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Linear Writing

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

I mentioned last week that I enjoy hearing other writers’ book-writing processes.   I share a variety of writing-craft tips on Twitter because although something may not be useful for me, it might be useful for someone else.

But sometimes, I think, it’s helpful to hear how others write.  Although I’m pretty set in my ways with my process, sometimes I need to try something new.  And sometimes I think I need to try something new because I’m so set in my ways.  It helps to keep my writing fresh, even though I may be working on book ten in a series.

I read a post from writer B.E. Sanderson’s Outside the Box blog on linear writing … working straight through scenes to reach the end of the story.   

I’m a linear writer almost to a fault now, but B.E.’s post reminded me that I haven’t always written that way.  There was one book that I wrote backward from the end to the middle (the middle was where I’d gotten stuck).

Another book I wrote completely out of order.  I’d gotten ideas for different sections of the story  at different times and had written whatever scene I’d gotten the inspiration for.

I don’t know how many of you are mystery readers, but I can say from experience that the second book was a disaster in edits.  Mysteries follow a particular pattern and mystery writers must track clues, red herrings, suspects’ lies, and alibis.  Hopping around through a mystery meant that it took me longer to edit the book than it did to write the first draft (where ordinarily I edit in about 3 or 4 days before sending the manuscript to a freelance or publisher’s editor).

Not only were the elements of the mystery in a mess, but the transitions between scenes were either extremely choppy or missing altogether.  The book ended up becoming Progressive Dinner Deadly and worked out fine and dandy … but I would never try to write a book completely out of order again.

But I might try writing a book from the end to the middle again, if I were stuck.  It worked last time.

As someone who has written both ways, here are my thoughts on both approaches:

Pros to Linear Writing:

You’re writing it as the reader will be reading it.

You have a better sense of where you are in the story.

Transitions are (usually) neater.

If you’re writing a complicated story (like a mystery), it can be less confusing for you to edit later.

Pros to Writing Scenes Out of Order:

It can be extremely useful to jumpstart a story when you’re stuck …particularly moving backward through the book.

Sometimes when you’re not in the mood to write a particular scene (you’re feeling down or discouraged and you need to write a lively scene, e.g.) it helps to write a scene that better matches your mood.

When you’re full of ideas and dialogue for a future scene, the draft of the scene can be more animated when you write the idea as you get it.

If you’ve written a lot of books and you’re getting tired of your approach (or it’s boring you), writing out of order can infuse your story with new life.

When I’m tempted to write out of order now:

I make a note…either on my outline or in Track Changes right there in the margin…mapping out the scene or noting the ideas I had for it. Then I continue with the story in my linear fashion.  For the most part, I just don’t have the editing time to write a book out of order anymore.

Have you ever written a story out of order?  How did it go?

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Metadata Tools

 

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Those who’ve been reading my blog for a while know that I’ve had something of a bee in my bonnet lately over metadata.   When I first heard about metadata, it sounded like the most boring (and confusing) thing I’d ever heard of.  I became curious as I continued hearing more and more about it.  I attended a couple of talks on metadata at a couple of different conferences.  I read slideshows on it from conferences I hadn’t attended.

And then I decided that the topic of metadata was actually pretty interesting and useful after all.  To me, it’s a way of making my books visible to readers.  In that way, it’s useful in the way that a card catalog used to be useful at the public library.  Carla King wrote a great article for BookWorks called “Mastering Metadata: the Key to Marketing Your Books,” if you want a more detailed explanation of its helpfulness.

Then I realized at some point in the process that my own metadata, or the way I label the bits and pieces of my books, was wildly inconsistent.  I might be Elizabeth Craig, I might be Elizabeth Spann Craig, I might be Elizabeth S. Craig.  That doesn’t help my visibility on a search engine….surely I’d bring in better results if I listed myself one way all the time.

Similarly, it’s also a problem when we’re inconsistent with series details.  Looking at my KDP dashboard, I saw that one of my series was occasionally listed as The Myrtle Clover mysteries and sometimes listed as A Myrtle Clover Mystery and sometimes as A Myrtle Clover Cozy Mystery.  Not good.  Again, consistency is key.

After a while, I tried tracking various metadata.  I’d keep a list of keywords and a list of the series names, etc.

Then I realized that it would be more useful if I could keep it all in one place in a spreadsheet.  Except I’m horrible at spreadsheets.

I stumbled on Airtable about a week ago.  It’s a spreadsheet maker for people who are horrible at spreadsheets.  This is what I came up with.  I think you can click on it and copy it yourself (try clicking ‘view larger version’ at the bottom of the image).  And no doubt you could make one better, yourself!  Airtable is free (at least, the version I’m using is free).

If you’d rather not mess with spreadsheets, Carla King has a downloadable metadata cheat sheet in the article I referenced above (at the bottom of the post).  Or, if you’re not really sure if you need to work on your own metadata, David Wogahn recommends auditing our own search engine listings in his blog post, ” A Simple Author Metadata Audit in Less Than 30 Minutes.”

Hope this gives you some ideas for keeping track of metadata and keeping it consistent.  Is recording metadata something that you do to save time or for consistency?

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Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

The Kindle “Delivery Cost” and How it Affects Writers:  http://ow.ly/q30H301U6Dg @RJCrayton

10 Tips for Beginning (and Expert) Poets: http://ow.ly/ATfX301VQN6 @hrhookwriter

“I Used to be a Writer”:  http://ow.ly/7igq301VQBr @TamsenButler  @WomenWriters         

How To Craft a 1-Page Synopsis Using Story Beats:  http://ow.ly/mONf301VPWy @SueColetta1

5 Good Ideas Science Fiction Teaches Us to Fear:  http://ow.ly/FxxG301VQIx by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Your Speaking Gig Should Also Market Your Books/Business:  http://ow.ly/VTMa301VQSc @Margo_L_Dill

How One Writer Overcame Fear and Got a 2nd Chance:  http://ow.ly/6oDL301VRdp  @thereallisakerr

Blab for Indie Authors:  http://ow.ly/uW67301U6gW @LornaSixsmith  @IndieAuthorALLI

An Agent Offers Reasons She Rejected 25 queries:  http://ow.ly/C99s301U6tA @Janet_Reid

Do You Write for Young Adults or Millenials?  Try Snapchat:  http://ow.ly/keYB301U6cS @CaballoFrances

Contract Terms to Watch Out For:  http://ow.ly/jcCe301U6nV @111publishing

Should You Self-Publish or Traditionally Publish? http://ow.ly/RsQ6301U6OP @JaneFriedman

SEO for Bloggers:  http://ow.ly/yFTV301U6a0 @randfish

Can technology help you write? 5 science-backed tips:  http://ow.ly/uTb5301SykI by Chris Smith @TheWritPlatform

4 Ways to Take Criticism Like a Pro:  http://ow.ly/SZjz301Sybo @bhathenatanaz  @WritersDigest

When Grief Becomes Surreal:  http://ow.ly/uj6R302iAqL @lithub @TobiasCarroll

Honing vs. Sharpening Knives: What’s the Difference?  http://ow.ly/2GHC301Syg4 @benjaminsobieck

What Getting Published At 16 Teaches About Becoming a Writer:  http://ow.ly/FWW0302iAsM @BannerCatherine @lithub

50 Creative Writing Prompts for Different Parts of Your Story:  http://ow.ly/HQBv301SxVp @nownovel

Tips for making your book a page-turner: http://ow.ly/uqI1302iaru @rxena77

Too Distracted to Write?  Respect Your Resistance:  http://ow.ly/6gE5301SylN @RosanneBane

How Writing Habits Make Writing Easier:  http://ow.ly/q7EN301SxYy @MahinWriter

Writer’s Guide to Weapons: What’s that Smell? Cordite vs. Gunpowder vs. Propellant:  http://ow.ly/7KkW301SymA @benjaminsobieck

Become an Intuitive Writer:  http://ow.ly/VvKZ301SxJv @JanalynVoigt

How Successful Authors Use Social Media: 23 Content Ideas:  http://ow.ly/BOJ3301Syfp @DianaUrban

To The Invisible Writer:  http://ow.ly/2oUf301SxSw @JanalynVoigt

Blinding a Hero: On Writing a Disability:  http://ow.ly/U9ye301SyhG  by Tanvir Bush  @TheWritPlatform

Description Shouldn’t Be Boring:  http://ow.ly/tSVp301SygV @MarcyKennedy

Write Inner Dialogue That Speaks to the Reader: http://ow.ly/k6uz301SydS @ZoeMMcCarthy

When No One Shows Up To Your Reading: Lessons Learned:  http://ow.ly/mxLn301Sy5I @leewind  @scbwi  @TheNormanNation

5 Faulty “Not Only . . . But Also” Sentences:  http://ow.ly/9qIU301RAKV @writing_tips

How Hemingway Kept His Momentum Going:  http://ow.ly/QZJx301QVKv @ChadRAllen

Motifs, Symbols, and Themes:  http://ow.ly/iIxl301RAv3 @PBRWriter

Making Your Scenes Work for You: Tips:  http://ow.ly/VyCk301RAOa @AnthonyEhlers

The Biggest Obstacle To Your Writing:  http://ow.ly/5zhQ301RAhn @jamieraintree

Author uses novel tactic to promote book:  http://ow.ly/RytV301RAw0 @sandrabeckwith

The Discbound Planner for Organizing Your Writing Life:  http://ow.ly/PWqm301RAud @jamieraintree

Summer Celebrations: The 6 Wildest Parties in Literary History:  http://ow.ly/vssa301RAID @BookTrib

Too many ideas? An idea ranker worksheet: http://ow.ly/uDIy301RAE1 @EvaDeverell

Need Writing Ideas? Take Inventory of Your Life:  http://ow.ly/eego301RANg @annkroeker

Avoid Sad Sack Protagonists:  http://ow.ly/Kz64301RAPl @Diana_Hurwitz

The components of plot:  http://ow.ly/EUjr301RAfV @RuthanneReid

How an idea becomes a comic:  http://ow.ly/EDYl301Q4Oe  @Nsousanis

What It Means To Be an Inclusive Literary Journal:  http://ow.ly/rgiQ301PQzx @zinziclemmons @lithub

