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January 29, 2022

Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 63,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers. While you're there, check out the Writer's Digest award-winning Hiveword novel organizer.

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January 23, 2022

Starting a Writing Business on the Right Foot

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Starting out as a writer can be really tough–there's so much information out there that it's easy to get overwhelmed…especially if you're hoping to be writing for a while and plan on setting up your own business.

But there are a few basic things that you can do to ensure you start out on the right foot.

8 Tips for Starting Out on the Right Foot

Choose your genre carefully. It's going to be much easier for you to pick a genre that you're very familiar with. Genre readers have certain expectations and it's important, for commercial success, to be sure you know them and follow them. It doesn't hurt to choose a genre that's popular with readers, either, especially if you're looking to write in a series (which you should be. More on that below.)

Write in series. Not only are series popular with readers, they're also much easier for us to write. Readers who've already invested time in learning the story world and its characters are glad to continue the experience with more adventures with the characters. As for us, it means we've already got a set story world and developed characters…so much of the hard work has already been taken care of. Make sure to keep a “story bible” with important facts about your characters for future stories and for the sake of consistency.

Have a basic online identity and home base. The most important thing to remember here is that it's best to use your name (or the name you're writing under) as the name for the site and for any social media you establish instead of the name of your book. It's also important to remember to have a way for people to contact you on your site. If you write under more than one name, strongly consider consolidating those names under a single site. It's tough to try to promote under more than one name (take it from someone who's tried it).

Slow and steady wins the race. True for turtles in an ancient fable, but also true for writers. If you develop a consistent writing habit, you'll end up producing books fairly quickly. Yes, writing quickly does help, but to me consistency is even better. In the for-what-it's-worth category, outlining can also help make the most of your writing sessions (take it from someone who's been converted to outlining).

The more books you have, the easier it is to promote your books by running sales, having a perma-free book, and giving yourself more visibility on retail sites.

When you're ready to publish, consider self-publishing. There's nothing wrong with traditional publishing, but the process can take a very long time. If you don't want to query agents and publishers, think about setting a deadline for when you want to stop and publish the story yourself. With self-publishing, we do have a lot more control over how often and what we publish and can help the book reach more markets.

In that vein, consider going wide with your books, if you're going to publish more than once. Although some authors (particularly, I hear, writers who've published a single book) have reported doing well publishing through KDP Select, you have the ability to reach a wider audience by publishing your book to multiple platforms. I'm published on Nook, Apple, Kobo, Overdrive, Scribd, and many more platforms.

Ensure your books are well-edited and well-designed. This just makes sure that your brand as an author is known for quality. And happy readers make for repeat readers.

Publish your book in multiple formats to reach readers however they like to read. Instead of only focusing on ebooks, make sure your books are available in print, too. There are also audiobooks to consider, as well as translations.

There's obviously a lot more to consider…I haven't touched on promo here. But these are some of the most important basics when you're starting out with a writing business. Remember that, like everything, this takes time. Finding success as a writer doesn't usually happen overnight. But it's worth it in the end.

Are you just starting out as a writer? How's it going so far? Or, if you're an established writer, what other tips can you offer?

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January 22, 2022

Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Published on January 22, 2022 21:02

January 16, 2022

Self-Publishing My First Infographic Book

by Hank Quense, @hanque99

I've written and published a number of books, both fiction and non-fiction, both print and ebook. All of these were text-based, sometimes with a few graphic files scattered about.

Recently, I bought a book on financial planning for the my grandkids. It was an infographic style book and as I thumbed through it, I had the idea that it would be cool to make an infographic edition of my book Creating Stories.

Once I began this project, I ran into a big problem, namely I knew squat about making infographics. After trying out a few websites, I settled on Canva and then spent time getting to understand how to use infographics and how to modify templates. After that, I started putting the new book together. Each page in the book is a single graphic file in .png format. The pages consist of text boxes, and small graphic elements added to a modified template and downloaded to my computer.

That led to a second problem: how to put together the book. I tried various word processors and discovered they were only suitable for text, not graphics. (I guess that is why they are called *word* processors). Once again I searched the internet and finally found a program called Swift Publisher 5. It's used for desktop publishing and it cost $20 but it's a Mac only program and it has a small learning curve. In a short time, I had figured out how to insert the Canva files into the publishing program on my computer.

Ultimately, I ended up with a book with 119 graphic files (or pages). The book took up over 70 megabytes of memory compared to around 12 or 13 megabytes for a text-based book.

