Vanessa Doctor

National Novel Writing Month. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000-word (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30.

Hashtag used to recommend books, articles and all forms of content to your followers.

All about middle-grade literature, or literature covering the ages 8 to 12.

Tweet chat about some of the specific challenges to writing memoirs. Happens every other Wednesday at 8pm EST.

The tweet chat on anything about writing and literature that happens every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 4pm EST.

The tweet chat on Children's Literature that happens every Tuesday at 9pm EST or 6pm Pacific time.

Refers to 'independent publishing', or publishing without the help of commercial and traditional publishing houses. Also called self-publishing.

Hashtag for independent authors, or authors that are not connected with large commercial and traditional publishing houses.

Hashtag to share tips on how to get published and other updates on the publishing industry.

International tweet chat that happens every Friday where authors and the general public recommend interesting books to their followers.

The process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete work. [Source:http://***]

Electronic books, or book-length publications in digital format.

An abstract term that refers to any new creation or idea that has value in any industry.

Ongoing tweet chat about the various strategies authors and publishers employ to promote new works.

Tweet chat that happens every Thursday at 4pm EST and discusses the US book publishing market.

Tweet chat that happens every Thursday at 4pm EST and discusses the US book publishing market.

The hashtag authors or publishers use to promote new books in the form of a book giveaway contest.

The hashtag for any question you want to ask editors of books and all types of writing media.

The hashtag for any question you might want to ask published authors about the writing craft and the industry.

The hashtag for any question you might want to ask book and publishing agents.

Ongoing tweet chat used by American editors or editors living in the US.

Ongoing tweet chat used by American authors or writers living in America.

Acronym for American Christian Fiction Writers.

Hashtag used by authors selling e-book versions of their work for $0.99.

Write one thousand words in one hour; open-chat Twitter challenge for authors.