www.twitter.com
For those not in the know, Twitter is a social networking site that restricts each post to 140 characters. After creating an account, you can follow other accounts in your own publication stream. You can watch each individual stream without joining Twitter, but having an account allows for consolidation of the people you're following.
So why do I recommend Twitter? There are quite a few authors using the service, and I think it's valuable for us as burgeoning authors to hear from those already in the game. Possibly more importantly, though, it's not just people using Twitter, companies have gotten in on it. Yes, including publishing companies. I wouldn't be surprised if a few literary journals have joined as well. (There is, in fact, a journal dedicated to the writing that goes on on Twitter.)
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