How to Create an Online Course:  http://ow.ly/K9UV301LDYv  @HelloMorganTimm

How To Use Story Archetypes To Subvert Expectations:  http://ow.ly/Chmk301LByG @kayladeanwrites @DIYMFA

4 Mantras That Will Motivate You to Write:  http://ow.ly/5mQS301LBgp @RiteLikeRowling

Unleashing Bravery Into Your Writing Life:  http://ow.ly/Yxnx301LB0H @reallucyflint

5 Tips for Better Facebook Live Broadcasts: http://ow.ly/pUA0301LAAI by Jeff Ente @SMExaminer

How to Self-Publish a Book on Amazon: 24 Steps:  http://ow.ly/P4Jn302d6ob @mfishbein

The Visual Writer: Using Images To Bring Your Writing Alive:  http://ow.ly/klMD301LAoR @nhendrickson1

The Second Pinch Point in Stories:  http://ow.ly/ScNt301LzTt @CSLakin

5 Ways to Combine Sentences:  http://ow.ly/HQqk301LzFa @writing_tips

Character Archetypes:  Minions, Medleys and Minor Characters: http://ow.ly/Y94M301LzyR @HunterEmkay

Editing vs. Proofreading:  http://ow.ly/1EqZ302bCkY @Scribendi_Inc

Librarian Chelsea Couillard-Smith Creates #BlackLivesMatter Booklist for Teens: http://ow.ly/shVz302brjd @sljournal

The Key to Creating Believable Plots and Subplots:  http://ow.ly/2BUy301RATy @CSLakin

5 Obstacles Every Writer Must Face and How to Overcome Them:  http://ow.ly/AGYN301QVkJ @ChadRAllen

Are You Asking the Right Question About Backstory?  http://ow.ly/5JJY301JjJO @p2p_editor

Voice vs. Grammar:  http://ow.ly/O8ec301Jjv3 by Nils Ödlund @mythicscribes

Mapping the Novel: A Whole-brained Approach: http://ow.ly/Dpf2301FBuj @Wordstrumpet

How 1 Writer Learned To Stop Checking Her Book Sales:  http://ow.ly/RKwl3027AcU

50 Favorite Fictional Women:  http://ow.ly/KR2y301FB3x @mollitudo @brooklynmag

How To Kickstart Your Productivity:  http://ow.ly/33X8301FAfb @DoWhatYouLoveXx

How to Make Real Money Selling Short Fiction:  http://ow.ly/80Mc301SyvC @SteveCampbellFL

‘Brexit Means Brexit’? All in UK Publishing Are Not Convinced: http://ow.ly/ZrDK302a5cV  @rogertagholm @pubperspectives

Thinking of joining a writing group? Ask yourself these 8 questions first:  http://ow.ly/BuwJ300p6lF @LisasShare @publishingtalk

4 Tips For Creating Bad Boys & Villains Readers Will Love to Hate:  http://ow.ly/J5yo301EoMR  @HunterSmith01

13 Questions to Ask Before Submitting to a Literary Journal:  http://ow.ly/w2gU301FtCb @erikadreifus @lithub

Tips for Naming Characters:  http://ow.ly/cwYZ301Epql @Adria_in_Paris

The writer’s duty: to lift people up: on E.B. White:  http://ow.ly/6Liw3027rAA @pubcoach

Writing: Ways to Cultivate Solitude:  http://ow.ly/UXA7301Eote @soniaroth

Helpful Tools and Sites for Writers (worksheets, writing courses, prompts, more):  http://ow.ly/VWW13027r1T

7 Great Sources of Conflict for Romances:  http://ow.ly/FIUa301Eoqr by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

The Legal Side of Writing for Anthologies:  http://ow.ly/hTAf301CRN2 @SusanSpann

Rags to riches stories in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/jgJt3027o9V @mkinberg

A @pubperspectives white paper on #TheMarkets2016: download your free copy: http://ow.ly/6QkU3027ore @Porter_Anderson

The Call to Action:  Strategies to Make It Big:  http://ow.ly/ipJU301EoXv @TheresaStevens

4 tips for setting goals:  http://ow.ly/8oOK301EoEa @MichaelHyatt

Building a Book Audience With Short Stories or Excerpts:  http://ow.ly/sK6J301EoKK @jennienash

What to Do When Your Novel’s Too Short:  http://ow.ly/newt301EpmV @Janice_Hardy

Story Setting Tips for Writers Who Are Remote from the Location:   http://ow.ly/8Ky8301Ep2j @Jenn_Mattern

Converting Backstory into Character:  http://ow.ly/5FID301EoQc @TheresaStevens

Teens’ Thoughts on Writing:  http://ow.ly/ourl301Epjc @ShanDitty

What’s Your Genre? A High-Level Overview for Writers:  http://ow.ly/dwLi301CRbB @brooke_warner

Miss Havisham: A History:  http://ow.ly/gpqP301PQec @CAAF @TheToast

Shopping an offer from an agent is a bad idea:  http://ow.ly/si5D301CRJR @Janet_Reid

Tying (and Trimming) Loose Ends for a Tidy Finish:  http://ow.ly/9Sj1301CRym @AlyConnerBrown

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Writing Routines: When to Write?

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Out of all the different things I’ve done to make my writing better, practice has benefitted me most outside of pure reading.

I’ve taken classes, I’ve read craft books, I’ve read many, many posts on improving my writing in interesting and creative ways.  But practicing has been the best approach for better writing.

The key is writing as often as we can.  There are some days when writing is harder than others.  Sometimes it’s totally me…I just don’t feel as if I can bear to look at my manuscript.  I’ll still write on those days, but it will be a fraction of the amount I usually write.  Sometimes it’s a sick child, travel, or other things that get in the way.

I’ve found that I do best and get more written if I write first thing in the mornings before any demands are made on my day by other people.  I pour my coffee, take a quick glance (quick is vital) at my phone to make sure that no family emergencies have happened overnight (although I know I’d more likely get a phone call on my house phone if that were the case), and then I hop right into the story.

If I write at the same time, in the same place, and after the same routine (getting up, putting contacts in, going downstairs, getting my coffee), it’s almost as if I’ve got muscle memory with my writing.  The writing happens automatically.  I don’t mean that the text seems robotic and automatic, only that it’s produced efficiently and on demand.  I don’t have to force myself to it…it’s just what I do at that point of the day.

I love mornings, I admit it.  I love that smug feeling after I’ve knocked out the biggest thing that I’ve got to do that day to meet my goals.  If you’re interested in becoming a morning writer, I read an interesting article recently called “Win the Morning, Win the Day,”by Bec Evans,  which expresses better than I’m doing here why this is a helpful approach for so many of us.   She states:

“By making your morning routine a habit you can conserve your willpower for other more important activities. President Obama famously limits his suit and tie choices so he doesn’t deplete willpower deciding what to wear.

It’s not easy to make good habits or break old ones, but it can be done. Having a set of activities you do on rising makes it more likely for a habit to become established. The best advice for setting a habit is to start small and attach it to something you do already, like making your first cup of coffee, and slowly increase the time spent. You’ll be surprised how quickly it becomes routine.”

Although I do love the mornings, I always feel sort of bad for the night writers.  For one thing, I feel like they get a bit of short shrift among other writers.  Writing in the morning is popular…night writing not so much.  But some writers have morning obligations, odd schedules, or are just unable to write in the mornings before work.  For those writers,  I’ll mention another article I read recently with tips for night writing.  It’s by Daphne Gray-Grant  for PR Daily: “5 Helpful Tips for Writing at Night.”   I think one of her best tips is where she’s essentially recommending that we be realistic with our nighttime writing.

“Make your writing time late enough that it won’t compete with social or family obligations. If your writing time is 7 p.m. you’re essentially committing to never going out to dinner with friends, never seeing a nighttime movie, never going to a concert.

Make sure your time is going to work for you at least five days per week.”

Are you more of a morning  writer or an evening writer?  Or are you a writer who fits writing in when you can  (I’ve had years when that’s been true)?

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Helpful Tools and Sites for Writers

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

As I’m looking for helpful content for writers, I come across lots of different kinds of tools.  Some of them I immediately put into use myself, or I’ll add the article on the tool to an Evernote notebook to study for later.

Sometimes I come across things that aren’t useful for me, but because writers all have different approaches, they’ll be useful for someone.  And I think many of these things are worth a try if we get stuck or if we haven’t come up with our own tools yet.   Here are a few.

Worksheets:

If you’re interested in trying a worksheet to help get through plotting or brainstorming, there are many different resources available online.  Here are a few to get your started:

Beat sheet from Larry Brooks of Storyfix.

Eva Deverell has 52 worksheets from 2015 alone and more each Wednesday.

Annie Neugebauer has some novel plotting worksheets.

Jami Gold has a nice variety of worksheets for writers.

Martina A. Boone offers some character development worksheets. 

Or, if you’re in the goal-setting mindset, DIY MFA has goal-setting worksheets.

Writing Courses: 

Once every couple of months I get emails from writers asking where they might find online writing courses.  I frequently will direct them to the RWA, Romance Writers of America–whether they write romance or not.  Their courses range from the business of writing to social media and website creation, to the writing craft.  Class fees are generally inexpensive and only slightly higher for non-members.  Here are a few sites to get you started, but you can Google ‘online workshops’ and ‘RWA,’ you’ll get plenty of results: RWA (scroll down),  Colorado Romance Writers,  Outreach International RWA, Lowcountry Romance Writers of America.

The IWSG has a great listing of courses (some free, others not) on their site (scroll to the bottom of the page).

Prompts as Warm-ups: 

50 creative writing prompts on a variety of different areas from Bridget McNulty at Now Novel.

Prompts for Writers from Anjie Kokan

Michael Gonchar from the New York Times with 500 prompts for narrative and personal writing

Social Media: 

Have trouble connecting with readers (or figuring out what to say when you do?)  Angelina M. Lopez on Writers of the Storm explains how to maintain a social media calendar.

