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Here is a list of 10 sites and blog posts I favored over the past couple of months on Twitter. I wanted to share them with my fellow writers and authors:

1) Blog post by Lisa Brunel (original article posted Ezine articles) at Publishing Guru.com to discuss how to write conflict in Children books.

2) @straynotes twittered about My Writing Nook, a new Google app for iPhone for writers. You can now write anywhere with having the other things writers crave such as a dictionary and thesaurus.

3) @DebraMars posted a tweet about a Q &A about what a MFA is…Master of Fine Arts and how it can help a writer. This post was via @writersdigest written by Brian A. Klems. One thing he mentions is the access to resources you gain by having a MFA, some you may not be able to receive without.

4)@alexisgrant retweeted @mariaschneider 5 Questions to Ask before you Write for Free To me, the big point Maria makes here is that “making a name for yourself online is a whole different game than the print world I came from”. She goes onto mention that one single post on a high profile blog can bring in thousands of new readers to your writing.

5) @Stephenbright posted a tweet about his friend Cindy’s new site called, Write Live. It is a new interactive way for writers to share your writing and passions.

6) @inkyelbows (always shares great tweets!) shared a tweet about how video can help promote your upcoming book event. You need to see this cute short video!

7)@onlinewriters tweeted about their organization for Online Writers. A social networking site for, you guessed it, online writers. Even though it is fairly new, it is a place for online writers to come together and support each other.

8)@aswinn – Author Allison Scotch Winn wrote a blog post about Should you accept a low advance? . The one point I liked that she made was, Be proud of yourself because you got an offer. Some writers go for years and years without ANY offer. Also, know what your expectations are as a writer/author. This will help when the offers do come in.

9)@elizabethscraig chimes in about an editor who weighs in on what “well-written” means at Mysterious Matters. The editor writes about these elements:
a) properly spelled, grammatically correct, punctuation in the right place.
b) Good variety in sentence and paragraph structure
c) Simple and effective descriptions
d) sentences that stop you cold (this is a blog for mystery writers/authors)
e) good dialogue in the right places
f) a sense of control
g) an awareness of novel as story
h) a sense that the author is someone I would like to meet

10) @cherylrainfield retweeted @publishingspy tweet about how to avoid illegitimate literary agents. Be sure to ask for credentials when working with people.