Quite proud of myself, I soon discovered my process had created a huge problem. The book couldn't be edited! My editor had to write down typos and other issues on a separate document instead of marking up the text. It created a headache for me also. I had to go to the Canva site and correct each page, download the new graphic file and replace the page in the Swift manuscript.

This was not fun and it was apparent I needed a new process before I stated on a new infographic book. Now, I write the text, break it up into text box chunks, establish page breaks, get that edited and use the corrected text to create the Canva files and the infographic pages.

Uploading the manuscript (or attempting to) led to a few surprises. Swift will only export to a pdf file and those types of files can't be uploaded to Draft2Digital or Smashwords, thus limiting my ebook publishing options to Kindle which will allow a pdf upload. However, Kindle does whine a bit that a doc file is a better preference.

Once uploaded, both the print and ebook editions have pricing concerns that are quite different from text-only books. Because of the graphics, a print copy is about three times the cost of a text-only book. This severely limits the royalties that are available to the author. Jacking up the book price to increase royalties will decrease sales by making the book unattractive to many potential buyers.

Ebooks have a similar royalty limitation. This is caused by Kindle's download fee for the 70% royalty option. Because of the large size of the download, the royalties are reduced by $2.07 per book. To compensate, the ebook price has to be much larger than most other similar ebooks. Indeed, if you search Amazon for infographic books, the price for most of them exceeds $10.

Now I understand why these ebooks are priced so high: authors have to eat you know.

Here is the Amazon page for the book; https://www.amazon.com/Infographic-Gu...

I also ran into problems trying to promote such a large pdf file. The Booklife contest won't accept any pdf files. The Booksprout review site won't accept the file because it's too large. I'm sure I'll run into more problems as I continue to promote the book.

So, if you're interested in seeing what an infographic ebook looks like, you can download a free sampler of my new book here: http://hankquense.org/wp-content/uplo...

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Hank Quense’s website Writers & Authors Resource Center provides material relating to fiction writing, self-publishing and book marketing.

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January 15, 2022

Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 61,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers. While you're there, check out the Writer's Digest award-winning Hiveword novel organizer.

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Published on January 15, 2022 21:02

January 10, 2022

What Are You Writing Today?

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

This is a quick writing tip that I learned from all my time doing writing sprints with other sprinters on YouTube and Twitch. If you're not familiar with sprints, a writer hosts them online and writers join in to get some work done. I talk a little bit more about it in this post.

Often, at the beginning of the sprints, the host will ask everyone what they're going to be working on in the next hour or however long the stream is. I've found that clarifying what my plans are has becoming incredibly useful for me.

Some days it might be “10 minutes on my current draft and 20 on my outline.” Other days it might be “15 minutes editing and 10 minutes brainstorming.” Sometimes blogging gets added to the mix, or uploading files for a pre-order or a translation.

Just the mere process of evaluating what my priorities are with my writing that day is incredibly useful and makes for a very productive writing session.

This works just as well on my own as it does when I'm writing with a group online. It's the process of clarification…really just a minute or two to figure out what's pressing…that keeps me focused.

That's my tip for this week. :) How about you? Have you made any discoveries while writing lately? Any tips to share?

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January 8, 2022

Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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January 2, 2022

Making Mini-Plans and Mini-Goals for the Year

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Happy 2022! Today, I'm talking about plans and goals. For ages, I just set a mid-year goal instead of a New Year goal. June was a better time of the year for me to be quiet and think about reasonable goals for the next 12 months. The chaos of early-January, when I still had school-aged kids at home with me during their holiday break, just wasn't working.

That's a tip for parents of young kids. :) But my kids are grown and flown now and I'm joining the masses by contemplating my goals at the very beginning of the year.

Because I write on a strict schedule, I already know my expected output (unless something really dire happens…anything is possible these days!) But I do need to work on the business side of writing, which is never my favorite task. I did work business tasks into my weekly goals last year and it worked out well. I'm hoping to repeat the process this year.

If you're like me, something in your writing life seems overwhelming. For me, it's learning something new (TikTok is on my list) and managing advertising. For you, it might be writing a first novel, trying outlining for the first time, or experimenting with a new-to-you genre.

My tips remain the same for all of these different activities: mini plans and mini daily goals.

Mini-planning

Mini-planning is being reasonable with yearly goals. What I do is to do a “brain-dump”: I write down all the things that I want to accomplish in both my personal life and my professional life. This relieves some of my stress about all the things I want to work on over the year. It's actually a pretty scary-looking list involving home repairs, yard-related projects, organizing family scrapbooks, spring cleaning, scheduling physicals and other doctor appointments for the year, expanding my advertising efforts, outlining and writing 5-6 books, and staying on top of my translation and audio publishing efforts. Additionally, I'd like to figure out vacation time for my husband and myself…assuming the variant du jour allows that to be a possibility.