For Writers Who Need an Alternative to Excel: 

If you’re not great with spreadsheets but you’re finding uses for them, try the free version of Airtable.  They have spreadsheets for people who don’t like spreadsheets.

Industry News for Writers: 

The Hot Sheet: industry newsletter for authors (30 day free trial): from @Porter_Anderson & @JaneFriedman: http://ow.ly/DIld301hoVW

Need Help On a Specific Subject? 

The free search engine for writers from me and Mike Fleming: Writerskb.com

That’s all I’ve got right now…how about you?  Come across any great tools or info for writers?

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Twitterific Writing Links

 

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

It’s good to be back!  Hope everyone had a good couple of weeks.  Here’s an extended Twitterific.  :)

12 Things Noticed While Reading Every Short Story Published in 2014-–15:  http://ow.ly/l5PH301wphW  @lucekel  @ElectricLit

The curse of 1st person narration: http://ow.ly/EDia301wrbB @NovelEditor

Is KDP Select Right for You? http://ow.ly/jGcs301AYBk @MarcyKennedy

Man Booker Prize Trends: Male and Middle-Aged in 3rd Person:  http://ow.ly/VDuy3022Yrx @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

5 Overlooked Pixar Storytelling Tips:  http://ow.ly/ZVK9301AYFZ @RobinRWrites

The PLAN method of plotting and the movie Jaws: http://ow.ly/rdPS301AYKh @AlexSokoloff

10 Writing Pitfalls:  http://ow.ly/zCLf301AZ3j @MartinaABoone

When Less Is More on Social Media:  http://ow.ly/mLcJ301AZ8f @cksyme @JaneFriedman               

What’s the Best POD Service for Self-published Paperbacks? http://ow.ly/agVQ301AZjU @jayartale @IndieAuthorALLI

Artists: how to graciously say no to anyone and free up creative time:  http://ow.ly/yAyg301B0hb @austinkleon

The Female Bachelor in Literature:  http://ow.ly/hXH6301Badb @thepointmag @IvanKreilkamp

How to Manipulate Scrivener Labels:  http://ow.ly/rISz301CQhN @Ava_Jae

I Want to Be a Novelist. Where Do I Start? http://ow.ly/A9Vz301CQlj @DanielleLHanna @IndiePlotTwist

Promote Your Book With One Easy Photoshop Technique:  http://ow.ly/O4uK301CQso @aliciarades

The Top 10 Books for Hamilnerds:  http://ow.ly/vYFT301CQuF @donalybooks @thereadingzone

Grab Readers With a Multi-Faceted Characteristic Moment:  http://ow.ly/fFKe301CRh2 @KMWeiland

An agent on interacting with agents on Twitter: http://ow.ly/Io31301CQLa @Janet_Reid

Book Distribution on Demand: Ingram’s Kelly Gallagher:  http://ow.ly/IR9t3022YIe @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Character Thoughts: Direct and Indirect Interior Monologues:  http://ow.ly/OLFi301CRob @FictionNotes

Writing Phone Conversations to Forward Your Plot:  http://ow.ly/YeII301CRrD by Deena Nataf @BookBaby

Why Is “Unlikable” Often a Deal-Breaker for Readers?  http://ow.ly/V7R2301CRnG @JamiGold

3 ways weather can help your story: http://ow.ly/KZ4j301CRHs by Ellen Mulholland

Tying (and Trimming) Loose Ends for a Tidy Finish:  http://ow.ly/9Sj1301CRym @AlyConnerBrown

How to Start Writing a Novel if Stuck: 8 Steps:  http://ow.ly/V14z301tzIy @nownovel

Blogging Got You Down? Follow These 6 Steps:  http://ow.ly/qDbk3022XQr @CaballoFrances

Psychic Ability Featured in Crime Fiction:  http://ow.ly/fZur301SyDA @mkinberg

‘Rising sophistication’ among indies results in ‘power authors’ with different needs: http://ow.ly/PRNu3022Y9T @Porter_Anderson @OrnaRoss

8 Ebook Discovery Services Compared:  http://ow.ly/7IP73022XNI @JohnDoppler @IndieAuthorALLI

5 Important Works of Eco-Fiction:  http://ow.ly/yQmk301wjxJ @MidgeRaymond  @lithub

Where Science Fiction Meets Punk Rock:  http://ow.ly/5uYY301wqo2 @MikeBrooks668  @tordotcom

4 Things The Office Teaches Us About Writing:  http://ow.ly/2zj4301woeW @crisfreese  @WritersDigest

The Pomodoro Technique: Timers to Improve Productivity and Write More:  http://ow.ly/W8DK301wqy2 @WilsonTheWriter

Fiction and Non-Fiction Blend Picture Books:  http://ow.ly/Xkss301wrid @Kid_Lit

On the Invisibility of Middle-Aged Women:  http://ow.ly/7C5I301wjiw @DortheNors  @lithub

Words to describe someone’s voice:  http://ow.ly/9Yb9301wqZm from Nimble’s Notebook

10 Cheats to Tell Well:  http://ow.ly/ivUW301tzLk @SeptCFawkes

What to Expect When Hiring a Ghostwriter:  http://ow.ly/k6DF301tAag @StacyEnnis  @JaneFriedman

Evernote For Authors (Video):  http://ow.ly/7Gf7301QDd0 @spajonas

3 Tips to Avoid Mistakes with Writing Contests:  http://ow.ly/Zv0S301tzRt @janetlaneauthor  @RMFWriters

Looking Ahead to the UAE’s Free Trade Zone for Publishing: Bodour:  http://ow.ly/o0Rl301YEUy @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

7 Helpful Resources for New Freelance Writers:  http://ow.ly/WYHV301tzNU @decorcione

3 Cases of Superfluous Hyphenation:  http://ow.ly/77zw301tzGO @writing_tips

3 Tips for Collecting a Wealth of Humorous Material: http://ow.ly/kZYp301tAVX @JeanWilund

Developing Themes In Your Stories: The Inciting Incident:  http://ow.ly/LGzb301tAnr @SaraL_Writer @DIYMFA

5 Reasons You Should Still Pursue a Traditional Book Contract:  http://ow.ly/iuzt301tA0Y @tinaannforkner   @WomenWriters

A Pre-Writing Checklist:  http://ow.ly/pwR0301tzEI @HeatherJacksonW

Celebrate your Success:  http://ow.ly/rUbZ301tzW7 @kcraftwriter

5 Reasons We Need More New Age Fiction:  http://ow.ly/INNq301tAg7  @abbeycamp  @WritersDigest

10 Things That Improved 2 Authors’ Writing: http://ow.ly/QbXN301tAxE @SGarberGirl  @staceyleeauthor

Tech Tips for Writers: How to Embed Google Docs: http://ow.ly/Fkie301tzYw @WordDreams

The Art of the Short Story:  http://ow.ly/vVI6301YFL9 @helencphillips @matthewvollmer @lithub

Be a disciplined artist in 7 steps:  http://ow.ly/9EQc301pSeu @gigirosenberg

9 Greek Sayings For The Writer:  http://ow.ly/dA4k301pS9D @LZMarieAuthor

How To Improve Your Creativity:  http://ow.ly/xuVc301pRSR @GarryRodgers1

3 Movies Ruined By Their Endings:  http://ow.ly/ojWG301pRM2 @DBlakeAuthor

8 Book Marketing Shots in the Dark:  http://ow.ly/okXm301YyFO @DebbieYoungBN @IndieAuthorALLI

Reading habits and the Classics with Bestselling Author @KMWeiland :  http://ow.ly/13bP301ZyHh @thewritingtrain

Tune in to the @ReedsyHQ  live chat on FB each Wednesday at 3p ET (now). Today’s topic: worldbuidling:  http://ow.ly/yNbH301wguu

Why Your Ebook Should Not Look Like a Print Book:  http://ow.ly/I8IV301pQKu @JWManus

Why Is Dystopian Fiction Evergreen? http://ow.ly/4zqg301YF2h @MarkPiesing @pubperspectives

Character Archetypes: M for Minions, Medleys and Minor Characters: http://ow.ly/V0SN301pQfD @HunterEmkay

Finding Your Audience: Pre-Launch Steps:  http://ow.ly/qtZ5301pQ9d @AngelaQuarles

How To Keep Writing: 5 Tricks To Sneak Past Perfectionism:  http://ow.ly/voif301pQ1t by Michelle Russell

5 Ways to Twist the Chosen One Cliche:  http://ow.ly/XFKi301pPTs @Write4theKing

Character Archetypes: L for Lover:  http://ow.ly/TpEW301pPP8 @HunterEmkay

How to Write a Multi-Dimensional Lead Character:  http://ow.ly/R8mU301pRxK @IndiePlotTwist  @CarrieLynnLewis

Butt in Chair without an Aching Back: http://ow.ly/oViC301pRmP @KnowlesMarianne @WritersRumpus

5 Books With Families We’’d Like to Live Alongside as Neighbors:  http://ow.ly/UZIe301phB0 @stephenhsegal  @Valya

Using Backstory Effectively:  http://ow.ly/Ni6X301WVDa @p2p_editor

The Business of Screenwriting: Who does what in a writer-representative relationship?  http://ow.ly/j4HD301phrl @GoIntoTheStory

10 Tips for Throwing a Successful Book Launch Party: http://ow.ly/OZSM301phu8 @EricaVerrillo

How To Get Your Writing Done: 2 Methods:  http://ow.ly/TXc1301phyj @Wordstrumpet

George RR Martin: Game of Thrones characters die because ‘it has to be done’:  http://ow.ly/zKAX301phFQ @alisonflood  @GeorgeRRMartin

The 10 opposing traits of highly creative people:  http://ow.ly/dekJ301phNi @word_smiths

10 Reliable Ways To Get More Out Of Facebook:  http://ow.ly/uHYn301phYM @standoutbooks

Why Authors Need An Account on Every Social Media Channel:   http://ow.ly/5uY2301phKi @cksyme

