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January 21, 2017
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 39,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers
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I did have a new book release Tuesday. :) Find out more about Fall to Pieces here.
Business / Miscellaneous
Make Wise Investments In Your Author Business @cksyme
Why More Writers Should Talk About Money @manjulamartin
Creativity and Inspiration / Miscellaneous
Creative Lessons Learned From Podcasting Since 2009 @thecreativepenn
Writing Skills @KarenCV
Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting
Choosing a One-Word Theme for Your 2017 @RoniLoren
Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration
How to Avoid Sabotaging Your Creative Process @amcarley
How To Always Have Something Awesome To Write About @ThePaigeDuke
Why Focusing on the Present Can Make You More Creative @livequiet
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing
Tracking your activities for increased productivity @Write_Track
5 ways to make time to write when you’ve got a busy family @jasonbougger
3 Ways To Change Your Thinking About Writing Time and Productivity @rsmollisonread
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block
5 Reasons to Thank Your Resistance to Writing @RosanneBane
5 Steps for Getting Out of a Creative Rut @EJWenstrom
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly
A Method to Manage Writing Projects @jkwak
5 Weird Ways to Get Yourself Writing @DIYMFA
6 Ways to Increase Your Productivity as a Writer Without Burning Out @jenlouden
Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life
5 Tips For When You Have Too Much to Do @zen_habits
6 Packing Tips for Writers Who Want to Hit the Road @Kristen_E_Pope
5 Ways to Combat Author Anxiety @WritersDigest
7 Thoughts For Writers Struggling With Depression @RebekahGyger
Why to Keep Your Day Job After Becoming a Best-selling Author from @johngreen @GoinsWriter
Into the Writing Vortex with Jo March & Louisa May Alcott, 1869 @2nerdyhistgirls
Writing Friends and Where to Find Them @besscozby
How Do You Want Your Novel to Change the World? @jmunroemartin
How To Get Your Partner To Support Your Writing @standoutbooks
Genres / Miscellaneous
5 Reasons Genre Matters @MarcyKennedy
Genres / Fantasy
On Thud and Blunder in Heroic Fantasy: by Poul Anderson
5 Horrifying Monsters That Aren’t Vampires, Zombies or Werewolves @repokempt
Genres / Historical
Balance Fact and Fiction When Writing Historical Novels: by Jack Woodville London
Genres / Horror
5 Books About Human Horror @jarockauthor
Genres / Mystery
Insomniacs in crime fiction @mkinberg
How Safe Is Your Character? @JacquiAnnWard
Genres / Picture Books
Tech Tools to Help Produce & Sell Children’s Books @carlaking
Genres / Poetry
A Self-Published Poet’s Path to Her First Book Deal @JaneFriedman with Amanda Lovelace
Genres / Young Adult
4 Tips on Creating Pitch Perfect YA Characters @AmyFosterHere
5 Key Ingredients All YA Novels Must Have @katiemccoach
Promo / Miscellaneous
What not to wear on TV @pubcoach
Promo / Ads
How To Get Your Sales Moving With Facebook Ads @davidpenny_
Promo / Blogging
8 Ideas for Adding Additional Content to Your Blog @NonfictionAssoc
5 Free Tools to Improve Your Blog @KarenBanes
How to Use Your Blog as an Author Platform @SukhiJutla
Promo / Newsletters
Why You Need a Newsletter @AP_Fuchs
Promo / Websites
Make Your Website Interactive to Gain New Readers @EbooksAndKids
Publishing / Miscellaneous
The Hard Truth About Publishing—What Writers & Readers Need to Know @KristenLambTX
3 Things One Debut Writer Wishes She’d Known @LizbethMeredith
Publishing / News / Data
Record Number of Libraries Surpass 1,000,000 eBook and Audiobook Checkouts in 2016 @OverDriveLibs
Publishing / News / International Publishing
What Canada’s Shelfie Data Suggests About Ebook Subscriptions @HudPeter
Firebrand Buys Canada’s Enthrill, HarperCollins Withdraws Crowley Book @Porter_Anderson
Publishing Partnerships @Porter_Anderson
An English Translation of a Japanese TV Series Based on a Swedish Book @Porter_Anderson
Growing Russian Market Looks to Educational and Children’s Books in 2017 by Eugene Gerden @pubperspectives
DBW 2017 Opening Themes @Porter_Anderson
Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing
9 Steps to Self-Publish Your Print Book Using CreateSpace @lornafaith
Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing
An agent on how far she reads into a manuscript @Janet_Reid
Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying
How to Write a Query Letter to an Agent @KellyDSmith
Publishing / Process / Book Design
Master Your Genre’s Book Cover @sacha_black
Publishing / Process / Distribution
Q&A with Pronoun @pronoun
Publishing / Process / Legalities
Rights Management @Porter_Anderson
Writing Craft / Miscellaneous
4 Essential Mind Tricks for Writing to Persuade @jeffelk
How to Write a Great Story @JaneFriedman
Storytelling @woodwardkaren
Screenwriting Techniques To Transform Your Novel @djwilliams316
How to Make “Write What You Know” Work for You @krisriggle
10 Rules of Writing @patverducci
Advanced Craft Tips @PBRWriter
Weak Verbs are the Path to the Dark Side @p2p_editor
Using Mentor Texts With Students @MelanieMeehan1
How To Tailor A Story To Readers @woodwardkaren
Writing Craft / Beginnings
4 ways not to start a novel @jasonbougger
Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists
3 Essential Factors to Make Your Villain 3D @RuthanneReid
Writing Killer Descriptions – First Impressions @mythicscribes
10 Ways To Create Dangerously Nuanced Antagonists @Writers_Write
Writing Craft / Characters / Arc
How Character Attributes and Flaws Work Within Character Arc @AngelaAckerman
Writing Craft / Characters / Development
Create a Character Readers Can’t Help But Care About @woodwardkaren
The Why & How of Character Motivation @mythcreants
8 Key Female Archetypes to Consider for Your Novel @CSLakin
Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists
6 Subversive Heroes for Stand Out Stories @mythcreants
Writing Craft / Dialogue
Overusing Names in Dialogue @MarcyKennedy
Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film
6 Best Cocktails From Classic Literature @ElectricLit
10 Neo-Noir Films to Influence Your Fiction @wickerkat
Writing Craft / POV
Writing Through a Character’s Eyes @NovelEditor
Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar
5 Necessary Comma Uses @lisajlickel
Writing Craft / Revision
How to Streamline Your Editing Experience @MissConstance21
14 Words That Are Hurting Your Writing @Janice_Hardy
19 Self-editing Tips @WordDreams
Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques
5 Steps To Hiring A Freelance Editor @espressoeditor
3 Ways Your Beta Readers Are Right (and Oh-So-Wrong!) @KelsieEngen
Writing Craft / Scenes
How to Write a Perfect Scene @CSLakin
Writing Craft / Settings and Description
How Novelists Can Infuse Their Scenes with Color @CSLakin
Four Dimensional Settings: by Shawn Coyne
Writing Craft / Voice
How Finding Your Voice Can Inspire New Novels @SWilliamsAuthor
Writing Tools / Miscellaneous
Describing Words Finds Adjectives For the Noun You’re Writing About @LordRavenscraft
Writing Tools / Apps
How to Learn Scrivener Fast @lornafaith
20 Apps for Writers Who Want to Get Serious @ChristelleWrite
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Expanding Book Distribution – by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig When I wrote a post in October on growing…
Creative Challenges for Better Productivity – by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I think that we…
Twitterific Writing Links – by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links …
Another Go at Pre-Orders – by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is my third post on pre-orders. As you …
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January 19, 2017
Another Go at Pre-Orders
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
This is my third post on pre-orders. As you might remember, I wasn’t much of a fan of them when I tried them (over much of 2016).
This time I decided not to run a long-term pre-order.
I didn’t like the pressure of feeling like I was under the gun to deliver. It’s been a while since I wrote for a traditional publisher and maybe I’ve gotten used to my deadlines getting softer.
This time I waited for my book to be finished and then put it up for a very short pre-order while the book was being edited (knowing I had plenty of time to finish my edits before uploading the final version).
I put the book up on both Amazon and Draft2Digital’s retailers (some of which are set-up for pre-orders, some aren’t) on January 2 for a January 17 release. I picked a Tuesday, since a lot of traditionally-published cozies are launched on Tuesdays and many savvy readers have an eye open for releases.
It took a while before I started seeing any sales happening. At first, I had a hard time even finding my book on Amazon. By the 10th, the book was showing at around 50,000 in the best sellers rank, so it was finally being discovered. I’m not sure if Amazon sent any emails to my readers to notify them of the pre-order, but the sales did seem to come at once.
Sales at Draft2Digital retailers, judging from my ranking on the different sites, were also occurring. The D2D dashboard doesn’t reflect pre-order sales but reports them after the release.
Draft2Digital does make the process very easy. You can set pre-orders there without the need to upload a draft (as opposed to Amazon, which doesn’t allow ‘asset-less’ pre-orders). As D2D states: “You can set up pre-orders to nearly all Draft2Digtial store partners as far out as ninety days to a year in advance of your chosen release date. You aren’t even required to have a final manuscript or cover, as long as you upload those things no less than ten days before release. We recommend pre-orders as a way to capture readers’ interest prior to the book’s launch and build up a powerful boost to your sales rank on release day.”
