for Microsoft.
@amgamble / Ann Marie Gamble, romance, women’s fiction
@Scribbles5thM/April Frazier, Young Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction
@KateLondon1/Kate London, Women’s fiction and blog
I write a blog on my experiences as the only non- technical girly girl working amongst nerds at a Seattle Web 2.0 company called Fresh Consulting. http://www.freshconsulting.com/blog . Also I’m also working on a women’s fiction novel about family secrets that has plot twists and turns like a modern day version of Sidney Sheldon.
@wickedmoxie / Michelle Frank, YA paranormal/ Urban Fantasy
@RiverRatWriter / YA Mystery/Suspense
@JonasPolsky / comedy writer