3 Reasons All Writers Should Write Flash Fiction:  http://ow.ly/xcD3301phZL @Magic_Violinist

Book Marketing: Tactics and Trials:  http://ow.ly/PmQG301phto @EmilyWenstrom

Writers: win the morning, win the day:  http://ow.ly/DvxX301phMj @Eva_Bec

Plot Twists:  http://ow.ly/EfMo301phss @donnalhsmith

Tips for Writing A Character With Depression:  http://ow.ly/Bq6n301yIur @misfitalexa

How to Connect Your WordPress Blog to Medium:  http://ow.ly/IDTs301yIb4 @teefeena @SMExaminer

8 Common Creative Writing Mistakes:  http://ow.ly/7ybt301yBbm @WritingForward

A Better Way to Think About Show, Don’t Tell:  http://ow.ly/hwcY301yB3p @RuthanneReid

30 Practical Ways To Beat Writer’s Block:  http://ow.ly/IYcH301yAXa @Writers_Write

Why Depression Is Bad For Writers and Tips for Avoiding it: http://ow.ly/OYgj301yAzv @colleen_m_story

Write a Sequel That Doesn’t Disappoint:  http://ow.ly/1kkl301yAhv @ink_and_quills

Crowdfunding a novel: Unbound: http://ow.ly/3wOr301U6S0 @Roz_Morris @salenagodden @bobbyllew @whengoddcries

Why Your Hero Should Eavesdrop and Make a Bad Assumption (in 4 steps) :  http://ow.ly/K6Di301yA7w @BetterNovelProj

5 Times Katniss Nailed Deep PoV: http://ow.ly/hzOL301yA1p @MarcyKennedy @BetterNovelProj

Modern China is So Crazy It Needs a New Literary Genre:  http://ow.ly/7aY7301yzEE by Ning Ken @lithub

A Writing Tool to Help Collect Jumbles of Ideas:  http://ow.ly/URnr301TZaO @oliebol

The Rise of the Video Game Memoir:  http://ow.ly/NIz5301yyCg @TobiasCarroll @SignatureReads

Why Does Anyone Write?  http://ow.ly/mUNH301PNLQ @Alice_Adams @lithub

Lone Wolves and Authors on a Budget:  http://ow.ly/9IKk301nRF4 @PiperBayard

15 Ways To Defeat Writer’s Block, As Told By Published Authors: http://ow.ly/u0O9301nRB3 @FarrahPenn

Writing the First Chapter:  Tips and Fixes:  http://ow.ly/ldq7301Sz6R @RuthHarrisBooks

Be Brave & Write Inclusively: A Resource List:  http://ow.ly/p5VE301POmr @QuillShift

How to Finish Your Book in 3 Drafts:  http://ow.ly/33cP301nRpu @Book_Arch

Helpful editing tools:  http://ow.ly/6Waq301nRk7 @nancylin90

Middle Eastern Writers Find Refuge in the Dystopian Novel:  http://ow.ly/acot301nRfU @xanalter @nytimesbooks

How Writers Can Develop Emotional Connections between Reader and Hero:  http://ow.ly/RELe301nRae @CSLakin

Writing Cinematically:  http://ow.ly/CKKQ301nR0g @AuthorDebRaney

Two Different Approaches to Successful Pre-Orders:  http://ow.ly/HN02301SxHN @SteveCampbellFL

8 steps to finding a writing routine that works for you:  http://ow.ly/Hx1E301dhek @word_smiths @Write_Track

Mingling at the Twitter Cocktail: 5 Tips:  http://ow.ly/HIEp301POB0  @joshfunkbooks

The 7 Stages of Love, According to French Poetry:  http://ow.ly/jHxq301PNBx @lithub

Writing Tips: Eliminate Redundancies:  http://ow.ly/9Uky301nRsr @WritingForward

7 Seeds You Need To Plant For Future Writing Success:  http://ow.ly/EOoN301PNmd @colleen_m_story

Copyright and the Industry’s Authors: Canada’s Book Summit:  http://ow.ly/ij0N301PN8I @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Self-publishing to-do list:  http://ow.ly/TRSE301PNdG @kseniaanske

3 Tips For Steady Platform Growth:  http://ow.ly/WAiY301jOjc @susanrstilwell

Key Statistics on the 2015 German Book Market:  http://ow.ly/mWtP301PN2N by Ingrid Süßmann @pubperspectives

Know What Keeps You Sane:  http://ow.ly/beb3301jOBn @wendypmiller

Famous Novels Retitled Like Episodes of “Friends”:  http://ow.ly/quNg301mPcz by  Jason Adam Katzenstein @NewYorker

7 Point Story Structure:  Case Study of A Game of Thrones:  http://ow.ly/a744301mPYF @kylieday0

What to Do When Your Book Launch Fails:  http://ow.ly/Lvfp301mPNW @GoinsWriter  @timgrahl

This Is Why You Hated the Ending to That Book:  http://ow.ly/z613301mQhl @MegDowell

How To Write A Pet The Puppy Scene For Dark Characters:  http://ow.ly/mfdr301mPU1 @DBlakeAuthor

American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis:  http://ow.ly/FQPz301mPCe @RealLiveCritic  @lithub

Finding a building an audience for your blog: 5 tips:  http://ow.ly/N21a301mQ6T @debluskin

Dickinson’s poetic innovations depended on her gardening skills:   http://ow.ly/LotR301mQnT @ferrisjabr  @Slate

5 Books Written by Authors in the Grip of Mental Illness: http://ow.ly/8mKs301hnkI @jeffreysomers

Story Twinkies: Do You Need One?  http://ow.ly/PlRh301hirP @RobinRWrites

An Agent on 4 Emotional Obstacles That Trip Writers Up (and How to Work Through Them): http://ow.ly/rw91301QMLv @maria_ribas @ChadRAllen

Your Writing Voice and Putting You on the Page:  http://ow.ly/Nhw6301hiE9 @rachaeldthomas

3 Kinds Of Isolation For Your Story:  http://ow.ly/VYpd301hi6p  @DBlakeAuthor

Creativity, Art And Business With @lisacongdon   http://ow.ly/qr5y301hiUP @thecreativepenn

Paris Bookstore Offers Print-on-Demand:  http://ow.ly/e4EJ301Fxfq @pressfuturist @pubperspectives

How To Master Structure:  http://ow.ly/g54z301hneY by Daniel Murphy @WritersEdit

Imposter syndrome in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/DZso301Fwjg @mkinberg

Grit: perseverance makes you a better writer (and how to develop it):  http://ow.ly/MDz9301dh3w @Eva_Bec @Write_Track

Self-Publishing and the ‘Curatorial Mark’ of Trad Pub:  http://ow.ly/EcXu301PMdD @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

How to Start Your Book In the Right Place:  http://ow.ly/BAEC301hhKN @jennienash

The Horror of the Subtle Psychopath (with Examples from ‘Creep’: http://ow.ly/vYov301jNws @brendanmorrow @BDisgusting

The Rule of 3 (And How it Helps Our Writing):  http://ow.ly/8rZ1301jNPp @Janice_Hardy

Writing a Memoir: 6 Tough-Love Lessons: http://ow.ly/Dx9y301jNJx @MerylWilliams

5 Unique Ways to Market Your 1st Book:  http://ow.ly/rrE4301ffur @MissOhEmGee @WomenWriters

“Does this appeal..? I can have 1429 pages on your desk by noon”: The Elevator Pitch:  http://ow.ly/Kl3i301O5sM @nplusonemag by Cora Frazier

How to Start Using Hashtags Effectively:  http://ow.ly/3HGr301feWs @BadRedheadMedia

7 Ways to Make Your Historical Novel Come Alive: http://ow.ly/9vHL301feOo by Alison Love @WritersDigest

How Objects Tell Your Story:  http://ow.ly/hfS1301feC8 @MindyHalleck

Is ‘Confessional Poetry’ still a relevant term? http://ow.ly/EHaM301fe78 @desi_writers @MominaMela

Writer, Mother, Both, Neither:  http://ow.ly/9mTt301fdeu @thelithub @BelleBoggs

How to cheat your creative distractions:  http://ow.ly/qMRh301dgXm @Write_Track

On Max Perkins, One of America’s Greatest Editors:  http://ow.ly/e4Sz301ceqF @A_ScottBerg

Meditation for Writers:  http://ow.ly/zirw301ff7G @MarySharratt @WriterUnboxed

The life and death (ok,  just death) of poets:  http://ow.ly/Bsbj301Mrms @My_poetic_side

Kindness that adds a bit of relief in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/xtAL301FvKV @mkinberg

3 Ways to Be More Productive When You Sit Down to Write:  http://ow.ly/IfpV301ccAK @AGEditorial

Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: Being Stalked: http://ow.ly/9BHF301cc1R @beccapuglisi

Crime Writing: When Your Research Starts to Terrify You:  http://ow.ly/Z9X2301cdoq @flynnberry_ @thelithub

From ‘Older’ Publishing to New: Industry Veterans Go Indie http://ow.ly/Zr4V301FwOm @Porter_Anderson @thischairrocks @synch101

People with disabilities are not plot devices:  http://ow.ly/3rp6301cbSM @stevenspohn  @ChuckWendig

3 Tips to Help Increase Writing Output:  http://ow.ly/YP04301ccx1 @JodyHedlund

6 Ways to Make Time to Write: A Guide for Busy Parents:  http://ow.ly/Csb8301cc56 @aliventures

Writing with RSI: Tips to treat and avoid RSI:  http://ow.ly/kJoa301ccsS @TheOnlyJohnnyA  @IndieAuthorALLI

How to Write Dialogue Without Using Adverbs:  http://ow.ly/p11U301ccLX @Jffelkins

Word count spreadsheets:  http://ow.ly/FcR8301cc7s @jhdierking

5 Essential Questions for Every Writer:  http://ow.ly/kfO8301cbZj @joebunting

Lessons in Viral Marketing from One of the Nation’s Top Supermarkets http://ow.ly/ucpl301cbvX @JuliaReffner

How to Customize Your Email Newsletter Sign-Up Forms to Increase Reader Engagement:  http://ow.ly/ytSf301cbPv @kikimojo

The Best Categories For Your Book Sales on Amazon: http://ow.ly/P3u7301aRsQ @BookBaby  @shelleyhitz