What I did like about the pre-order is the ability to upload everything and then work on getting all the details ironed out….the better-formatted book description, getting the ISBNs worked out, creating a newsletter with active buy-links, deciding on pricing, etc.
Another nice thing was having live links when I finally did announce the release in my newsletter. In the past, I’ve sent newsletters without the print link, since it takes a while longer for printed books to show up live at retailers.
I also like that when the book finally did release, the Amazon page was quickly populated in the ‘customers who bought this also bought’ section, which introduced my book to more readers.
Amazon has a few requirements regarding pre-orders (some of these requirements are new):
There is a minimum amount of time you can schedule a pre-order. So if you were thinking of having a week-long pre-order, that won’t be permitted by Amazon: “Pre-orders must be scheduled 10 or more days (from midnight GMT) before the book is released.”
Pre-orders are available in all Amazon marketplaces (except for India). The books release at midnight in the local time zone.
The deadline for your final version of the manuscript is 3 days before the release. Or, more specifically: “The final version of your manuscript that you want to use for your pre-order eBook must be uploaded and republished at least 3 days before the release date you set, with the last day for upload starting at midnight, GMT. For example, if you were releasing an eBook on September 20, you would need to upload and republish it by 11:59 PM GMT on September 16. To help prevent confusion from time zone to time zone, we’ve added a timer you can follow to see when exactly your book is due. We recommend you use the timer to see the actual deadline.”
For those of us worried that some unforeseen disaster will make our release date impossible, Amazon does now offer an option to reschedule the release. This option is through our KDP bookshelf (click the ellipses under Book Actions). Under ‘Pre-order’, click ‘edit release date.’ Save and submit. Amazon allows this action one time for as much as 30 days past the original launch date.
However, if you cancel the release altogether: “If you choose to cancel the pre-order, you may unpublish your eBook from the Bookshelf. When you unpublish an eBook in pre-order, you will be unable to list any eBook for pre-order for one year.”
This particular go at pre-orders was successful enough (and Amazon’s new flexibility was encouraging enough) for me to plan other short pre-order periods for future releases.
Have you tried out pre-orders? How did it go?
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January 15, 2017
Common Ground: Screenwriting Techniques To Transform Your Novel
by D.J. Williams, @djwilliams316
As an Executive Producer and Director in the TV industry, I understand the difficulty and challenge of transforming a novel into a visual experience on film. As a novelist, I’ve enjoyed the freedom of writing and storytelling without worrying about the limitations of turning those novels into a screenplay. Many of my readers have said, “Your books would make great movies.” I’m humbled each time I hear those words, but I’m also realistic about surviving in an ocean with sharks. Writing a novel and writing a screenplay are two different animals that don’t always play well together in the same body of water. So, if your dream is to write a novel in hopes you’ll get it optioned for film so a studio can spend millions of dollars producing your story, you might find yourself throwing a penny in a pond hoping to retrieve a pot of gold. Let’s just say, the odds are not in your favor. But there are techniques we can use as novelists to transform our stories that share common ground with screenwriters.
In my novels, The Disillusioned and Waking Lazarus, the chapters are written as scenes in a film as a way to keep readers engaged. Since my writing tends to be more visual, much like a screenwriter, I use this technique to keep the story moving forward at a quicker pace. I don’t want to bog readers down with pages of backstory, inner thoughts, or showcasing my writing prowess that leaves them trudging through a swamp. I’m not a literary genius like Tolstoy. I write commercial fiction, and what that means is I must use some of the same techniques as a screenwriter because we live in a visual age. Isn’t that how we want readers to respond? We want them to envision the world we’ve created, to connect with the characters, and to imagine where the story will lead. Our words on a page create a visual experience for our readers.
One huge advantages for novelists is we can take our time delving deeper into our characters’ thoughts and emotions. We can leave breadcrumbs of hidden clues, backstory, and reveal aspects of our characters’ storylines that maybe only the reader will know, most of which would never be played out on screen. And, you do this within a 380+ page book instead of a 120 page screenplay. But there is a downside, one we can avoid when using other screenwriting techniques.
Have you ever noticed how at around the thirty minute mark in a film there is a twist to the story? It’s that moment that leads us into the second act. A character makes a choice, faces a tragedy, or loses what they value most. In that scene the story goes deeper and keeps viewers on the edge of their seat. If we were to call this the thirty-minute rule for screenwriters, then we could define that technique as the crossroads chapter for novelists. While I won’t give away which chapter that might be in my novels, I will say that this chapter marker is a roadmap that leads me to the second act of my story. Why do this? For my writing style, it helps me know that the story is moving forward. I’m not simply writing chapters that bring nothing more to the story. The chapters leading up to the chapter that will remain unnamed, are centered on introducing readers into this world, revealing unique characters, and setting readers up for the plot twist.
In this scenario, the big difference between novels and screenplays is that in a screenplay you should only write what you see or hear on screen. Internal thoughts won’t work. Narration is tricky because it can slow the story down. Novelists can dive deeper into inner thoughts, longer dialogue, and more descriptive settings, but in either scenario, character and setting are still king. By the time you reach the thirty minutes, or the crossroads chapter, your characters and story should be in full affect. If the characters are flat, or the story isn’t progressing quick enough, then you know it’s time to go back and rework your first act.
One note to remember: as novelists we aren’t restricted by production budgets, so if we need to enhance our characters’ setting, or build a bigger more interesting world, then we can simply write that on the page rather than begging a studio to give us a bigger budget. That’s one of the challenges screenwriters have that novelists don’t. Screenwriters have to create a world and characters that fit within the overall production budget of a studio.
In this day and age another technique novelists can learn from screenwriters is to keep our stories concise. Reminders to move the story forward should be planted on our walls, computer screens, notebooks, and tattooed on our arms if necessary. If the story isn’t progressing then we’ll lose our readers. Too much backstory and we’ve lost them. Give too much information away in the beginning and our characters become less interesting. Writing chapters filled with inner thoughts, dream sequences, flashbacks, or sharing pieces of the story that won’t matter in the end forces readers to close the book, unless they are written in a concise way that adds momentum to our story. It’s why screenwriters are constantly cutting, scrutinizing every word of a script, because they only have so many pages to fit the story. Every scene. Every piece of dialogue. Ever word is weighed to make the screenplay as tight as possible. In the end, cutting in a screenplay makes for a better story. For novelists, we can learn a great deal from this technique. While some view editing as the process that is done to finalize the last draft of a novel so we can publish, the truth is that editing is an exercise where we’re constantly fine-tuning each chapter. Much like a screenplay, ruthless cutting/editing makes the novel shine.
While this is by no means all of the screenwriting techniques we can apply as novelists, they are common ground exercises that can enable us to transform our writing to become more effective storytellers.
D.J. Williams: Currently based out of Los Angeles, Williams continues to add to his producing and directing credits of more than 350 episodes of broadcast TV syndicated worldwide by developing new projects for television, film and print.
Jake Harris’ life hasn’t turned out the way he planned. Battling his addictions, and the shattered pieces of his family, he is hired to ghostwrite a memoir. From the 1920’s story of a controversial evangelist, to the present day mystery of a former District Attorney, everything changes when his search for the truth leads to an atrocity hidden from history. With a past he can’t remember, he begins to discover that he is not the person he believed himself to be. Rather, he is a threat to a secret society that has remained in the shadows for nearly a century. Jake is drawn deep inside a world he never knew existed that brings him closer to his own extraordinary destiny.
This latest novel is accompanied by a full soundtrack. Williams has worked alongside composer, Jené Nicole Johnson, to create an enhanced reading experience that has not been done before in book publishing. The soundtrack has been customized to fit readers of all kinds, whether they read fast or slow. It is a groundbreaking addition to the series that is already receiving rave reviews.
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January 14, 2017
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 39,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.
