The general consensus today is that a writer in any medium must have an online presence. At the very least, they should have a website. Regardless of the caliber, all of the new writers, it seems, have a website/blog, and a twitter and facebook account for professional purposes (with some rare exceptions). Sometimes these are run by other people, but the illusion that the writers themselves are posting their thoughts and updates is there. I started researching Salman Rushdie, who is speaking at the Brooklyn Book Festival next week, and was surprised to see he had no online presence whatsoever. What was even more surprising was that he is not alone. Here is a list of 10 pretty big names in the literature world…