What Information Theory Teaches Writers: http://ow.ly/9WsK301JjdO @p2p_editor

When You Write a Memoir, Readers Think They Know You Better Than They Do:  http://ow.ly/c86j301ILLZ @danijshapiro @nytimesbooks

3 Examples of How Semicolons Strengthen a Sentence:  http://ow.ly/uMvd301aRyj @writing_tips

Grabbing writing time where you can:  http://ow.ly/zBbt301aS9l @EdieMelson

What Kind of Writer Are You: Cook or Baker? http://ow.ly/bHbe301IIgB @annanorthtweets @lithub

Developing a Supernatural Edge: Foreshadowing:  http://ow.ly/p4y7301aRKw @RMNSediting

George Orwell’s Personal Guide on the Motivation to Write:  http://ow.ly/2o8x301aRYr @katekrake

How to Write Horror: Innovative Ideas:  http://ow.ly/u0s0301aRVc @katekrake

Book Promotion: Do This, Not That:  http://ow.ly/sVEW301aSbO @NewShelvesBooks

How to Become a Novelist: 10 Top Authors’ Tips: http://ow.ly/Uh8F301aRZX @nownovel

How to Choose a Domain Name for Your Author Website:  http://ow.ly/nHDV301aRrw @JFbookman

Adding Layers to Our Books: http://ow.ly/LGKb301b2Eu @RMNSediting

How To Find “The End”:  http://ow.ly/Iqgd301aSdR @HazelGaynor  @WomenWriters

How to Write Through Distractions:  http://ow.ly/NKqx301aRwp @_SmartEDits

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a Writer:  http://ow.ly/Klps301aTgh  @mdilloway @WriterUnboxed

Do Hedging Words Sabotage Your Writing? http://ow.ly/5jnX301aTc1 @CSLakin

How to Create a Successful Protagonist:  http://ow.ly/3bij301aTkR @josephrbates

High maintenance characters in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/Xvdz301FveQ @mkinberg

Avoiding contrivances in our stories: http://ow.ly/1hjv301aT5j by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

Tips for Writers on Using Instagram: http://ow.ly/j4Wc301aSNR @JennBardsley

Tackling Speech Tags:  http://ow.ly/23dB301aSD9 @RMNSediting

How to write foot-tapping copy:  http://ow.ly/zoAQ301a4jN @wearearticulate  by Sarah Cready

4 tips for success with our writing:  http://ow.ly/VUre301FuNY @author_sullivan @TheIWSG

Great Dialogue Makes the Best Stories:  http://ow.ly/8sMi3019XkA @AmySueNathan

Free Writing: How to get out of your head and into your character:  http://ow.ly/fSH03019XgS @louisehawes

Why Superheroes Are Bigger Than Their Stories:  http://ow.ly/OeEX301FsNb @bobproehl @lithub

Did an illicit affair give birth to Moby Dick?  http://ow.ly/9uCC301Ftgb by William Giraldi @NewRepublic

International Publishing and the UK’s Vote for ‘Brexit’:  http://ow.ly/TtUS301Fwze @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Tending Garden: Writing and Editing Advice for Debut Novelists:  http://ow.ly/q4D030103Mv  @SignatureReads  @ElizJChurch

How To Write About Your Life Without Boring Your Readers:  http://ow.ly/rauV301a4sw @LifeDoneWrite

How to Develop Your Best Novel Writing Ideas:  http://ow.ly/Cudr3019XcL @WritingForward

ISBNS – the Complete Lowdown for Indie Authors:  http://ow.ly/zPE8301DrvN @murdertakestime @IndieAuthorALLI

Social Media Scams: 8 More Scams Writers Should Know About: http://ow.ly/sFpg301CRWx @annerallen

Keeping Your Story Real Even When You’re Lying:  http://ow.ly/jYrg3019WTx by PJ Parrish

5 (Dirty Little) Truths about Proofreading: http://ow.ly/MFgv3018OEn @manzanitafire  @LitReactor

How to Start Your Book or Movie with a Bang: http://ow.ly/mb3D3018NYo @patverducci

Poetry as Substitute for Medication:  http://ow.ly/xTgK30104oJ @rosmance @SignatureReads

Corralling Your Writing Ideas:  http://ow.ly/Vwyr3019WN7 @Wordstrumpet

10 Tips For Creating Fantastic Book Cover Designs:  http://ow.ly/Ah923019WJv @joshuajdesign

Are Libraries the New Bookstores? http://ow.ly/i8zp3019WRP @marthamconway  @WriterUnboxed

How do you know if you’re a good writer? An agent responds:  http://ow.ly/5oVn3019WOa @Janet_Reid

8 Keys to Constructing a Great Plot for Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/ekAp3019WDM @lornafaith

12 tips for good description:  http://ow.ly/nkpq3019WW4  by Abby Geni @glimmertrain

8 Ways to Use Goodreads to Promote Your Book:  http://ow.ly/306l3019WBD @EricaVerrillo

4 Tips for Avoiding Sentence-Level Clichés:  http://ow.ly/ZXNa3019WCG @ceciliaedits

How To Express Your Characters’ Thoughts: With Exercises:  http://ow.ly/LtqY3018NGO @standoutbooks

“The Most Valuable Thing I Learned at Pixar: How to Fail”: http://ow.ly/gr123018NUW @GoIntoTheStory”

Creative people have psychopathic personality traits:  http://ow.ly/aqxN3015mj8 @chelsebaum @ElectricLit

The Pen Name Pickle: @JayneAnnKrentz on the Pseudonymous Life:  http://ow.ly/ZgrT30103xw @SignatureReads

More Than Mere Dialogue:  http://ow.ly/NmGP3018O9Y from Advanced Fiction Writing

70 Idioms with Heart:  http://ow.ly/avD13018NAW @writing_tips

A Guide to Characterization http://ow.ly/sjC13018NsD @stupidpenney

Why Are So Many Poets Also Artists?  http://ow.ly/FrpB3018Ovx by Maggie Millner @thelithub

The Portrait Of The Antagonist As A Human Being:  http://ow.ly/99N13018NDv @MiaJouBotha

What Are The Rules On Mixing Viewpoints When Writing Fiction? http://ow.ly/ssLD3018O5S From Advanced Fiction Writing

The curse of 1st person narration:  http://ow.ly/r7uE3018OKO @NovelEditor

Ernest Hemingway: Middlebrow Revolutionary: http://ow.ly/ChTn3018OhC  by Michael Bourne @The_Millions

5 Places To Find Inspiration For More Interesting Characters: http://ow.ly/gRyU3015lrj @misfitalexa

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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

I’m going to take a short summer blog break and will go dark until July 10th, when I’ll return with an extended Twitterific. :)  Early wishes for a Happy Independence Day for my blog readers in the States.

Alternate Endings to Great Expectations:  http://ow.ly/mZCE301B7nv @TheToast @mallelis

Plot vs Character: What Drives a Great Novel? http://ow.ly/HyU23015k9u @nownovel

Is a Quick Release Schedule Right for Your Books? http://ow.ly/QR1Z3015k6u @ksumnersmith

Take Your Reader to Another World:  http://ow.ly/JpLZ3015keB @KeithCronin  @WriterUnboxed         

5 Places To Find Inspiration For More Interesting Characters: http://ow.ly/gRyU3015lrj @misfitalexa

The Pen Name Pickle: @JayneAnnKrentz on the Pseudonymous Life:  http://ow.ly/ZgrT30103xw @SignatureReads

Creative people have psychopathic personality traits:  http://ow.ly/aqxN3015mj8 @chelsebaum @ElectricLit

Ernest Hemingway: Middlebrow Revolutionary: http://ow.ly/ChTn3018OhC  by Michael Bourne @The_Millions

“The Most Valuable Thing I Learned at Pixar: How to Fail””: http://ow.ly/gr123018NUW @GoIntoTheStory”

The curse of 1st person narration:  http://ow.ly/r7uE3018OKO @NovelEditor

What Are The Rules On Mixing Viewpoints When Writing Fiction? http://ow.ly/ssLD3018O5S From Advanced Fiction Writing

How To Express Your Characters’ Thoughts: With Exercises:  http://ow.ly/LtqY3018NGO @standoutbooks

The Portrait Of The Antagonist As A Human Being:  http://ow.ly/99N13018NDv @MiaJouBotha

Why Are So Many Poets Also Artists?  http://ow.ly/FrpB3018Ovx by Maggie Millner @thelithub

A Guide to Characterization http://ow.ly/sjC13018NsD @stupidpenney

70 Idioms with Heart:  http://ow.ly/avD13018NAW @writing_tips

More Than Mere Dialogue:  http://ow.ly/NmGP3018O9Y from Advanced Fiction Writing

Poetry as Substitute for Medication:  http://ow.ly/xTgK30104oJ @rosmance @SignatureReads

How to Start Your Book or Movie with a Bang: http://ow.ly/mb3D3018NYo @patverducci

5 (Dirty Little) Truths about Proofreading: http://ow.ly/MFgv3018OEn @manzanitafire  @LitReactor

4 Tips for Avoiding Sentence-Level Clichés:  http://ow.ly/ZXNa3019WCG @ceciliaedits

Keeping Your Story Real Even When You’re Lying:  http://ow.ly/jYrg3019WTx by PJ Parrish

Do Writers Need To Be Alone to Thrive?  http://ow.ly/b39K301B1lc @lithub @angelaflournoy @KatherineTowler

Checklist for redesigning your book cover:  http://ow.ly/lcya301AYv0 @Roz_Morris

Images in Posts and an Amazon Anomaly:  http://ow.ly/lllA301BflD

How A Book Foreword Can Help An Author’s Career:  http://ow.ly/fz9l301z5yf @jckunzjr

Ciphers and coding in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/B7aG301AXbP @mkinberg

How to Get Reviews:  Without Cheating:  http://ow.ly/7LUD300XoIl  @hopeclark

10 Tips For Memoir:  http://ow.ly/1rJ23015lBj  @MargotStarbuck

What 1 Writer’s Parents Really Think About Her Memoir of Alcoholism: http://ow.ly/qyOJ3015l0h @sarahhepola  @thelithub