Business / Miscellaneous
Publishing predictions 2017 by Agent Laurie McLean @annerallen
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing
9 Ideas To Make Room In Your Life For Writing @GoTeenWriters
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block
Getting Past the Dreaded Block @jemifraser
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly
What is the Ideal Book Release Pace for Authors? @EmilyWenstrom
Using Task Batching to be a More Productive Writer @allindiewriters
Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life
101 Coping Skills for Writers With or Without Mental Illness @heisawolf
When Writing Can’t Be Your Life @GoTeenWriters
How Do I Make Writing a Career? @mariraz @ElectricLit
The best lessons 1 writer has learned @KillerNashville
Escapism Is for Readers; Writers Stay @Porter_Anderson
Genres / Horror
What Happened With George Romero’s Zombies? @JonathanBarkan
Genres / Humor
7 Reasons Writers of Serious Novels Should Use Humor in Their Fiction @WritersDigest
Genres / Memoir
The Micro-Memoir @fiedawn
Genres / Middle-Grade
7 Tips for Writing Middle Grade Voice @ceciliaedits
Writing the Middle Grade Novel @WritersCoach
Genres / Mystery
Crime Writing @LeeLofland
Crime Writers @SueColetta1
Self-deception as an element in crime fiction @mkinberg
Opposites DO Attract @KillerNashville
Crime fiction @mkinberg
Genres / Picture Books
Writing Merchandise Tie-In Children’s Books @CynLeitichSmith
Genres / Romance
The Structure of a Romance @woodwardkaren
Genres / Screenwriting
3 Big Query Letter Mistakes Screenwriters Make @scriptmag
Promo / Miscellaneous
Kidlit @MeetToby
Books2Read’s Universal Book Links @thDigitalReader
Street Teams @sacha_black
Promo / Blogging
3 tips for better author blogs @MarshaIngrao
7 Steps to a Successful Brand for Your Personal Blog @MarshaIngrao
Promo / Newsletters
Author Newsletters – A Spy’s Report @mollygreene
Promo / Social Media Tips
6 Visual Tools to Improve Your Social Media Content @CalebCousens
7 Social Media Tips for Indie Authors @CaballoFrances
29 Quick and Easy Social Media Updates to Share @EdieMelson
5 Ways to use Facebook Groups to Build Book Buzz @DianaUrban
Using Snapchat for Book Marketing and Author Branding @MelissaFlicks
Promo / Speaking
Why you should leave ‘holes’ in your speeches @pubcoach
Promo / Video
Tips for enhancing your video marketing @SpunkOnAStick
Publishing / Miscellaneous
2016 @JaneFriedman
Audio Books – Options, Pros, Cons, Dos, and Don’ts @TheIWSG
Connecting with Consumers, Open Road Media Grows Revenue @JaneORIM
What to expect when publishing on Amazon Kindle Store: by AC de Fombelle
Releasing a series all at once or one at a time — which is better? @HollowLandsBook
Publishing / News / International Publishing
Germany’s De Gruyter Takes Over ‘Info DaF’, Digitizing 30,00 Back Issue Pages @Porter_Anderson
International Notes @pubperspectives @Porter_Anderson
Market Overview @pubperspectives By Claudia Kaiser
Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing
How to Find Your Agent Match @SusanSpann
Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying
What to Write in the “Bio” Section of Your Query Letter @ChuckSambuchino
Publishing / Process / Book Design
DIY Book Cover Blunders: by Bruce Fottler
Formatting Tips for Your Manuscript @NanReinhardt
How to design book covers for any genre @99designs
Publishing / Process / Distribution
Expand book distribution with PublishDrive and StreetLib:
Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid
All Romance eBooks’ Sudden Closing @victoriastrauss
Writing Craft / Miscellaneous
Is Your Book a Bargain? @p2p_editor
Remove filters in your fiction @TheWriterMag
Want to Write Great Fiction? Stop Using the “Logical” Side of Your Brain. @losapala
Tips for honing your craft in 2017 @diannabooks
Incorporating a ‘blind spot’ in our fiction @KristenLambTX
Pointers for Punching Up Your Prose @LucienneDiver
Ghostwriting @KarenCV
4 Signs It’s Time To Quit A Writing Project @Magzdozza
Writing Craft / Beginnings
Elements of a Stellar Opening Scene @JohnJKelley
Writing Craft / Characters / Development
How to Deepen Your Chapter Book Characters @AliceKuipers
Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists
7 Protagonists With Terrible Motivations @mythcreants
Writing Craft / Endings
How to Repair the End of Your Novel @JerryBJenkins
How to End a Book @nownovel
Writing Craft / Literary Devices
Fate Versus Free Will @SaraL_Writer
Writing Craft / POV
Do YOU Need To Write In The Second Person? @standoutbooks
8 Tips in Writing Deep Point of View @ZoeMMcCarthy
Picking The Perfect POV and Tense For Your Book @misfitalexa
Is The Wrong Character Telling Your Story? @ShanDitty
Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar
15 Military Terms Used in Civilian Contexts @writing_tips
Vocative Commas and the Vocative Case @MarcyKennedy
Writing Craft / Revision
Revision Checklist @MartinaABoone
Review Your Plot @sreynoldswriter
Rushing Through Revision @Kid_Lit
7 Misconceptions About Revision @WritersDigest
Writing Craft / Scenes
A New Way to Think About Scene Structure @KMWeiland
Writing Craft / Tension
Making It Worse for a Character @mythicscribes
Writing Craft / Tropes
Why Rowling Rocked the Briefcase Mix-up @SeptCFawkes
Writing Craft / Voice
5 Ways to Discover & Develop Our Voice @JamiGold
Writing Craft / World-Building
WorldBuilding @Wcarter01
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January 12, 2017
Creative Challenges for Better Productivity
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Sometimes I think that we need something to spur us on and get us going.
We need something different to help us either grow or keep ourselves engaged. Maybe we’ve been working on one book for a long period of time. Maybe we’ve been working on a particular series so long that we feel we’re getting stale. Maybe it’s that we’ve been writing a single genre.
Sometimes we’re just weighed down by our story.
For me, the best thing I can do is to shake things up a little bit.
Write at a different time of day.
Write in a different place (my favorite is the library).
Read something really good. For me, this is usually something in a genre I’m not writing. Or, maybe, I’m reading a mystery, but it’s not the same subgenre. Or I’ll read an inspiring autobiography or biography on an artist.
I subscribe to one email newsletter that sparks my creativity: Austin Kleon. He has a wide variety of artistic interests.
Challenges are another popular way for writers to get their writing done. Some of the best-known challenges are:
NaNoWriMo: I never officially enter, but I set a personal writing goal and usually meet whatever that goal is.
Camp NaNoWriMo. I think these times of year (April and July) work much better for many people (aside from perhaps parents whose kids are home from school for spring break or summer).
Prompts and Sprints
Prompts can provide a fun way to get the creative juices flowing.
The NY Times has 500 prompts for narrative and personal writing.
Creative Writing Prompts for Writers has a nice backlog of prompts.
The Write Prompts has 1900 prompts of different kinds (images, journaling prompts, poetry prompts).
Reddit also has a writing prompts section.
Writing sprints can be a helpful way of making progress on our books, especially if we are hung up by perfectionism. If we’re writing as fast as we can, our writing can’t be perfect. Sprints can help remind us that the first draft is just for getting the story down on paper. If you want to join others doing writing sprints, Twitter is a good place to do so. A post by Ramona Defelice Long recommends going as far as to keep a sprint journal.
Other ideas are to explore new genres or other subgenres.
What have I missed? Do you have ways to keep creatively challenged when writing long-term?
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January 8, 2017
Expanding Book Distribution
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
When I wrote a post in October on growing our international reading audience, I mentioned a Facebook group called The International Indie Author, headed by writer Mark Williams. (You must ask for permission to join the group.)
Mark was kind enough to make some very thoughtful comments on the post. In those, he urged writers to consider not only going beyond KDP, Apple, etc,. but also beyond distributors like Draft2Digital or Smashwords. Among other things (like using Fiberead to reach a Chinese audience), he mentioned the importance of getting our books on Google Play (which we can’t do through D2D or Smashwords) and OverDrive (which puts our books in over 33,000 digital libraries in more than 50 countries).
Mark also stated that, unlike Smashwords, getting in OverDrive through PublishDrive or StreetLib means that our books won’t be in the separate ‘self published’ section of the site.
The following week after Mark’s comments, I made sure to upload my books to both PublishDrive and StreetLib. The process was easy; if you’re used to uploading to retailers, it won’t be difficult for you. I uploaded epub files that I’d used for other platforms, filled out all the book metadata (description, author bio, etc.), and uploaded my cover. You’ll fill in how you want to be paid and your tax information.
The royalty structure is fairly common to distributors. There are no upfront fees and the distributors are paid from your sales. More on the details here: StreetLib and PublishDrive
Then I pretty much left it alone.
Checking back in a couple of months later, I found that I did indeed have sales on both StreetLib and PublishDrive, mainly for Google Play and OverDrive. I found that I had many more Canadian sales than usual, too.
PublishDrive, in particular, has a nice bit of analytics. They told me what my best price point was ($4-$5, believe it or not. That may be because they were my most recent releases).
For a minimal investment of time on my part, I expanded my distribution and made what was actually a very tidy profit.
Are you on PublishDrive or StreetLib? Do you use distributors at all, or do you upload directly to all your platforms?
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January 7, 2017
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 39,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.
Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting
Make Affirmations Rather than Resolutions @debluskin
How to Set Achievable and Meaningful Goals @JaneFriedman
How Writers Can Prepare Now for a Productive New Year @allindiewriters
Why Missing Your Goals Can Be a Good Thing @ChadRAllen
Commit to doing things differently in 2017 @DoWhatYouLoveXx
The Real Reason You’re Afraid to Set Goals for 2017 [Podcast] @MichaelHyatt
Looking Ahead to 2017 – Step by Step @hwrightwriter
One Sure-to-Fail Strategy for Setting New Goals @MichaelHyatt
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5 Reasons To Keep A Record Of What You Read @chrstnejschmdt
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block
5 most common obstacles to writing your book @KateHan
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly
Multi-tasking vs. Task-switching @PiperJDrake
Write More Books Faster with Dictation @JanalynVoigt
Don’t Worry. Don’t Wait. Write. @nickripatrazone
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10 Things Authors Do Wrong (And How to Fix Them) @Bookgal
Celebrate your victories @GoIntoTheStory
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5 Qualities Every Serious Writer Needs to Possess @tessaemilyhall
Scared to Start A New Project? @patverducci
Social Media is Eating Your Brain @jamesscottbell
Writer’s enemy list @annerallen
Mindfulness and Crafting a Creative Self-Care Practice @CreativeKatrina
Invest in white space in your life @DanBlank
Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Spaces
How to Create an Inspiring Work Space (for under $20) @WritersDigest
The Value of Writing Retreats @JaneFriedman
Genres / Miscellaneous
Writing Advice Examined @StephMorrill
Genres / Fantasy
Elements of crime fiction in popular fantasy @mkinberg
Genres / Horror
What Makes a Horror Villain Interesting? @JonathanBarkan
Genres / Science Fiction
Science Fiction @SciFi_Addicts
Exploring the Speculative Sci-Fi of Einstein’s Dreams: by Alex Carchidi
Promo / Miscellaneous
How Backend Metadata Affects Readers @DigiBookWorld by Phuong Mai
How to Use Fiverr to Create a Book Trailer @ThereseWalsh
Promo / Ads
4 Ways to Improve Your Facebook Ad Results @elisedopson
How to Use the Facebook Ad Split Testing Feature @jonloomer
Promo / Blogging
Blog Review Checklist for 2017 @DebraEckerling
8 Social WordPress Plugins to Improve Your Blog @kristelcuenta
Promo / Book Reviews
How to Handle Book Reviews @KateMColby
Promo / Book Signings and Launch parties
At libraries, plan presentations, not book signings @hopeclark
Promo / Social Media Tips
Online Maintenance @WordDreams
How to create a Facebook Book Page or FB Author Page (Video) @PlotGoesViral
3 Social Media Design Tools That Create Stunning Images @SMExaminer
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Improve SEO Without Experts @CaballoFrances
Author website tips @Avrilfrances
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5 Things You Need Before You Print a Book @IngramSpark
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Kobo Becoming Tolino’s Tech Partner in Germany @mtamblyn
Publishing debate @simonschuster
HarperCollins Becomes Full Owner of HarperCollins Brasil @Porter_Anderson
Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing
5 Resolutions of a Self-Publisher @Wogahn
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How to Smartly Evaluate a Small Publisher @JaneFriedman
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How to Find Publishers @JaneFriedman
3 Key Elements of Successful Pitching @VivWrites
Writing Craft / Miscellaneous
‘I Was a Ghostwriter for a Ghostwriter’ @michaelhafford
Why You Should Write Things Down @ErinMFeldman
3 Ways to Portray Place on the Page @WritersDigest
Slowing down time in your story @Chris_Kokoski
3 Ways to Improve Your Storytelling @Janice_Hardy
How to Organize Your Illustrations (To Find them When You Need Them) @leigh_powers
4 Traits of a Master Writer and How to Develop Them @GillespieKarin
Writing Craft / Beginnings
How to start a story @ReedsyHQ
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Anti-Heroes and Villains @aliventures
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When characters don’t cooperate @KelsieEngen
Reasons to avoid spending too much time on character profiles @jackstr952
Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists
What Makes a Hero? @josiskilpack
5 Ways to Tell if Your Main Character is Trying to Deceive You @wendypmiller
Journaling Prompt Questions to Ask Your Protagonist @tessaemilyhall
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3 Easy Tricks For Improving Dialogue In Fiction @Magzdozza
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What Works & What Doesn’t @chris_shultz81
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How to Foreshadow Like Alfred Hitchcock @KathyEdens1
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Pacing Your Prose @Lindasclare
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Why Your Novel Needs An ‘All Is Lost’ Moment And How To Create One @standoutbooks
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Writing What You Know When There’s No Way to “Know” It @SelahJanel
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5 Grammar Pet Peeves and How To Fix Them @KarenBerner
8 Things You Might Not Know About Vowels @arikaokrent
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Eliminating the boring parts from your story @Kid_Lit
Your complete self-editing checklist @pubcoach
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January 5, 2017
Resolutions of a Self-Publisher
by David Wogahn, @wogahn
Self-publishing is a humbling experience. When I started, I was in fear of my work being ripped off, good friends didn’t review my book, blog readers and subscribers didn’t flock to my website, I was (still am!) frazzled by all the social media and marketing options. On top of that, Amazon takes a huge slice of my sales.
Who among us have not had these thoughts? Heck, I admit to still having them. It’s not productive.
To begin this New Year, I’ve written down 5 resolutions to help me stay on track. At least one is easier than the others—in fact I have little choice. But keeping them all in mind will make for a healthier, and more productive mindset for 2017. I hope they help you too.
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Think: Reciprocity.
How often have I uttered the phrase, “I write blog posts but no one reads them. Why should I bother?”
Or I show up at my local writer meetup and wonder why no one buys my hot-off-the-POD-press book.
The next time I ask myself one of these questions, or a variation—why no one follows me, likes my posts, joins my mailing list—I will ask myself: “how do you help others?” Did I buy that new author’s memoire (even though I probably won’t read it)? Have I sought out authors like me and like/read/retweet/join them in their journey? Or do I whine?
I will contribute to the success of my fellow self-publishers.
Go deep, and narrow.
I love shiny new objects just like the next person. I was one of the earliest members on LinkedIn. I signed up for Ello even though I never use it. I’ve answered a bunch of questions on Quora.
In the meantime, I admit to being a laggard in my use of Facebook. And I’m on what you might call a yo-yo diet with Twitter, six years of on again, off again engagement.
I will participate only where I can make a meaningful contribution until I am the master of my domain!
Have gratitude for self-distribution.
Ugh, Amazon Advantage takes 55% of my sale and charges me $99 a year for the privilege of selling. IngramSpark charges me a fortune to print and mail just one book. KDP charges me a fee to deliver eBooks to buyers.
In the fall of 2014 I had the privilege of hearing the Godfather of self-publishing speak—the late Dan Poynter. I remember cringing when he said “Amazon is the greatest thing that’s ever happened to self-publishers.” I was momentarily stunned until I realized what a world this would be without some company—any company—that can provide access to more than half the book shoppers in America. Think of that world. We’d be trying to sell our books to thousands of stores, each with percentage market shares too small to safely justify our investment.
I will acknowledge distribution is critical to my success and be grateful that someone has helped level the playing field so I can get a turn at bat.
Get an A on homework.
I often think of how to price my book when I’m staring at the KDP input screen. I follow anyone that follows me without taking time to research those I should proactively follow. I write the back cover of my book when the designer says she needs it before she can finish the cover.
Worst of all, I write the book I know, a book in my comfort zone, instead of investing the time to research the book readers want to read. And then I complain when it doesn’t sell like I expect.
And why do I do these things? Because I’m too lazy to do the research. Or maybe I don’t want to know the answer. As Steven Pressfield says, Do the Work.
I will do the work.
There is no difference between expression and copyright.
I know how hard I work on my writing. Or when one time, after spending more than an hour creating a custom graphic for my blog, I discovered it’s use—without attribution—on another self-publisher’s website.
And yet… I didn’t think twice about downloading “Gin and Juice” from Napster, and I rationalized downloading 1984 because I already owned the paperback.
I must remind myself that copyright does not require registration or labeling. If I can find an image/song/text online, it is protected—no registration or label required. I can rationalize all I want, but aren’t I too in the business of idea expression?
I will treat the intellectual proper of others the way I would like them to treat mine. (See #1, Reciprocity.)
David Wogahn is the author of Register Your Book: The Essential Guide to ISBNs, Barcodes, Copyright and LCCNs, the Lynda.com course Distributing and Marketing eBooks, and the president of AuthorImprints.com, a professional self-publishing services company that helps authors publish books and metadata.
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January 1, 2017
Focusing for Better Productivity
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Just a year or two ago, I had so much that I was trying to multi-task that I got easily overwhelmed.
What’s more, I felt really scattered. There were so many different things to work on that I’d work a bit on one thing (maybe adding my books to a publishing platform) and then start working a few minutes later on something else that seemed equally important and pressing (maybe the book that I needed to finish).
The biggest problem was the very fact that everything seemed equally pressing. This feeling that I needed to really scurry to get things done spurred the multitasking. I felt as if everything were an emergency. I considered all of my tasks equally important…personal and professional. And if I thought of something that needed to be done (buy a birthday present for a friend whose birthday was in a week), then I felt as if I immediately wanted to check the task off my list.
A couple of things got me to reevaluate how I was handling my priorizing of tasks.
The first was an article I read in Time Magazine by Eric Barker: “The Morning Routine Experts Recommend for Peak Productivity.”
Barker listed five ways to maintain productivity: stop reacting, decide the 3 things that matter today, use your ‘magic hours’ for the top 3 important things, have a starting ritual, and ‘positive procrastination.’
What resonated most with me were the “deciding what three things matter today” and the “magic hours for the 3 most important things.”
