If you’re an author or publisher and still aren’t sure if the whole Twitter thing is for you, a couple of new resources may help demonstrate the value it can deliver.

Last week I was interviewed by Kirk Biglione, a digital publisher and new media consultant, about Twitter and the book trade people who are using it. You can listen to a recording of that interview.

Kirk has also put together a short video presentation that explains how Twitter is like the best cocktail party you’ve ever attended, and how authors and publishers can use it to their advantage.

If you’ve been a hold-out, now is the time to join the Twitter party. It’s probably different — and better — than you think. Look me up at @jennifertribe and say hello. Let’s start a conversation.

We editors are a picky lot, it’s true. But in our defence, we’re paid to be picky. An anal-retentive editor is a good editor.

OK, OK, I’ll admit many of us are picky about writing when we’re off the clock, too. Editors and grammarians tend to revel in pointing out errors wherever and whenever they are found — all the better if the errors create amusing misunderstandings.

With that in mind, wordslingers and redactors alike may enjoy the editorial pickiness to be found at these punctuation-related websites:

• Comma Clout explores the wiley ways of that punctuation workhorse, the comma
• Apostrophe Abuse documents the many ways the poor little apostrophe is kicked around
• The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotes — well, the name really tells the story, doesn’t it?

If, instead of making you giggle, these websites leave you scratching your head over what exactly is so wrong about CD’s and “hot” breakfast sandwiches, then a trip over to the Grammar Girl website might be in order. Mignon Fogarty’s podcasts and blog posts give you just what the site says — quick and dirty tips for better writing.