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Joanne Harris Profile picture
@Joannechocolat
Sep 2, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
I'm sure I have, but there are soooo many more than just ten. Follow #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors to collect them all!
1. Authors are special people, set apart from the common herd.
Wrong. Authors come in all shapes, sizes and personalities, just like everyone else. The only thing they really have in common is that they write books. #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
2. Authors are more complicated than "ordinary" people. They feel things so much more deeply, which is why they should be excused when they behave like assholes.
Wrong. Being an asshole doesn't make you a genius. It just makes you an asshole.
#TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
3. Authors are rich.
Er, wrong. Most never give up their day job. #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
4. Authors all know each other.
Wrong. Unless you do a lot of festivals, you can go all year without meeting another writer. #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
5. Authors have a glamorous life.
Not really. Writing isn't a glamorous thing to do. You can mostly do it in pyjamas. #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
6. Once an author has been published, they've got it made.
Wrong. That's when the hard work, rejection and frustration really starts. #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
7. Authors get unlimited free copies of their books.
No: the usual arrangement is a box of about a dozen free copies from the publisher, after which authors have to buy their own, just like anyone else. #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
8. Authors can help you get published by endorsing your manuscript.
No. they can't. Stop sending them your stuff.. #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
9. If someone can't afford their fees, authors will be delighted to work for "exposure," a nice lunch, or just because "it'll be really fun".
Er, nope. They're professionals. Please treat them that way.
#TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors
10. Published authors don't understand what unpublished writers are going through in terms of rejection, suffering and shattered hopes.
Wrong. Every published author in the world has experienced rejection, disappointment and being unpublished. #TenMisconceptionsAboutAuthors

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Oct 9, 2018
It's a long train journey, so let's do this one, too. Follow #TenWaysForMenToWriteAboutWomen to collect them all!
1. This one is for the many men who have asked my advice on this. First, kudos for asking. Second, the fact that you needed to ask at all may be the root of your problem. #TenWaysForMenToWriteAboutWomen
2. Look at the way you interact with women in real life. If you're problematic, sexist or prejudiced in life, then you don't have much of a chance of avoiding it in your fiction. #TenWaysForMenToWriteAboutWomen
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Sep 18, 2018
This one sounds interesting. Let's extend it to writing about EMOTIONS. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAboutEmotions
1. To write convincingly about emotions - whether that's love, grief, anger, joy - you have to be acutely aware of your *own* emotions, and how they come across to other people. #TenThingsAboutEmotions
2. It's probably the only instance where the "write what you know" rule really applies. #TenThingsAboutEmotions
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Sep 16, 2018
Margareta von Ascheberg (1671 – 1753) was a Swedish land owner, noble and acting regiment colonel during the Great Northern War. #CelebratingWomen
She was the youngest child of Field Marshal Rutger von Ascheberg and Magdalena Eleonora Busseck. In 1691, she married colonel count Kjell Christopher Barnekow in Malmö.
As was the custom of the Swedish nobility as that time, she kept her name after marriage and style herself »Grevinnan Ascheberg» (Countess Ascheberg). The couple had four children.
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Sep 15, 2018
Queen Nanny or Nanny (c. 1686 – c. 1755), was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons. Much of what is known about her comes from oral history, as little textual evidence exists. #CelebratingWomen
She was born into the Asante people in what is today Ghana, and escaped from slavery after being transported to Jamaica.
Historical documents refer to her as the "rebels' old 'obeah' woman." Following some armed confrontations, colonial officials reached a settlement for peace.
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Sep 14, 2018
Let's look at this one. Follow #TenThingsAboutWritersBlock to collect them all!
1. Writer's block is a psychological disorder, and is far, far less common than most people think. It's linked to depression, so if you really think you're suffering from this, get professional help. #TenThingsAboutWritersBlock
2. Many people use the term loosely, to mean "lacking the will or the inspiration to write." If this is you, try to identify the reason. #TenThingsAboutWritersBlock
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Sep 14, 2018
Na Hangbe was the ruler of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, for a brief period before Agaja came to power in 1718. #CelebratingWomen
Little is known about her because her rule was largely erased from the official Dahomey history and much that is known is brought together by various different oral histories.
However, it is believed that she became the ruler of Dahomey upon the sudden death of King Akaba because his oldest son, Agbo Sassa, was not yet of age.
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