7 Seeds You Need To Plant For Future Writing Success:  http://ow.ly/T2UL3015kAD @colleen_m_story

The Myth About Print Coming Back and Bookstores on the Rise:  http://ow.ly/IFps3015lfS @JaneFriedman

Studying Screenwriting: Classic 30s Movie: “It Happened One Night”:  http://ow.ly/6zYc3015klS @GoIntoTheStory

How to Get the Most From Your Professional Book Edit:  http://ow.ly/hSZS3015lTn @BubbleCow

Happily Ever After: Anatomy of a Romance Novel in 9 Parts:  http://ow.ly/S5UQ30103iM @SignatureReads by Catherine M. Roach

5 Reasons Why Moby-Dick Just Won’t Die:  http://ow.ly/Ktu6301yyvV @MZBeauregard @lithub

3 Tips To Writing A Great Acknowledgements Page:  http://ow.ly/fENp301z54w @jckunzjr

Why Indie Presses Are Opening Bookstores: http://ow.ly/DyUj301tRhm @JonSealy @lithub

Writers’ Wedding Tips: 6 Adaptations to Guide You:  http://ow.ly/gXrC301039A @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads

Is crowdfunding right for you? A roundup with everything you need to know: http://ow.ly/aipW301ypEW @PAShortt

Can My Indie Book Be Discovered?  http://ow.ly/UMQX300XoF9  @hopeclark

A Familiar Newcomer to Czech Books: Empresa Media:  http://ow.ly/6dfj301wuF8 @jaroslawadamows @pubperspectives

Troubled Waters: Causeways of Shingle, Sand and Ice in Horror Fiction:  http://ow.ly/cny33012CEi @ThisIsHorror  by V.H. Leslie

The Building Blocks of Great YA Fiction:  http://ow.ly/SFc33012BZs @SophieMasson 1 @WriterUnboxed

How to Start a Story in First Person: 8 Tips: http://ow.ly/MQJN3012Cfn @nownovel

4 Ways to Spark Your Writing Ambition If You’ve Been Feeling a Bit Meh: http://ow.ly/7tXg3012Cps @reallucyflint

How to Survive the Edit Letter:  http://ow.ly/Gxmg3012Cna @Ava_Jae

The Inciting Event:  http://ow.ly/xi3Y3012CuA @HunterFaith @magicalwords

Character Type: Addict:  http://ow.ly/lbhS3012C84 @GoIntoTheStory

Giving it Away: How the Gift Economy is a Great Model for Professional Writers:  http://ow.ly/KlRq3012DKJ by Jasper Bark @ThisIsHorror

‘Wayward Pines’: Developing Elements of Suspense in Fiction http://ow.ly/ZftP3012Cc3 @crisfreese @WritersDigest

Dangling Modifiers: http://ow.ly/pjaM3012CjR  @HopeTDougherty

How to Become a Ghostwriter:  http://ow.ly/aIvD30102MX @Roz_Morris @JaneFriedman

Show, Don’t Tell: Micro vs Macro:  http://ow.ly/8xIt30102JC @AnnetteLyon

How Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’s Monster Became Human:  http://ow.ly/mSUy301tQZZ by Francine Prose @NewRepublic

Tune in to the @ReedsyHQ live chat on Facebook each Wednesday at 3p ET (now). http://bit.ly/28TpYzb . Today’s topic: Covers

How to Figure Out Who Raised Your Hero (and Why You Need to Know): http://ow.ly/Fxoh30101Xl @RuthanneReid

Railing against the grammar police on exclamation points: http://ow.ly/QExj30101NC @annerooney

The Visual Writer’s Guide to Pacing & Tension: http://ow.ly/aXNS30101Ui @sacha_black

Publishing & Politics: ‘ ‘Trumpian Dystopia’:  http://ow.ly/O5tz301wuXQ @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Nordic Noir is a Reflection of Modern Europe: http://ow.ly/Uh4o301wk3H @emelieschepp @JoakimZander @ElectricLit

The Dystopian Future in Which Everyone is the Boss:  http://ow.ly/miDk301wjHd by J.C. Pan @lithub

Market to Your Preferred Readership:  http://ow.ly/ts2u300XoCx  @hopeclark

Australia’s Debate on Book Imports, Copyright and Fair Use:  http://ow.ly/A5CO301qV3v @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood: http://ow.ly/5LeQ30101gw @asarahlarson @NewYorker

Lose the Guilt: You Don’t Have to Write Every Day:  http://ow.ly/hkec30102aa @RuthanneReid

3 Best Practices in Life and Writing: http://ow.ly/aMpO30101C5 @lisajlickel

Beats, Revisited: The Shifting Legacy of a Literary Generation http://ow.ly/XYrN301018J  TobiasCarroll  @SignatureReads

6 Self-published Novels That Made the Big Screen: http://ow.ly/lnvF30101m2 @rosmance  @SignatureReads

A profile of the world’s least effusive travel writer (Geoff Dyer):  http://ow.ly/izeB30100zo @ArrowsmithUSA

Our Adored Cadavers:  Dead Women in Lit:  http://ow.ly/OTUZ301tP0u @CadaverFormosus @Hazlitt

Swiss Academic Publisher @KellyShergill Steps Onto World Stage:   http://ow.ly/DX6O301qUzN @Porter_Anderson

Dead Dogs Are More Than Metaphors:  http://ow.ly/GGDj301tOt4 @lithub @thelampton

Why women are writing the best crime novels: http://ow.ly/W7ty301tQEQ by Terrence Rafferty @TheAtlantic

Pulp Friction: if Barnes and Noble goes out of business:  http://ow.ly/9Db8301tPVR @PassiveVoiceBlg @NewRepublic

Stepping off the Hamster Wheel: http://ow.ly/mBoZ300WqTR @Jeannie_Moon

Bates Motel: Building Suspense When You Already Know The Ending:  http://ow.ly/Ob2T300WqWb @DBlakeAuthor

4 Tips for Depicting Characters With Disabilities: http://ow.ly/ejuu300WrdO @mythcreants  by Chris Winkle

Where To Start: Beginnings:  http://ow.ly/UGYq300Wr3y @JillWilliamson

A Pre-Writing Checklist:  http://ow.ly/oGsH300Wras @HeatherJacksonW

Using Minor Characters to Explore Theme:  http://ow.ly/GbKY300WqRe @dougeboch

Genuine fears for your characters: http://ow.ly/fMZt300Wrfz  @ShanDitty

Plumb the Emotional Depth of Your Setting:  http://ow.ly/2wZ1300Wr8J  @kcraftwriter

7 Tips for Paranormal Writers:  http://ow.ly/X3YV300WrcG @worddreams

Pursuit plots: http://ow.ly/YYRs300Wrby @HeatherJacksonW

How to Break Up Your Novel into Definable Sections:  http://ow.ly/11wU300WqUz @CSLakin

Horror Hiding In Other Genres:  Why You Shouldn’t Write ‘Horror’:  http://ow.ly/pohX300WqYi @DBlakeAuthor

Show Don’t Tell:  http://ow.ly/det0300UImA @sjaejones

News coverage: consumers say reading text is quicker than video: http://ow.ly/W5xS301qTft @Porter_Anderson @risj_oxford  @pubperspectives

Insular settings in crime fiction novels:  http://ow.ly/eUaD301qMax @mkinberg

Why Free is Still a Smart Marketing Strategy:  http://ow.ly/lZda301rx8e @storyrally

Research Your Way to a More Believable Book:  http://ow.ly/o8cb301qLzQ  @Robin_Gianna @jemifraser

World-Building Tips and Tools:  http://ow.ly/QV4M301qLa6 @TheIWSG @AlexJCavanaugh

Book Formatting Tips:  Cleaning up the Word Document:  http://ow.ly/Ozpy301qMVZ @SpunkOnAStick @DancingLemurPre

Canada’s  @MargaretAtwood  to receive 2016 Pinter Prize:  http://ow.ly/kKT1301qT1b @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Character Development Is a 2-Edged Sword:  http://ow.ly/gJ1p300UIdw @JamiGold

5 Ways to Use Dialogue to Spice Up The Middle of Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/jndC300UItu @MartinaABoone

Resisting the Shiny New Idea:  http://ow.ly/4kBs300UIeb @Janice_Hardy

Develop Regional Appeal for Greater Readership:  http://ow.ly/QvYf300UIiu @WhereWritersWin  by Lynda Bouchard

Combining 2 Ways to Plot:  http://ow.ly/Nr4z300UIg6 @Ava_Jae

Why you need both CreateSpace and IngramSpark:  http://ow.ly/P9lg300UIvx @NewShelvesBooks

The Grant of Rights Clause (Contracts/Dealbreakers):  http://ow.ly/eThc300UIsx @KristineRusch

Time Management for Writers:  http://ow.ly/i4ry300UIrA @katemoretti1

What  Pinch Points Are All About:  http://ow.ly/yNxc300UIuB @CSLakin

7 Quick Journaling Exercises To Improve Your Fiction Writing:  http://ow.ly/uOlw300UIfs @DanielleLHanna

How to Build and Grow Your Email List:  http://ow.ly/2VvU300UIlz @WhereWritersWin

‘The Last Book My Father Read’: After Decades of Hard Work, a Retirement in Books: http://ow.ly/BKO8301piKM by Patrick Ryan

Write to Satisfy the Reader’s Ear:  http://ow.ly/92gG300UIUn @Lindasclare

Turn a Cliché Into a Reader’s Surprise:  http://ow.ly/bY1N300UIFL @ZoeMMcCarthy

Gretchen Marquette on the unexpected poetry of her father’s life as a cop: http://ow.ly/zKXd301piHL

Fatherhood: Ruining the Writing Career, Saving the Writing:  http://ow.ly/Ae3y301pipV @lithub @The_Big_Quiet

How to Make Your Novel Universal:  http://ow.ly/bNLS300TNZv @SPressfield

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Images in Posts and an Amazon Anomaly

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A note today on what I’ve been working on images in our social media posts and a question for trad-pub to self-pub authors regarding Amazon.

First, the relatively new importance of images on our posts.  Any posts.

