Goodreads Authors/Readers discussion

WriterAdvice seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction that mesmerizes the reader in 750 words or less. DEADLINE: April 15, 2010. Entry fee: $10 per submission. First prize: $150. Former prizewinners are the judges.

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Does social networking help or hurt authors? What about self-publishing?

Check out Wicked Writers as they chat with news anchor/TV personality/actress/producer/bestselling author Starlene Stringer (http://wickedwriters.com/2010/02/09/s...).

Interesting question. It can do either, depending on how you use it and whether you keep it in balance. Self-publishing gets your work out into the world, but you must do it without the filters of agents and editors.