My usual method was just to hop in. Write, schedule updates on Twitter, answer emails, go grocery shopping, and not really prioritze.
I liked the idea of finishing the day and feeling like the day was a successful one. Now, I ask myself: what three things out of my to-do list will make me feel most successful for accomplishing them? And I try to make the goals/tasks realistic.
Our ‘magic hours’ are simply when we’re most productive. For me, it’s the morning, but many people are more productive in the afternoons or evenings.
It’s easy to list our top three things on a piece of paper each day. Or, we can modify what we’re doing slightly.
I modified my list when I came across the free app : 135 List. There we can list one big thing to knock out, 3 things of medium importance, and 5 minor tasks. This helped me sort everything out, from writing, to promo tasks, to dusting, to cooking supper.
I try to set up my list the night before so that I don’t start wildly multitasking first thing. It’s sort of like an outline for my day.
I’ve found that, since I started using the app last January, I’ve felt a lot more focused and less-stressed.
Do you take time to prioritize your to-do list? Any tips? When are your ‘magic hours?’
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December 31, 2016
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 39,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.
Happy New Year! Today I’ve got the top tweets from last year at the top of the post and then the rest of the tweets since my last Twitterific afterward. Oddly, some of the top tweets didn’t want to hyperlink…they were most uncooperative. :( If you’re interested in those links, you could copy-paste them into your browser, and they’ll pull up. Sorry about the hassle. Hope you all have a great 2017!
Top Tweets 2016
Turn Off the Static So You Can Hear the Tiny Whisper: http://ow.ly/wcj3306CD2b @virginiafranken #TopTweets2016
6 Keys to Write a YA Novel That Connects With Teen Readers: http://ow.ly/Xo80306y0ZK by Eleanna Sbokou @write_practice #TopTweets2016
Is It Really Possible To Do It All? http://ow.ly/drrJ306K4cJ @KaraIsaac #TopTweets2016
Once Taboo, Gay Characters Are Taking Over YA Fiction: http://ow.ly/rbTw306ONaA @broadly @mitchsunderland #TopTweets2016
Why Most Amazon Reader Reviews are Worthless: http://ow.ly/VEnY306OMMs @PeterRivaAuthor #TopTweets2016
11 Examples of Facebook Ads That Actually Work (And Why): http://ow.ly/83An306OM5O @soph_bern #TopTweets2016
7 Details You Need to Think About When Writing Historical Fiction: http://ow.ly/dHrX306K1DH @WarrenAdler #TopTweets2016
Building a Chapter for Emotional Impact: http://ow.ly/pcgr306N5Pz @kcraftwriter #TopTweets2016
12 stages of the Hero’s Journey With 2 Examples: http://ow.ly/OKtw306N5rD @DavidKThorpe #TopTweets2016
Mind Mapping for Authors: http://ow.ly/YDao306pBOM by Chris Fox #TopTweets2016
Copyright Rules for Settings: ow.ly/PN7j305FxKb @SusanSpann @RMFWriters #TopTweets2016
Mentor a Writer: Lessons from Biking: ow.ly/wFss30603p1 @FictionNotes #TopTweets2016
7 Tips for Avoiding Book Marketing Trends That No Longer Work: http://ow.ly/neex305CDRM @Bookgal #wkb71 @WritersDigest #TopTweets2016
Writing Tricks That Work: Transcribe Screenplays: ow.ly/aV0y305LMmI @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2016
Slang, Jargon, Insider Lingo: 11 Ways to Make Dialogue Authentic: ow.ly/5a2h305Ud4K @RuthHarrisBooks #TopTweets2016
17 Questions for Writers to Ask Themselves While Reading: ow.ly/gKq5305rC0l @Writers_Write #TopTweets2016
5 Tips on Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books: ow.ly/Il0J305OeaL @inkyelbows #TopTweets2016
Mentally Ill Women Belong In Your Stories, Too: ow.ly/d6KJ306gcSB @gaileyfrey @tordotcom #TopTweets2016
5 Things Learned About a Writing Career While Running A Half-Marathon: ow.ly/i0sX305FxNQ @TeeMonster @ChuckWendig #TopTweets2016
Elements of a Good Story: ow.ly/xwWY3063fsc @CockeyedCaravan #TopTweets2016
Vampires: Origins, Evolution, and Role in Fantasy Fiction: ow.ly/Cghq3063f2G by Leo Elijah Cristea #TopTweets2016
The Importance of Fiction: ow.ly/prfM305CzcE @KristineRusch #TopTweets2016
The Structure of a Murder Mystery: ow.ly/QIc23067D2Z @woodwardkaren #TopTweets2016
4 Easy Ways to Market Your Book: ow.ly/CAyc30604zX @Bookgal #TopTweets2016
20 Reasons Why You Should Read Literary Magazines: ow.ly/3XdD3066yiX @nickripatrazone @The_Millions #TopTweets2016
Writing Sad Scenes: Why to Avoid Tears: ow.ly/iykX305CE7q @ryancaseybooks #TopTweets2016
Elizabeth S. Craig on Series Challenges, Writer’s Block, Tips for Goal-Setting: http://ow.ly/KLyQ307ysta @reethu_ravi #wkb44
How to Write When Life Turns Upside Down: ow.ly/Mh6O305vAHG @RuthanneReid #TopTweets2016
How to Write about Something You Know Nothing About: ow.ly/4SKm305xRrq @marthamconway @WomenWriters #TopTweets2016
On #NaNoWriMo and Finding Time: http://ow.ly/x7gO305kkXF @Ava_Jae #TopTweets2016
8 Ways To Salvage Your Yearly Writing Goals: http://ow.ly/8Hyv305cWP6 @missriki #TopTweets2016
Increase #NaNoWriMo Success With Word Sprints: http://ow.ly/5cqg305k6um @WritersEdit @KyraThomsen #TopTweets2016
5 Things To Do Before #NaNoWriMo: http://ow.ly/Szvu305klMS @KMHodgeAuthor @WomenWriters #TopTweets2016
4 Writing Myths and Why They Suck the Ink out of Writers: http://ow.ly/KuHY3058XlC by Eric Roberts @ProWritingAid #TopTweets2016
Should You Go KDP Exclusive Or Go Wide? http://ow.ly/JDfH305rjSH @pippadacosta @susankayequinn @IndieAuthorALLI #TopTweets2016
7 reliable grammar resources for writers: http://ow.ly/TcoW3056g8A @nownovel #TopTweets2016
Pitch Your Novel Perfectly: http://ow.ly/xI0H3051fWm @SusanSpann #TopTweets2016
15 Story Beats to Keep Your #NaNoWriMo Novel on Track: http://ow.ly/iGWm305k6Sc @HeatherJacksonW #TopTweets2016
#NaNoWriMo Prep: Using Positive Reinforcement And Rewards: http://ow.ly/8hK4305k79A @KhaosFoxe #TopTweets2016
5 Types of #NaNoWriMo Participants and the Tools You Need: http://ow.ly/tXWK305kkZD @Magic_Violinist #TopTweets2016
3 ways sentences turn: http://ow.ly/BQBu305hM8X @kseniaanske #TopTweets2016
Fear of success is more debilitating than fear of failure: http://ow.ly/UWQy305aSSb @annerallen #TopTweets2016
Paul Beatty: 1st American to Win Man Booker Prize: http://ow.ly/mAsw305CSGI @ManBookerPrize @Porter_Anderson #TopTweets2016
How To Write 50,000 Words In A Month With @grantfaulkner http://ow.ly/pcaT305kmav @thecreativepenn #TopTweets2016
Writing To Find The Hero In Ourselves: http://ow.ly/u7de304G4QU @cpbhaven #TopTweets2016
3 Ways To Use The Setting To Steer Your Story’s Plot: http://ow.ly/WOCE305euao @AngelaAckerman #TopTweets2016
Stephen King’s 20 Tips for Becoming a Frighteningly Good Writer: http://ow.ly/ehMs305j8kn @GlenLong #TopTweets2016
10 Creativity Catalysts to Win #NaNoWriMo: http://ow.ly/rgiF305kokY @joebunting #TopTweets2016
Plan Your #NaNoWriMo Novel In 15-Minute Sessions: http://ow.ly/RW6A305kkR9 @Write_Tomorrow #TopTweets2016
UK’s Man Booker Prize Shortlist of 6 Books: http://ow.ly/wa43304dnCY @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives #TopTweets2016
Using Twitter to Make Powerful Connections: http://ow.ly/ybgY3043Ona @dkparsonswriter for @JaneFriedman #TopTweets2016
24 Most Controversial Books of All Time: http://ow.ly/Uoei303zmgh by Nicholas Politan @ElectricLit #TopTweets2016
Ethics of Writing About Your Kids: http://ow.ly/XuDS3043LXG @HitlessWonder @heatherklanier @AmyMonticello #TopTweets2016