What about the above is “mini?” How I incorporate the tasks into my schedule. I take the list, break down the different tasks into smaller bits (home repairs, for example, includes assessing what needs to be done, researching the appropriate contractor to assist us, calling them, scheduling a day, etc.) and fill them into my calendar. The best way to eat an elephant is one step at a time.

Flexibility is key with this approach. Remember that you're never behind. Each day you start with a blank slate. If something comes up, go ahead and cross off the task on your calendar as soon as you reschedule the task for another day. Because you did address it by rescheduling it.

Mini-goals

Mini-goals follow the same basic process. I use these mainly for writing, but sometimes exercising and housework will also slip into this approach. I find the smallest amount of time that I can make the progress I need and put it on my schedule. For writing, that's going to be 30 minutes now (I have an empty nest, as I mentioned above), but when I was younger and shuttling kids around, it was as few as 5 minutes. To me, it's more important to have a string of successes each day and fuel my self-confidence than it is to get burned out with a big goal.

You can set a word count goal or a time goal. You can make the goal for once a week or every day. It's extraordinarily adaptable.

The nice thing with mini-goals is that I almost always surpass them. I get caught up in my writing and keep on going.

I'll be back next Monday with a tip that's closely-associated with this topic: being intentional.

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January 1, 2022

Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Happy 2022! Hope everyone has a happy, productive year. My apologies for the wacky formatting in this post! Your next Twitterific will be nicely-organized, as usual, ha! This post includes the most-clicked links for 2021 (or the #TopTweets).

World Reading Habits in 2021: http://ow.ly/IxTt30s4Zt1 #wkb63

The Inciting Incident and Character Void: http://ow.ly/AMgn30rC6qk @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Screenplays Are Stories, Not Formulas: http://ow.ly/5vya30rMvoQ @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Work More Sales into Your End of Summer Book Marketing Plan: http://ow.ly/63iy30rQAcZ @Bookgal #TopTweets2021

It takes a lot of manure to grow a few good roses: http://ow.ly/ByVB30rLzVs @AlanBaxter #TopTweets2021

Alexander Payne on appealing characters vs. sympathetic characters: http://ow.ly/RJEg30rLSBX @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021″

Catch Readers With The Unexpected: http://ow.ly/WTRz30rIW6H @jessicastrawser @CareerAuthors #TopTweets2021

What Makes a Great Story? http://ow.ly/ba3f30rwZ4q @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

When All Else Fails: Plot Jumpstarters: http://ow.ly/EzMY30rza05 @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors #TopTweets2021

Improving your first page: http://ow.ly/Z7Ji30rwt4L @ReadAlessandra @AuthorsAi #TopTweets2021″

What is Dramatic Tension? http://ow.ly/I3SW30rxU8g @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Author Peter Hotez's Vaccine ‘Cormevax': @Porter_Anderson http://ow.ly/fqor30s5KN7 @PeterHotez @pubperspectives #wkb88

Page One: “Knives Out”(2019): http://ow.ly/GXI830rKQdF @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Introducing Unique Story Elements without Confusing Readers: http://ow.ly/eMPt30rttdb @beccapuglisi #TopTweets2021

5 Tips For Marketing Your Book In Multiple Languages: http://ow.ly/7E8R30rvUJa @ofertirosh @Writers_Write #TopTweets2021

Create Story Worlds with Land, People, and Technology: http://ow.ly/1vau30rINCg @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Exploring Female Character Archetypes “The Wild Woman”: http://ow.ly/6a1q30rvGYR @Writing_Nomad @CreativeScreen #TopTweets2021

An Explanation of Thematic Roles: http://ow.ly/YWYX30rB1DW @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

The 36 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2021: http://ow.ly/yqL230s5Gx7 @knownemily @lithub

7 Ways to Stay Sane When Working by Yourself: http://ow.ly/gF3v30rsFsG by Tom Meitner @ProWritingAid #TopTweets2021

Your Story Can Start After The Inciting Incident: http://ow.ly/cQ9X30rJxPE @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

The One Thing You Need to Do: Write: http://ow.ly/lDuz30rrreJ @SueBEdwards @womenonwriting #TopTweets2021

How Literary Female Friendships Shaped the Fiction Market : http://ow.ly/JjRi30rsaL4 @SarahJLonsdale @lithub #TopTweets2021

