The Brits, more specifically, a UK organization called the Society of Authors, will be highlighting the importance of the short story with a special Tweetathon. The tweetathon features a well-known author tweeting the first line of a story; the next four sentences of the story are written by tweeters to create a 670-character short story (the best four sentences of the contributing tweets are chosen by curators of the project). The tweetathon began last Wednesday with Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus novels, and will run for the next four weeks. Participating authors include Simon Brett, The Feathering Mysteries; Neil Gaiman, American Gods; Joanne Harris, Chocolat; and Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet. Want to participate? Follow the Society of Authors on Twitter and submit your sentences using the hashtag #soatale. (via)