Authors using ‘trigger warnings’ to indicate disturbing content: http://ow.ly/CNSy3047IwN @Porter_Anderson @writerunboxed #TopTweets2016
Why Can’t Irish Writers Escape the Sea? http://ow.ly/dk4C303DGkS @Creative_Career #TopTweets2016
After publishing an acclaimed novel, writer ‘promptly went broke’: http://ow.ly/Bo7V304lOpX @merritttierce @marieclaire #TopTweets2016
Writing Authentic Settings And Keeping A Series Fresh: http://ow.ly/1Phq304EIAb @tobywneal @thecreativepenn #TopTweets2016
Dos and Don’ts of Writing About the Disabled: http://ow.ly/dKl8303wecB @nicolaz @lithub #TopTweets2016
How to Write a First Draft: http://ow.ly/hThX304fp6L @hodgeswriter #TopTweets2016
Starting a Writing Business: http://ow.ly/KRKR303zm9t @Rachel_Aaron #TopTweets2016
Writing About People Who Don’t Look Like You: Empathy as Craft: http://ow.ly/gBbo303AIN5 @brandonrambles #TopTweets2016
3 Ways to Hack Your Environment to Help You Create: http://ow.ly/vQq4303Ng3i @fosslien @molliewest #TopTweets2016
Plotting Film Noir: http://ow.ly/nRFM3040N0g @KieronMoore #TopTweets2016
Is too much pre-writing immobilizing you? http://ow.ly/oa9i304Jh8G #TopTweets2016
47 Tips Writers Need When Their Creativity Goes AWOL: http://ow.ly/VyTb304kUN5 @LauraJTong @writetodone #TopTweets2016
The pantsing vs plotting debate: http://ow.ly/sZJN303EDcr @AkileshAyyar @The_Millions #TopTweets2016
One question to make your novel sell: does it turn? http://ow.ly/VpPE304kVwd @kseniaanske #TopTweets2016
Dialogue and Subtext: The Spoken and the Unspoken: http://ow.ly/AmMV303N8Su by Joni Fisher @WomenWriters #TopTweets2016
9 Lessons Learned About Writing From Walking 100km In A Weekend: http://ow.ly/pn13303oikM @thecreativepenn #TopTweets2016
How to Write Dialogue in a Narrative Paragraph: http://ow.ly/jK3H302rXjD @ProWritingAid #TopTweets2016
The Geek Writer: Using Technology to Self-Publish Your Novel: http://ow.ly/8idE3031KAb @ProWritingAid #TopTweets2016
How did children’Â’s lit evolve from prim morality tales to Captain Underpants? http://ow.ly/JjAE303dyTU @xwaldie @Slate #TopTweets2016
Tips for better query letters: http://ow.ly/myG8303FLys @Michelle4Laughs @TheIWSG #TopTweets2016
The 5 Most Common Mistakes Writers Make When Seeking Book Reviews: http://ow.ly/BEWQ303qAUZ @CSLakin #TopTweets2016
Aaron Sorkin On How To Write A Gripping Monologue: http://ow.ly/Rfgi303b4W5 @woodwardkaren #TopTweets2016
Worldbuilding Tips from the UK Editor of The Martian: http://ow.ly/J3Wg303qALu @mjcr @ReedsyHQ #TopTweets2016
5 Emerging Women Authors Intimately Explore Place: http://ow.ly/quzp303a0wc @KristenRadtke @ElectricLit #TopTweets2016
How to Find and Reach Influencers to Promote Your Book: http://ow.ly/DhvX302UWUH @AngelaAckerman #TopTweets2016
Let Go of Perfectionism: http://ow.ly/M3zR303b4PD @woodwardkaren #TopTweets2016
The Difference Between Beta Readers and ARC Readers: http://ow.ly/qJ4V302QWlP @MelissaFlicks @BadRedheadMedia #TopTweets2016
10 Steps to a Successful Book Launch: http://ow.ly/QfoX302ZB46 @msheatherwebb #TopTweets2016
10 Steps to an Unputdownable Book: http://ow.ly/GDxh302ZsHj @nownovel #TopTweets2016
Creativity has its seasons: http://ow.ly/nm3K303aV6u @austinkleon #TopTweets2016
6 Tips For Getting More Traffic on your Author Blog: http://ow.ly/IPJv302tcwA @annerallen #TopTweets2016
How to Plot If You Hate Plotting: http://ow.ly/ciga303l4C2 @brianawrites #TopTweets2016
When Is Your Writing Done? http://ow.ly/LKeK303jxa1 @Lindasclare #TopTweets2016
How to Get the Story Out of Your Head and Onto the Page: http://ow.ly/ROGB302y5wg @jennienash #TopTweets2016
Burn after Reading: On Writerly Self-Immolation: http://ow.ly/Yr2S302Xfpu @nickripatrazone @The_Millions #TopTweets2016
Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Potato Leek Asparagus Soup #recipe @LucyBurdette http://bit.ly/29mk5dt @CleoCoyle #TopTweets2016
8 steps to finding a writing routine that works for you: http://ow.ly/Hx1E301dhek @word_smiths @Write_Track #TopTweets2016
Paris Bookstore Offers Print-on-Demand: http://ow.ly/e4EJ301Fxfq @pressfuturist @pubperspectives #TopTweets2016
Helpful editing tools: http://ow.ly/6Waq301nRk7 @nancylin90 #TopTweets2016
What Getting Published At 16 Teaches About Becoming a Writer: http://ow.ly/FWW0302iAsM @BannerCatherine @lithub #TopTweets2016
5 Reasons You Should Still Pursue a Traditional Book Contract: http://ow.ly/iuzt301tA0Y @tinaannforkner @WomenWriters #TopTweets2016
Reading habits and the Classics with Bestselling Author @KMWeiland : http://ow.ly/13bP301ZyHh @thewritingtrain #TopTweets2016
Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature: http://ow.ly/yX2Q302lHKg @GabbyBellot @lithub #TopTweets2016
How Horror Author @peterstraubnyc Crafts His Opening Chapters: http://ow.ly/QqrV301Yzii by Tina L. Jens @BlackGateDotCom #TopTweets2016
Artists: how to graciously say no to anyone and free up creative time: http://ow.ly/yAyg301B0hb @austinkleon #TopTweets2016
How to turn your Word doc into a finished book in fewer than 10 min: http://ow.ly/8PfO302HNfy @ReedsyHQ @RicardoFayet #TopTweets2016
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5 Reasons You Should Still Pursue a Traditional Book Contract: http://ow.ly/iuzt301tA0Y @tinaannforkner @WomenWriters
5 Obstacles Every Writer Must Face and How to Overcome Them: http://ow.ly/AGYN301QVkJ @ChadRAllen #TopTweets2016
8 Classic Openings and Why They Work: http://ow.ly/S9hi302kB6r @robvlock #TopTweets2016
How to Choose, Develop, & Research a Setting: http://ow.ly/oKsy302qwB8 @tessaemilyhall #TopTweets2016
Flip Your Characters To Twist A Plot: http://ow.ly/HHqg300wknI @Writers_Write #TopTweets2016
10 ways to get more writing done: http://ow.ly/diEJ300tBIc @Creativindie #TopTweets2016
Auditioning an editor: http://ow.ly/XSZe300VSpC @ColeHeartedGirl @RWANYC #TopTweets2016
10 Ways to Win with WordPress: http://ow.ly/i5es300p69o @jonreed @publishingtalk #TopTweets2016
7 Ways to Make Your Historical Novel Come Alive: http://ow.ly/9vHL301feOo by Alison Love @WritersDigest #TopTweets2016
Using Minor Characters to Explore Theme: http://ow.ly/GbKY300WqRe @dougeboch #TopTweets2016
How To Find The End: http://ow.ly/Iqgd301aSdR @HazelGaynor @WomenWriters #TopTweets2016
What Makes a Book Successful? A Case Study of 4 Bestselling Books: http://ow.ly/QLNp300HbCO @sabsky #TopTweets2016
How to write science fiction: http://ow.ly/is6F300p5YQ @MDeAbaitua @publishingtalk #TopTweets2016
‘The Last Book My Father Read’: After Decades of Hard Work, a Retirement in Books: http://ow.ly/BKO8301piKM by Patrick Ryan #TopTweets2016
How a writer wrote 29 stories in 29 days: http://ow.ly/s4YX301dgNM @sophiegood @Write_Track #TopTweets2016
The Next Novel You Read May Have Been Chosen by a Computer: http://ow.ly/WbwZ300SAgL @chelsebaum @ElectricLit #TopTweets2016
Is ‘Confessional Poetry’ still a relevant term? http://ow.ly/EHaM301fe78 @desi_writers @MominaMela #Toptweets2016
Why You Should Take Your Book Publishing Contract to a Lawyer: http://ow.ly/hrqG300Q8UE @monicamclark #TopTweets2016
Troubled Waters: Causeways of Shingle, Sand, and Ice in Horror: http://ow.ly/cny33012CEi @ThisIsHorror by V.H. Leslie #TopTweets2016
George Orwell’s Personal Guide on the Motivation to Write: http://ow.ly/2o8x301aRYr @katekrake #TopTweets2016
Mentoring Women Writers: http://ow.ly/gWvt300Nimi @mandajjennings @WomenWriters #TopTweets2016
How to Create a Successful Protagonist: http://ow.ly/3bij301aTkR @josephrbates #TopTweets2016
Winning the World’s Largest Online Writing Contest: http://ow.ly/RmSV300Hy3G @ReedsyHQ @oakenthoughts #TopTweets2016