How (and why) to personalize a query letter: http://ow.ly/bo2W30rZoSM @NathanBransford #TopTweets2021

What Horror Writers Can Learn from Horror Films: http://ow.ly/K8A030s0l4B by B.A. Kockaya @HorrorTree #TopTweets2021

Page One: “Twilight”(2008): http://ow.ly/kcML30s055V @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Podcast: How to Dictate a Novel with Kevin J Anderson: http://ow.ly/VRhP30rZoQU @TheKJA @BookTrib #TopTweets2021

The Heroine's Journey: http://ow.ly/8Zlc30rZQbS @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Antagonists for the Crone Arc: Death Blight and Tempter: http://ow.ly/mfH430rZhuj @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie? http://ow.ly/VzSU30rYykk @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Russian High Court Closes 2021 Michalski Prize Winner, Memorial International: @Porter_Anderson http://ow.ly/hCEV30s5wCO @pubperspectives #wkb64

IPA's Bodour Al Qasimi's Focus on Publishing Solidarity and Freedom to Publish: @Porter_Anderson http://ow.ly/p9Mh30s48Y0 @Bodour @IntPublishers @pubperspectives #TopTweets2021

If It's Worth Living, It's Worth Recording: Thoughts on Memoirs: http://ow.ly/ytvK30rYioz by Lucie Ataya @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

The Heroine's Journey: Part 1: http://ow.ly/wHpu30rZoRU @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

The Importance of Defining Your Online Writer Brand: http://ow.ly/3ypG30rX5rn by Lucie Ataya @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Screenwriting Back to Basics: Reader Identification: http://ow.ly/b6b430rVYZH @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Book Contracts: Let's Talk Rights: http://ow.ly/q22g30s1QOs @kate_mckean @CatapultStory #TopTweets2021

The Do's and Don'ts of Storytelling According to Marvel: http://ow.ly/HN0230rWl7U @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Antagonists for Each of the Six Archetypal Character Arcs: http://ow.ly/eqAM30rVxkS @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Page One: “The Terminator” (1984): http://ow.ly/pmJK30rVYXn @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

3 Most Common Worldbuilding Mistakes for Writers and How to Fix Them: http://ow.ly/pOV630rWJ36 @WorldAnvil @NaNoWriMo #TopTweets2021

At Guadalajara: Bologna Children's Book Fair Makes Its Next Stop: @Porter_Anderson http://ow.ly/bpxB30s1LPj @pubperspectives #TopTweets2021

A Former Copyeditor's Tricks for Grammatical Mastery: http://ow.ly/fxSC30rUnpK @FoxPrintEd #TopTweets2021

7 Questions For Writers On Rejection: http://ow.ly/Za2S30rSpxk @MiaJouBotha @Writers_Write #TopTweets2021

Great Scene: “The Godfather”: http://ow.ly/MXtq30rTheX @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

The Business of Being Edgar Allan Poe: http://ow.ly/cwt630rXTC2 @CatBaabMuguira @WSJ #TopTweets2021

Don't Finish Your Book: http://ow.ly/Orjw30rSYL2 @AllieLarkin @WriterUnboxed #TopTweets2021

The Main Reason Your Story's Premise Is Important: http://ow.ly/SNEY30rUVtu @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

The Business of Screenwriting: Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs: http://ow.ly/yYqn30rUqzE @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Self-publishing News: Amazon expands its network of “Star”stores: http://ow.ly/dzNS30rWWGO @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI #TopTweets2021

The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature: http://ow.ly/ebXT30rUMjC @cwhe @lithub #TopTweets2021

Let's All Be Final Girls: http://ow.ly/lK9t30rVGWH @SGJ72 @CrimeReads #TopTweets2021

12 Authors Answer the Question “How Do You Write in Tough Times?”http://ow.ly/iCD230rTFTg @charliejane @tordotcom #TopTweets2021

Plot Archetypes: http://ow.ly/O1Wc30rP1sc @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

How much does it cost to self-publish? That depends: http://ow.ly/pt2K30rSGp0 @Roz_Morris #TopTweets2021

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (in Publishing): http://ow.ly/ceaT30rRFyN @msheatherwebb #TopTweets2021

Writing Collaborative Horror: http://ow.ly/rKkc30runvT @ChadLutzke @timmmeyer11 @thebookdad @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