I’ve heard for a while that images are vital for visibility.  That can mean getting a really solid book cover design to make your book more salable, but it also means that blog posts and other social media posts get more visibility with a good image attached.

Although I was aware of this for years, I had one big thing  standing in my way…my horrid design skills.  Fortunately, that is no longer a problem.  My design ‘skills’ are just as horrid as ever, but I’ve got free design help through Canva and DesignFeed  . Now I can fake it better.

One of Twitter’s updates appeared to focus on images in its feed–automatic grabs of images on some posts (I’m assuming posts that have the appropriate image size for this type of automatic sharing).  I share a lot on Twitter, but I never deliberately attach photos through TwitPic or whatever the app is…images just upload themselves, which saves me a lot of bother.

I’ve noticed over the last few months that it’s true that posts with images are shared more and get more impressions than Twitter posts with text only.  Even articles I’ve shared that related to poetry, which never used to get shares now get lots of retweets and clicks.  The only thing that’s changed is the fact that Twitter is lifting images to accompany the article.

Second, an oddity with Amazon. 

Visibility on this retailer is vital to our sales.  I realized when writing a post that my most-recently published book’s Kindle edition (which is my first self-published follow-up to the rest of Penguin’s 5 book series) was not included in the series list with the rest of the books.  To a reader browsing for Kindle books, it would appear that the series had only 5 books in it.  You can see that on this page.

The print copy of the book was listed with the rest of the Penguin-published books in the series, as you can see here. 

Clearly, I wanted to fix this.  I asked Amazon, through my Author Central account, to give me a phone call.  I was on the phone with a helpful representative for nearly an hour while she tried to figure out why the digital edition wasn’t linking to the series list.  She ultimately believed that KDP might be behind in linking new releases to existing series so she transferred me to that department and they opened a ticket.

Several days later, I was told via email from an Amazon KDP rep:

The thing is that in order to display the correct information of a series page on the Amazon website, you need to publish the book under the same account, otherwise the information wouldn't be displayed on a correct way on the website.

Also we are unable to set a series page for the same reason, so in order to be able to correct this situation you need to publish all the books under the same account and in this way we will be able to set the series page for your books.

Keep in mind that in case that you will need to unpublish the titles we will be able to link the information of the previous books to the new ones, so you won;t loose the information related to the titles as the reviews that they already have available on the website.

I hope that this will clarify your inquiry and also that this will help you to create the correct information to your series.

Obviously, this did not clarify my inquiry.  I wrote back saying that this was a traditionally-published series through Penguin that I had taken to self-pub.  Surely I could have my self-pubbed books linked to the rest of the series, regardless of whose account it was through.

I received this back:

I understand your concern regarding adding the book to Series

I've checked with our Technical team

I am sorry to inform that currently we're unable to add the books in the Series, if the books are published through different account because of account security reasons

You need to publish all the books under the same account and in this way we will be able to set the series page for your books.

You can ask the Penguin-Random House to unpublish the book and publish the book through your KDP account, if you would like to set the Series page

Thanks for your comments about creating a Series page for the books published through different accounts. I've passed on the information to our Business team.

We'll consider your input as we plan further improvements.

Feedback like yours helps us continue to improve our author and publisher experience.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation

Thanks again for your interest in Amazon KDP.

Again, I wrote back and explained that I didn’t think Penguin would take kindly to my asking to have their titles unpublished and republished to my own name and my own KDP account.  The whole idea made my head spin…the response I’d get from Penguin…wow! And I asked them why my print self-published book was linked to the rest of the series and the digital version couldn’t be.

I received this back:

Hello Elizabeth,

I apologize for the inconvenience this issue may have caused.

Kindly note, Create Space and Kindle Direct Publishing has different policies, as per our policy it is not allowed to add a book in a series which is published through different account. Our technical team add a book in a series only when all the books are published under the same account.

However, what I can do for you right now is, I'll take your concern as feature request and communicate the same to our business team for consideration as we plan future improvements.

I'm unable to promise a timeframe at this time, however, we are still evolving and feedback like yours motivate us to dive deep and unearth ways and means which helps us in making publishing on KDP a happy experience.

Please be sure to check our forums periodically for updates:

https://kdp.amazon.com/community

Thanks for your understanding and support. We look forward to providing continued support to you.

Admittedly, this is only one way to find my books through Amazon.  My other books in the series are also linked through my name and show up in the ‘also-boughts’ (“customers who bought this, also bought…”).

But on a retail site where visibility is everything, I sure would like to get that Kindle book listed with the rest of the books in the series.

Has anyone else encountered this issue with Amazon?   Or, going back to my other topic today, are you ‘image-conscious’ on your blog?

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Why Free is Still a Smart Marketing Strategy for Fiction Writers

by Jason Kong, @storyrally

If you’re wondering whether not charging for selected stories is benefiting your promotional campaign, you’re not alone.

With all the free writing flooding the internet, it’s harder to stand out. Even if someone downloads your free eBook, your fiction is competing with all the other stories on that person’s digital reader.

Given the ubiquity of free, it’s reasonable to question whether the market is saturated, thus reducing the effectiveness. I, on the other hand, believe free still works.

Let’s take a closer look on why that is.

How fiction authors hook new readers

Many marketing options revolves around elevating interest. Some simple examples: a compelling description of your story or an attractive book cover.

Positive word-of-mouth is particularly effective in this respect. That’s why online book reviews are so useful. Or how a recommendation from a friend gets you to check out a novel you’ve never heard of before.

But one of the most powerful forms of marketing is allowing people to try the product themselves, and letting them draw their own conclusions. If they’re happy with the sample, they’ll be more inclined towards other offerings under the same brand.

And that’s the true value of sharing some of your fiction writing for free. It allows you to accelerate the process of connecting your stories with the readers that want them.

Because people believe their own experiences above all.

If free is such a smart idea, then why doesn’t it work better?

The reason could be your implementation of the tactic. For example:

Instead of asking for a review or plugging your other stories in your free eBook, why not incentivize readers to sign up for your email newsletter? Keeping in touch and building trust over time is a great way to grow a loyal readership.
Instead of just waiting for people to find your free story, why not target the kind of readers that would enjoy it? Using Facebook Ads, for instance, gives you the ability to specify characteristics of the recipients that see your advertising.

Over to you

Have you found free to be an effective marketing strategy in promoting your fiction writing? Why or why not?

Jason Kong is the founder of Storyrally, a free email-based subscription that helps fiction writers with their online marketing. Sign up now and receive the guide “How to Use Testimonials to Hook New Readers.”

 

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Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

How a writer wrote 29 stories in 29 days:  http://ow.ly/s4YX301dgNM @sophiegood @Write_Track

Crime Writers: Can a DNA Sample Reveal Age? http://ow.ly/xvGl300Q9M3 @DPLyleMD

Hook Your Reader: 3 Tips for Novelists:  http://ow.ly/hXpF300SzUg @womenonwriting @WriteToSell

Offline strategies for building your email list:  http://ow.ly/rH9T300SArL @cksyme

3 Email List Building Essentials: http://ow.ly/bpvt300SAnY  @cksyme

How to Be Inspired to Write Every Day: 10 Ideas:  http://ow.ly/GapR300SA2K @nownovel

8 women-focused road trip books (and the need for more):   http://ow.ly/9TGz301ifd4 @BernadetMurphy @thelithub

8 Ideas For Getting More BookBub Followers:  http://ow.ly/J1mQ300SA0w @DianaUrban

Delusions of a Published Author:  http://ow.ly/1P1Y300SABv @MartinaABoone

The Next Novel You Read May Have Been Chosen by a Computer:  http://ow.ly/WbwZ300SAgL @chelsebaum @ElectricLit

How to Launch a Book: http://ow.ly/nZw2300SAjx @JAHuss

7 Point Story Structure:  Game of Thrones Case Study:  http://ow.ly/kR3g300SA5l @kylieday0

3 Simple Ways to Boost Creativity:  http://ow.ly/M3W4300SAFQ @cathysbaker

Self-Myths in Character Building:  http://ow.ly/3Xvy300SAx2 @ramonadef

5 Amazing Literary Worlds Created by Women Writers:  http://ow.ly/8QI7300SAXx @RealCharlaine  @tordotcom

“I’m A Writer And A Father, Not One In Spite Of The Other”: http://ow.ly/u05l300F3T4 @Rumaan

Radically Different Fictions of Fatherhood:  http://ow.ly/yGYR3015mzy @elusivecorporal @NewRepublic

Why Hardcover is the New Vinyl:  http://ow.ly/Ur7Y300T7cH @yahdonisrael @thelithub

The Hero Embodies the Theme:  http://ow.ly/AMhS300TNo9 @SPressfield

You need a business model to make it as an artist: http://ow.ly/xC51300TNz5 @jccabel

How to Work Alone:  http://ow.ly/cWpP300TNHJ @PaulJun_

Anthologies: Benefits to Writers and Tips for Inclusion:  http://ow.ly/ypkR301b2gx @AlexJCavanaugh for @annerallen

Backstory, Info Dumps, Preaching, and Repetition:  http://ow.ly/nwm5301nR4f @AlyciaMorales

How to develop better ‘to do’ lists: http://ow.ly/O9EI301mcBo @pubcoach

3 Reasons Why Novels Fail:  http://ow.ly/2Gqt301dgAL @p2p_editor

15 Scheduling Apps to Save You Time: http://ow.ly/W9RL301cg1r @CaballoFrances

9+ Ways to Earn an Income as a Writer:  http://ow.ly/rzdm301md8j @tessaemilyhall

Publishing Industry Myths and Legends:  http://ow.ly/Qe7T300QafI @MissConstance21 @DIYMFA

What Works & What Doesn’t: ‘Showgirls’:  http://ow.ly/GIOV300Qaup @chris_shultz81

How to Create Social Media Videos on a Budget: http://ow.ly/Jesi300Q9HA by Matt Perl @SMExaminer