12 Ways Not to Write a Mystery Novel: http://ow.ly/ChGo3060tpq by Jacqueline Diamond for @annerallen #TopTweets2016
The @nytimes is doing a series on writing spaces called ‘A Writer’s Room’: http://ow.ly/SxKa300EbvO #TopTweets2016
Maintaining Passion for a Story: http://ow.ly/4njCoB @stdennard #TopTweets2016
Interview with @mark_haddon on banned books, hate speech and childhood memories: http://ow.ly/Pnf830084sI @danpjsheehan #TopTweets2016
Simple Tricks to Unstick Your Plot: Where Is Everyone? http://ow.ly/4nmv05 @stdennard #TopTweets2016
Why rural lives and literature are in crisis: http://ow.ly/uxaE3002jKn @thelithub by Matthew Neill Null #TopTweets2016
Small Talk & Escape Plans: A Holiday Survival Guide for Introverts: http://ow.ly/aDCD307qs9I by Lindsay Hood @livequiet #wkb31
.@SalmanRushdie on Poetry, Being a Reader, and Going to the Movies: http://ow.ly/oZ54300mmGE @holdengraber @thelithub #TopTweets2016
6 Ways To Tell the Difference Between a Supportive and Toxic Writer: http://ow.ly/DELn3009Xh7 @DCampoamor @WritersDigest #TopTweets2016
The Point When Everything Changes: http://ow.ly/4nmuN4 @stdennard #TopTweets2016
Writing: When It’s Not Like a Movie: http://ow.ly/kSGJ300d3F0 @joeberhardt #TopTweets2016
Battling Tired Tropes: Hate-at-First-Sight Love Stories: http://ow.ly/4njCr2 @stdennard #TopTweets2016
5 reasons listening to audiobooks can improve our writing: http://ow.ly/4mYAB6 @JasonMHough #TopTweets2016
15 Ways to Boost Your Social Media Marketing in Under an Hour: http://ow.ly/jrgd3002abG @Ashread_ @buffer #TopTweets2016
Productivity of pulp writers: http://ow.ly/Zc7P300evox @DeanWesleySmith #TopTweets2016
3 Steps to Reinvigorating Your Writing: http://ow.ly/4npgpJ @chicklitgurrl #TopTweets2016
5 Comparisons Not To Make For Your Book: http://ow.ly/4n6nId @ChuckSambuchino #TopTweets2016
Stephen King: What We Can’t Say Enough: http://ow.ly/4ns9oE @JonathanJanz #TopTweets2016
The Literary Spy Novel: 5 Recommendations: http://ow.ly/4n1XmY @paulvidich @ElectricLit #TopTweets2016
How to Turn an Idea into a Story: http://ow.ly/4nuClk @DelilahSDawson #TopTweets2016
Building Blocks of a Novel: Paragraphs: http://ow.ly/10v6O0 @JulieEshbaugh #TopTweets2016
How to Write a Novella: http://ow.ly/10iU7m @EvaDeverell #TopTweets2016
Plot Don’t Preach: The Art of Picture Book Writing: http://ow.ly/ZM6mj by Sue Bradford Edwards @womenonwriting
10 Tips to Pitch Your Book to Review Bloggers: http://ow.ly/10pcVn @missriki #TopTweets2016
How Targeting Genre Can Make a Difference in Your Writing Career: http://ow.ly/103Xau @CSLakin #TopTweets2016
Breaking down the 98 Bookbub tips: http://ow.ly/103XgI @zackheim #TopTweets2016
On Not Writing: An Illustrated Guide to Anxieties: http://ow.ly/ZM5EJ by Ingrid Rojas Contreras @ElectricLit #TopTweets2016
Top 50 Websites for Indie Authors: http://ow.ly/10r2YL @Bookgal #TopTweets2016
Imposter Syndrome and the Writing Community: http://ow.ly/4mMw5j @jules_chronicle for @ava_jae #TopTweets2016
Give Your Latest Book a Boost With Home Page Branding: http://ow.ly/10e4Ms @cksyme #TopTweets2016
15 Steps to Self-Pub and Record an Audiobook for $85: http://ow.ly/103WAi @Miles_Anthony #TopTweets2016
6 Ways to Make Your Villain Likable: http://ow.ly/4mMvXY @mythcreants by Chris Winkle #TopTweets2016
How much does it cost to self-publish a book? @ReedsyHQ shares its data: http://goo.gl/IiGPGT #TopTweets2016
Writing About History: Truth or Dare: http://ow.ly/4mL9FR @NatachaTormey @womenwriters #TopTweets2016
7 Must-Have Features for Great Author Website Design: http://ow.ly/4mMuXy @ferol #TopTweets2016
5 Tips To Sustain You While Querying: http://ow.ly/4mIV5n @kcraftwriter #TopTweets2016
3 Common Qualities for Science Fiction Lovers: http://ow.ly/10iUnv @PeevishPenman #TopTweets2016
How Romance Writers Woo Readers Through Facebook: http://ow.ly/ZZujo @rcutlerSpark @bookworksnyc #TopTweets2016
3 Top Tips For Delivering A Sensational Speech: http://ow.ly/10nzb0 @Writers_Write #TopTweets2016
The Logistics of World Building: Algebra for Fantasy Writers: http://ow.ly/ZBfub @brianstaveley @tordotcom #TopTweets2016
6 Illustrations That Show What It’s Like in an Introvert’s Head: http://ow.ly/ZzsT4 @fosslien @molliewest @livequiet #TopTweets2016
The High School English Teacher Who Changed My Life: 12 Writers Reflect: http://ow.ly/ZibhA @nickripatrazone @lithub #TopTweets2016
The Diversity of Today’s Cutting Edge Sci-Fi: http://ow.ly/Zx1X5 @soniagracelm @fantasyfaction #TopTweets2016
Terrible Writing Advice From Famous Writers: http://ow.ly/Zx0JN by Danielle Dutton @lithub #TopTweets2016
6 Lessons from ‘Still Writing’ by Dani Shapiro: http://ow.ly/Zx1In @karenmarston #TopTweets2016
How to run a Kindle Scout campaign: http://ow.ly/Z7dvk @CindyRMarsch @indieauthoralli #TopTweets2016
Surviving Writer Envy: http://ow.ly/YIyHq @msheatherwebb @writerunboxed #TopTweets2016
The Things We Do to Promote the Books We Write: http://ow.ly/Zi4Ys @summerbrennan @lithub #TopTweets2016
How To Overcome Distraction And Finish Your Book: http://ow.ly/ZtmBC @standoutbooks #TopTweets2016
An app for writing faster (that suggests we’re writing all wrong): http://ow.ly/Zi4BZ @Jacob_Brogan @FutureTenseNow #TopTweets2016
“Everything I Need to Know about Dialogue, I Learned from Aaron Sorkin”: http://ow.ly/Yyo2K by Dave King @writerunboxed #TopTweets2016
The ominous ordinary: horror writers finding scares in the everyday: http://ow.ly/ZfrBb @damiengwalter @guardianbooks #TopTweets2016
5 Valuable Writing Tips from Madeleine L’Engle: http://ow.ly/Zx09q @ladieswhowrite #TopTweets2016
How to Pitch Your Book to Review Bloggers and Not Get Ignored: http://ow.ly/Zl4Qw @missriki @lithub #TopTweets2016
Class, Imperialism, and The Man in the Yellow Hat: http://ow.ly/Z84rz @SheenaKFallon @electriclit #TopTweets2016
Tips for Writing through the Holidays: http://ow.ly/KB1T307mUsn @aimiekrunyan #wkb31
3 Common Qualities for Science Fiction Lovers: http://ow.ly/Zi3EU @PeevishPenman #TopTweets2016
17 characters who found a fresh start in the apocalypse: http://ow.ly/Ztngl @TheAVClub #TopTweets2016
Ways Writers Can Vanish from the Literary World: http://ow.ly/ZoGVa @poetrynews @cindyskylar #TopTweets2016
10 Great Vanishings in Literature: A Reading List: http://ow.ly/ZfrTE @IdraNovey @electriclit #TopTweets2016
Building a Relationship with Readers: http://ow.ly/XT264 @ronvitale #TopTweets2016
Amazon Search URL Anatomy: ISBN, Ref, and Keywords: http://ow.ly/YfABK @DaveChesson #TopTweets2016
Trailer parks in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/YQrxg @mkinberg #TopTweets2016
16 Self-publishing Predictions: http://ow.ly/XIJ0C @DebbieYoungBN #TopTweets2016
The Unlikely Character That Will Take Over Your Story: http://ow.ly/Y2DnJ @Chris_Kokoski #TopTweets2016
Why Successful Writers Need To Do More Than Write: http://ow.ly/XMUum @bwilliamsbooks #TopTweets2016
Why So Many People Write at Starbucks: http://ow.ly/YcEvA @Larry_Kahaner #TopTweets2016
3 Reasons Your Books Aren’t Getting Amazon Reviews: http://ow.ly/XXVXV @nmeunier #TopTweets2016
7 Tips for Using Hands-On Research to Enrich Your Writing: http://ow.ly/Y3uaY @DelilahSDawson #TopTweets2016
Indies get a free book formatting tool from @ReedsyHQ: http://ow.ly/YnttM @Porter_Anderson #TopTweets2016
How a Writer Turned Her Blog Into A Book : http://ow.ly/Xjh7U @hungrywriting @womenwriters #TopTweets2016
Beware the “Writing Rules Police”: http://ow.ly/2QyX305UgmJ @annerallen #TopTweets2016