Mood Is The Most Underrated Literary Device And The Most Valuable: http://ow.ly/ERON30rqY25 by Kelly Jensen @BookTrib #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: How to Use Archetypal Character Arcs in Your Stories: http://ow.ly/rw1R30rPWeL @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Script to Screen: “Witness”: http://ow.ly/KAsM30rRMGp @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Plot Archetypes: http://ow.ly/O1Wc30rP1sc @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Writing and the Creative Life: The Joy of Running, Creatively Speaking: http://ow.ly/3dIi30rQp0M @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Booktok: how TikTok and Gen Z re-invented the book club: http://ow.ly/BxGb30rU4AR by Alex Bryson @PulsarPlatform #TopTweets2021

How To Introduce a Character in a Novel: http://ow.ly/U6ge30rP1rS by Katie Khan @thenovelry #TopTweets2021

Types of Flat-Arc Characters: http://ow.ly/ssSt30rOFu8 @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Right-Brained Revisers: http://ow.ly/oYlV30rM5Yg @MichalskiLiz @WriterUnboxed #TopTweets2021

How reading helps writing: http://ow.ly/lxD630rNgws @pubcoach #TopTweets2021

Release Checklist For Writers: http://ow.ly/vkOR30rPIfK #TopTweets2021

Belarus One Year After the Election: Writers, Translators, Journalists Speak Out: @Porter_Anderson http://ow.ly/7ap130rQwq1 @pubperspectives #TopTweets2021

How to Handle Critiques and Negative Reviews: http://ow.ly/V7Z730rMm4Z @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

How to Expand on a Story Idea: http://ow.ly/m9WD30rMQwd @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Hemingway's Writing Routine: http://ow.ly/ngVK30rMFdX @Astrohaus #TopTweets2021

What is the point of the scene? http://ow.ly/FWBO30rMZtI @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: The Flat Archetype of the Child: http://ow.ly/sp6D30rLA0d @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

You Can't Sell an Idea: http://ow.ly/dy3X30rNklK @straczynski @JaneFriedman #TopTweets2021

Penguin Random House: New Stories of Social Impact: @Porter_Anderson http://ow.ly/lwIO30rOGms @pubperspectives @penguinrandom #TopTweets2021

Assessing Your Writing Career: http://ow.ly/wE6430rOYxg @WriteNowCoach @TheIWSG #TopTweets2021

How to avoid the willpower trap: http://ow.ly/AsUq30rJ1FU @beprolifiko #TopTweets2021

Use Societal Transitions for Your Story World: http://ow.ly/6KEW30rJPzG @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Screenwriting Resource: Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdowns: http://ow.ly/Cw5930rKMGz @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Dramatizing Inner Conflict: http://ow.ly/Xcqk30rKMG7 @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Dear Black Woman Writer: http://ow.ly/puyN30rJnJn @whattamisaid @WomenWriters #TopTweets2021

Why You Didn't Finish Your Novel During COVID: http://ow.ly/PMQw30rIAvl @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

The 10 Creepiest Gothic Novels: http://ow.ly/vqhc30rJTO1 @ManxWriter @The_Millions #TopTweets2021

Latinx Horror Author Roundtable: http://ow.ly/h9bR30rJxOz @cinapelayo @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

Writing: Wintering and Dormancy: http://ow.ly/J0Jz30rHVxB @austinkleon #TopTweets2021

Historical Fiction: Write What You Know, or Know What You Write: http://ow.ly/Jp0030rHUyR @davidgilmanuk @WritersDigest #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: The Mage Arc: http://ow.ly/qzVE30rFlPe @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Women Writing Extreme Horror by Kenzie Jennings and Janine Pipe: http://ow.ly/WRad30rEvv9 @Night_Worms @JaninePipe28 #TopTweets2021

The 10 Best Zombie Books You May Not Have Heard Of: http://ow.ly/HuVv30rGz62 @AmongTheZombies @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

Introduction to the 12 Shadow Archetypes: http://ow.ly/YA7M50Ez5zL @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: The King Arc: http://ow.ly/A8sJ30rDJtY @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: The Maiden's Shadow Archetypes: http://ow.ly/SG1230rGOiG @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

PEN America's New Report on Turkey: Five Years After the Failed Coup: @Porter_Anderson http://ow.ly/t2B930rMheU @PENamerica @pubperspectives #TopTweets2021

Ten Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About James and Nora Joyce: http://ow.ly/EFOq30rDJuk @NualaNiC @The_Millions #TopTweets2021

Stepping into the portal: http://ow.ly/yrhB30rEJS4 @austinkleon #TopTweets2021

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December 18, 2021

Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Happy holidays, everyone! This is the last post for 2021. I'll be back Jan. 2 for another Twitterific post. :)

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