The top 10 lists for writers and authors to follow on Twitter

If you’re a writer you will almost certainly have a blog and a Twitter account because let’s face it, Twitter and blogging were built with writers and authors in mind. Sometimes though it may seem as if you are writing into the wind, with your words drifting off into the distance without catching on anything or anyone at all. However, there is always something you can do about things like this and I thought I might start with a run down of the top ten writers lists to follow on Twitter.

You may well be asking why writers lists and not writers themselves?

Well, Twitter is a notoriously busy place to be and I’ll bet you have a million other things to do in your day without spending a whole load of time looking for the key influencers that could have the biggest effect on your online marketing and awareness building activities. And, it doesn’t make sense to try and reinvent the wheel if someone has already done the hard work for you.

The Twitter accounts that are added to the lists below will already have been vetted by the curator for content and appropriateness. It is I grant you, their own opinion but hey, you don’t always have to agree with them and you don’t have to keep up with everyone they have listed either. But this is the way to get ideas from some of those who are recognised to be the biggest names on Twitter in this particular area.

You can follow any of the lists that are shared below simply by clicking on the name, logging into your Twitter account and then clicking the subscribe button you will find in the left hand panel of the screen.  Once you are subscribed to a list you will be able to keep a track of updates from those listed by going to your own profile and selecting ‘lists’ from the left hand menu. Alternatively, you can stream them into something like HootSuite.

1. Publishers – curated by @WritersDigest

There are over 300 Twitter accounts listed by Writers Digest on their Publishers list and it has 485 followers too. One of the best resources around when it comes to finding the key publishing houses Twitter accounts.

2. Agents – curated by @WritersDigest

Over 100 literary agents Twitter accounts listed with over 450 followers too. Some of the brightest and best literary agents who are active on Twitter can be found on this list.

3. Poets and Writers – curated by @jaydean

This list includes the Twitter accounts of big names in literature like Paulo Coelho and Margaret Attwood, as well as a number of lesser known writers and poets and a bunch of publishers too. It follows over 400 Twitter accounts and has over 420 followers.

4. Authors – curated by @DaronFrayley

This list follows over 460 Authors, Writers, Agents, Publishers, Book Reviewers, Editors and Bloggers and has 340 followers. With some big name authors in there too.

5. Word Nerds – curated by @RebeccaWoodhead

Rebecca has dedicated this list of just 20 Twitter accounts to lovers of words. She takes a slightly different view to most of the others in that it’s word smiths that count. She includes newspapers, magazines and reporters amongst those who matter in her list.

6. Top Authors and Writers – curated by @BreakThruGuy AKA Paul Mark Sutherland

Paul has included 420 Twitter accounts which is followed by 266 other Twitter accounts. With a mix of literature greats to TV personalities it’s an eclectic mix and worth following.

7. Amwriting – curated by @JohannaHarness

What’s interesting about this list is that it is followed by so many people (over 200) despite being a list of 481 Twitter accounts that are not the well known or famous writers. Johanna seems to have picked out those we may not have heard of, but whose talent she likes.

8. NaNoWriMo – curated by @DennisJernberg

This is a list of over 470 people who are taking part in NaNoWriMo (national novel writing month) each year. As well as a list of personal Twitter accounts he has included useful links to accounts related to NaNoWriMo itself. It is followed by 110 people.

9. Comics Creators – curated by @IFanBoy

This is a list of 396 Twitter accounts associated with Comic Book Creation. It is followed by over 400 people and if comic books are your thing then this is definitely the one list you need to keep an eye on.

10. Travel Writers Bloggers – curated by @TravelShake AKA TravelSocialMedia

If you are a travel writer and blogger or this is the area you want to get into, then this is a list that you will probably want to subscribe to it as the 261 Twitter accounts listed are some of the biggest in the business. It currently has over 280 followers too.

So that’s it, my list of the top ten writers lists to follow on Twitter. You probably have some that you particularly like as well and feel free to let me know so I can keep updated. Now, the only thing left to do is go and follow those accounts you’re interested in and start those ideas following.

By the way, I also have a list of self-published writers and authors that I am creating on Twitter and if you are interested you can check it out at: twitter.com/#!/lindaph/writers-and-authors

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