Should Educators Be Writers? http://ow.ly/YreWX @MrsSokolowski #TopTweets2016
Why authors shouldn’t worry about selfpub book launch sales: http://ow.ly/Y2CZ2 @JohnDoppler @IndieAuthorALLI
7 Steps to Jumpstart Kobo eBook Sales: http://ow.ly/YkLjG @Miles_Anthony #TopTweets2016
A Room of One’s Own: the Place in One’s Head: http://ow.ly/XIIWU @jaqhazell @womenwriters #TopTweets2016
5 tips to protect ourselves from copyright infringement violations: http://ow.ly/Yfy5r @pokercubster #TopTweets2016
How to market YA fiction (and get more book reviews): http://ow.ly/YrebN @Creativindie #TopTweets2016
How to Write a Fight Scene in 11 Steps: http://ow.ly/Yt0Of @betternovelproj #TopTweets2016
Awards Notes: Frankfurt’s Best Adaptation and the Arabic Fiction Award: http://ow.ly/oXb4307ihQb @Porter_Anderson #wkb64
Accidental Outdated Slang in YA: http://ow.ly/WyMtz @HeatherJacksonW #TopTweets2016
“10 Misconceptions a College Education Taught Me about Writing”: http://ow.ly/ti9H305Ufgd @annerallen #TopTweets2016
6 Quick Tips for Author Marketing: http://ow.ly/Wp4jY @kayelleallen #TopTweets2016
A Novel Performance: 30 Days In Seattles Central Library: http://ow.ly/WlR5j by Gabriela Denise Frank #TopTweets2016
Writing Characters with Mental Health Issues: http://ow.ly/WR4FZ @oliviavetrano #TopTweets2016
Be Realistic About Your Writing Resolutions: 5 Tips: http://ow.ly/WxmGN @writers_write #TopTweets2016
Crime fiction: when a character finds a body in his home: http://ow.ly/iZnS307iqX9 @mkinberg #wkb44
George RR Martin: when writers just can’t finish their books: http://ow.ly/XgpEj @guardianbooks @michelledean #TopTweets2016
Talking Taboo: Writing About Sensitive Topics: http://ow.ly/X9K25 from The Daily Post #TopTweets2016
A History of Punctuation for the Internet Age: http://ow.ly/WKgDM @AdrienneRaphel @NewYorker #TopTweets2016
How to Write a Novel Worthy of Publishing: http://ow.ly/WH1Tu @MCristianoWrite #TopTweets2016
7 Lessons from 1 Writer’s 1st Year as a Published Author: http://ow.ly/WirkF @MelindaFriesen #TopTweets2016
17 Christmas gifts for writers: http://ow.ly/QEdX307it6S @pubcoach #wkb31
5 Marketing Models for Self-Publishing Success: http://ow.ly/XH3Fn @JaneFriedman #TopTweets2016
5 Writing Apps to Help You Finish that Book: http://ow.ly/X3bmG @DIYMFA #TopTweets2016
How to Know Your Characters More Intimately: http://ow.ly/Wg8HG @BenSchmitt5 #TopTweets2016
Can Better Writing Make Climate Change Less Polarizing? http://ow.ly/S0y0307ihe3 @MarkPiesing @pubperspectives #wkb89
WordPress: 5 Themes for Writers and Readers: http://ow.ly/X9L54 by Cheri Lucas Rowlands #TopTweets2016
Creativity and Inspiration / Miscellaneous
5 Benefits of Using a Typewriter on Your First Draft @GiveMeYourTeeth
Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting
5 Ways to Turn Inspiration into Results @katekrake
Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration
3 Ways In Which Music Can Inspire Writing @rsmollisonread
Reading while writing @nevalalee
15 Inspiring, Unique Settings to Write @cathysbaker
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly
How to Create a Progress Bar @JMNeyGrimm
Use Skeleton Outlines to Write Faster @Jenn_Mattern
Creativity and Inspiration / Success
9 Nighttime Routines of the Mega-Successful @Inc
Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life
Avoid These Regrets on the Writing Journey @EdieMelson
10 Experienced Writers on the Power of Gratitude @colleen_m_story
9 Questions Writers Hate to be Asked @LitReactor
How Writers Can Walk the Tightrope of Work and Life @BadRedheadMedia
5 Ways to Nurture Your Creativity During Christmas @SusanMayWarren
Your Found-in-Fiction Cautionary Holiday Travel Guide @Keith_Rice1
7 Packing Tips to Lighten the Writer’s Voyage @PatPDonovan
Focus On Lessons Learned Not Tasks Complete @katekrake
17 Christmas gifts for writers @pubcoach
Small Talk & Escape Plans @livequiet
Genres / Fantasy
The appeal of monsters in fiction @FaithBoughan
Genres / Mystery
Cozy Mystery Writing @woodwardkaren
Crime fiction @mkinberg
Elizabeth S. Craig on Series Challenges, Writer’s Block, Tips for Goal-Setting @reethu_ravi
Genres / Screenwriting
Mid Point Pit Stop [Because Your Screenplay Is Too Long] @ozzywood
Genres / Young Adult
Top 5 Tips For Writing Compelling Young Adult Fiction: by Jessica Clausen
Promo / Miscellaneous
Pointers for Writing Book Discussion Questions @ZoeMMcCarthy
How to Conduct a Year-End Review for Your Writing @Kristen_E_Pope
How to Double up or Triple up on Your Book Promotion @Naked_Determina
Promo / Ads
11 Examples of Facebook Ads That Actually Work (And Why) @soph_bern
Promo / Blogging
Eight Tips For Sustainable Blogging @postaday
Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting
4 Hot Tips To Writing A Sell Sheet’s Calls-To-Action @jckunzjr
Promo / Book Reviews
Why Most Amazon Reader Reviews are Worthless @PeterRivaAuthor
How to print advance reader copy (ARC) books using @IngramSpark @Wogahn
Promo / Newsletters
Newsletters @clarewhitmell
Cleaning up a newsletter subscriber list @JamiGold
Publishing / Miscellaneous
A Book Production Checklist for Indie Authors @carlaking
Create A Great Book Dedication In 4 Easy Steps @jckunzjr
The Future Of Books @thecreativepenn
Publishing / News / International Publishing
Comparing European Book Fairs @Porter_Anderson
Modest Growth in Italy’s Publishing Sector @pubperspectives
Awards Notes @Porter_Anderson
Publishing / Process / Contracts
Negotiating Editorial Control in Publishing Contracts @MattKnightBooks
Publishing / Process / Legalities
US Publishers Tell Trump @Porter_Anderson
Writing Craft / Miscellaneous
30+ Words To Watch Out For As You Write @LizaWiemer
Building a Chapter for Emotional Impact @kcraftwriter
How to Hook the Reader: by J.U. Scribe
Can Better Writing Make Climate Change Less Polarizing? @MarkPiesing @pubperspectives
Writing Craft / Arc
12 stages of the Hero’s Journey With 2 Examples @DavidKThorpe
Writing Craft / Beginnings
Your First Act is not a plot device @MikhaeylaK
Writing Craft / Characters / Arc
Questions to Help You Come Up with Archetypes and Character Arcs @CSLakin
Writing Craft / Characters / Development
5 Tips for Writing Appealing Characters @WritersDigest
Writing Craft / Conflict
Use Conflict to Propel Your Story Forward @ml_keller
Writing Craft / Diversity
Diversity is the Point at Swedish Children’s Book Publisher @Porter_Anderson
Once Taboo, Gay Characters Are Taking Over YA Fiction @mitchsunderland
Writing Craft / Literary Devices
How to Uncover the Magic of Metaphor @LHowardWrites
Writing Craft / POV
Heat Up Point of View for Greater Reader Empathy @jamesscottbell
Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining
An Outline for Pantsers @WritersDigest
Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques
Need a Book Editor? 4 Factors to Help You Find the Perfect Fit @outsideeye
6 Ways To Organize Beta Reader Feedback @sacha_black
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How to Write a Novel Worthy of Publishing @MCristianoWrite #TopTweets2016
“10 Misconceptions a College Education Taught Me about Writing” @annerallen #TopTweets2016
Beware the “Writing Rules Police” @annerallen #TopTweets2016
Why So Many People Write at Starbucks @Larry_Kahaner #TopTweets2016
Top 50 Websites for Indie Authors @Bookgal #TopTweets2016
12 Ways Not to Write a Mystery Novel @annerallen #TopTweets2016
The Next Novel You Read May Have Been Chosen by a Computer @ElectricLit #TopTweets2016
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