Why you should just say thanks:  http://ow.ly/3oxv300Q9zv @pubcoach

10 Dialogue Errors to Avoid: http://ow.ly/fbmQ300Q9VZ @Writers_Write

3 Cases of Semicolon Overkill: http://ow.ly/3Bdc300Q9q9 @writing_tips

10 Plugins Writers Need For Their WordPress Website: http://ow.ly/1Te7300QaqW @WilsonTheWriter  @LitReactor

5 Marketing Tips for Introverts:  http://ow.ly/Moi9300QajU by Amy Bearce @DIYMFA

How Writing Helps 1 Writer With The Empty Nest:  http://ow.ly/MQuU300Q9tn @KairaRouda  @WomenWriters

Making the Most of a Story Critique:  http://ow.ly/TSsY300Qa0c @TalValante

The Power and Pain of Procrastination:  http://ow.ly/3hzD300Qa5p by Sarah Tipton @YAtopia_blog

The Horrors and Pleasures of Translating Ulysses:  http://ow.ly/jZ5p301lftf  @ladymodernist @thelithub

5 Writing Sheds You’ll Want To Build For Yourself: http://ow.ly/yVcn300Q8aW @adearinthewoods  @LitReactor

A Cozy Mystery Author on Influences and What Makes a Solid Mystery: http://ow.ly/tmTr301lpJq @thewritingtrain

How Non-Euclidean Geometry Turned 1 Writer Into a Rebel:  http://ow.ly/kEme300Q8sJ @DIYMFA

The Dark Side of Longform Journalism: On Waiting for the Bad to Happen:  http://ow.ly/LXar301lppZ by Luke Mogelson @thelithub

The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature’s Great Mysteries:  http://ow.ly/hXv7301lfmQ @ThePhthailer @thelithub

Feedback: Why You Need It, Especially When Writing for Diverse Audiences:  http://ow.ly/WAVH300PSVg @QuillShift

The push for short story writers to pen a novel:  http://ow.ly/STxC300Nw4p @ambernoelle @ElectricLit

The 90-10 Rule for Marketing and Writing, and How To Love It:  http://ow.ly/xNmd300NvXk @AuthorSAT

Font Styles in MS Word:  http://ow.ly/Y70X300NvLc @NovelEditor

The uneasy relationship between money, media, and creative freedom:  http://ow.ly/F6Qq300NvCk @nevalalee

Cross-Media Storytelling Projects from Poland:  http://ow.ly/MvAh301hpzA @BeyondTheBook @biedalak @pubperspectives

Margins and Font for Print Books:  http://ow.ly/uqH3300NitY @NovelEditor

A Writer Comes to Terms With Her Mental Health:  http://ow.ly/9gjo301jOTQ @ShadowChaosFox

10 Essential Spanish-Language Books:  http://ow.ly/JJb7301ceg6  @ds_paris  @PublishersWkly

Writing the Anti-Hero: Interview with @lshiltonauthor:  http://ow.ly/38Kl300Q8nE @diymfa

Why You Should Take Your Book Publishing Contract to a Lawyer:  http://ow.ly/hrqG300Q8UE @monicamclark

6 Game Development Lessons For Writers:  http://ow.ly/pOle300Q8f0 @helpfulsnowman  @LitReactor

5 Reactions to Expect after Telling People You Write Books:  http://ow.ly/3BZN300Q8Q6 @Je55ieMullin5

On Writing and the Permission to Succeed:  http://ow.ly/xdB9301iPTY @ElissaAltman

Publishing: Sneaky Money Grabs (Contracts/Dealbreakers): http://ow.ly/RQKa301ifvD @KristineRusch

The Truth Behind An Author’s Instagram:  http://ow.ly/j6aX300NiAW @AuthorSAT

5 In-Demand Writing Careers for People Who Don’t Want to Be Authors:  http://ow.ly/uwBu300Niae @jesslaw

The Best in Surf Lit:  http://ow.ly/Pext301if29 @DwyerMurphy @thelithub

The Worst Thing A Reader Ever Said To One Writer:  http://ow.ly/uR5Y300Ni5d @AuthorSAT

The Hot Sheet: industry newsletter for authors (30 day free trial): from @Porter_Anderson & @JaneFriedman: http://ow.ly/DIld301hoVW

At The NY Society Library: …books Burr and Hamilton borrowed (and    TWITTER    Elizabeth S Craig

Mary Poppins and the Art of Sweetening with Scene:  http://ow.ly/jKzE300KuMJ @HitlessWonder  @brevitymag

What sets a writer apart from the crowd? http://ow.ly/5p9Z300KxZK @CalebPirtle

Criticism of Popular Reading in Malaysia:  http://ow.ly/ou3t301hp79 @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

Leaving town to escape the heat: a plot device in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/UyCD301hoFr @mkinberg

Writing and the Permission to Succeed: The Intersection of Art and Shame: http://ow.ly/59xA300M9Zd @poormansfeast

Create an Effective Writing Routine: http://ow.ly/c1dJ300Nixs  @jonathanballcom

Mentoring Women Writers:  http://ow.ly/gWvt300Nimi @mandajjennings @WomenWriters

A Conference’s Focus on Publishing Rights:  http://ow.ly/zoYu301hpij @Porter_Anderson @WeAreIngenta @pubperspectives

Giving your writing style more impact:  http://ow.ly/N2Al300Nicf @RayneHall

How can you sell books if you don’t know your market?  http://ow.ly/K4hm300NiqQ @CalebPirtle

Staying Focused Enough to Write:  http://ow.ly/8gmq300Ni2M @Janice_Hardy

How to Create a Monthly Social Media Calendar:  http://ow.ly/WUcz300NifL  @AngelinaMLo

How Helvetica Conquered The World With Its Cool, Comforting Logic: http://ow.ly/9Krt301cfH5 @PassiveVoiceBlg @FastCoDesign

Nothing Works Until It Works: On Writerly Discomfort:  http://ow.ly/7n6h300KuTG @csferguson @The_Millions

Writing as a Small Sturdy Boat:  http://ow.ly/970F300KuA6 @OneReidReading

Stop. Using. Periods. Period.  http://ow.ly/hGqq301fdCf @_jeffguo @washingtonpost

Is Your Author Website Mobile Friendly? http://ow.ly/N79P300Kus5 @SukhiJutla

10 Things to Learn before You Self-Publish Your Book: http://ow.ly/66eu300Kuml @K_Pashley

How To Create a Daily Writing Habit and Stick To It:  http://ow.ly/8Hqw300Kuvi @SukhiJutla

Reading vs watching and The Night Manager:  http://ow.ly/oL9S301b9GB @Roz_Morris

The Abuses of Public Domain Fiction:  http://ow.ly/AnoO300KtLb by William Patrick Maynard @BlackGateDotCom

To Do: Prioritize My Writing:  http://ow.ly/hqsA300KuCW by Amy A. Whitcomb @brevitymag

How Copywriting Can Help Our Fiction:  http://ow.ly/B7Yl300Ky1N @KateMColby

What Writers May Not Know about the “Required” 3-Act Structure:  http://ow.ly/1D68300KtFj @CSLakin

No Genre Ever Dies: On Loren D. Estleman and the Pulp Tradition:  http://ow.ly/k5Xt300KuXA @The_Millions  by Bill Morris

Why Keywords Are So Important: http://ow.ly/NkBV300IzC2 @kadaxis

Pre-requisites of a professional-level story:  http://ow.ly/KFGA300Izvw @storyfix

10 (Practically) Cringe-less Self-Promotion Ideas for Authors:  http://ow.ly/B89x300Izeb @daisygal

Crime writing: pushing victims off of cliffs:  http://ow.ly/TEuW301cgaD @mkinberg

Writers: Get The Right Kind Of Feedback: http://ow.ly/PThI300Izb3 @mollygreene

Editing for People Who Hate Editing:  http://ow.ly/wIbu300Iz6P @Rachel_Aaron

Crowdfunding Usually Doesn’t Work for Writers: But It Can: http://ow.ly/2sT2300IyXq @bethanyjcarlson

How To Turn Your Rules for Failure Into Success:  http://ow.ly/HXiE300IyRH @BadRedheadMedia

Tips for Writing Realistic Crime Scenes from Captain (Ret.)  @JBroadmeadow  http://ow.ly/9UUv301dyv1 @SueColetta1

Why I (usually) will not lower my speaking fees”:  http://ow.ly/3vdg300IyLn @nicolamorgan”

Power Your Scenes With the 5 Senses: http://ow.ly/YUIm301cqEe  @AngelaAckerman

7 Tools to Make an Author a Periscope Rock Star: http://ow.ly/UHxB300Hyxs @Sharon_Jenkins @bkmkting

Filter out those Filter Words:  http://ow.ly/zs8V301ceQv  @Alicia_Dean_ @TheIWSG

Live coverage of Rights & Content in the Digital Age: 9aET / 1pGMT Monday (now): #pprights16 http://ow.ly/wEj9301aKLu @Porter_Anderson

The art of handselling books:  http://ow.ly/R9RI300Hyjn @sandrabeckwith

Almost Six Figures. @thecreativepenn ‘s  Breakdown Of One Year Of Book Sales By Format, Vendor, Genre, And Country: http://ow.ly/zy3A301cbpw

Podcasts for writers:  http://ow.ly/SQ6v300IzlV @K8Tilton

The Non-Compete Clause (Contracts/Dealbreakers):  http://ow.ly/PV8k300Iywn @KristineRusch

3 Quick Tips to Avoid Dumb Mistakes with Writing Contests:  http://ow.ly/DSQj300Iyqp @janetlaneauthor @RMFWriters

Tips For Evaluating a Traditional Publishing House:  http://ow.ly/9U8V300Iyjh @SusanSpann @RMFWriters

Social Media Scams: 7 Scams Writers Should Know About:  http://ow.ly/ViCB301aSW9 @annerallen

One Major Pitfall of Writing Strong Characters: http://ow.ly/KimC300HbtN @KMWeiland

Top 10 Book Cover Design Tips For Self-Publishers:  http://ow.ly/VLRg300Hbur @jckunzjr

Are your email marketing tactics putting readers off? A plea for ethical email etiquette: http://ow.ly/kJPC301aSSQ @Roz_Morris

Expressing characters’ thoughts: http://ow.ly/EqIX301aSFM @RMNSediting

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