You’ve seen #PubTip on Twitter. Now find out what it is and how to use it.
#PubTip is a Hashtag
What are hashtags you ask? Hashtags are Twitter slang for keywords. Anytime someone includes the # symbol it means the following word is a key word. The magic of hastags is that you can search by the hashtag and “follow it” kind of like you follow a person.
History of PubTip
Rachelle Gardner, a literary agent, started #PubTip on June 31st 2009. She wanted a place for agents and editors to share tips with prospective writers. She uses it a lot particularly when going through submissions. She turns her annoyances into tips. If you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when agents and editors were giving advice to clients this is your chance.
The First #PubTip Tweet
rachellegardner: Agents & editors: I’d like to start a permanent hashtag, #pubtip, that we can use for publishing tips. What say u?
How #PubTip is Different than #Writing
The #writing hashtag is mostly advice and talk about the craft of writing. How to write well.
The #PubTip is mostly about the business of writing. How to sell your work. As you can imagine there is some overlap but not a lot.
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Excellent tips. I have learned a lot about Pub tip. Thanks, keep up the good work.
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