Twitterific Writing Links
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.
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Business / Miscellaneous
2016 Novelist Income Survey Final Results and Data: @jimchines
“Cataloging” Your Book : @MaryGillgannon @RMFWriters
How much should editing cost? @pubcoach
Does a Writer Really Need a Professional Development Plan? @AnnOttoAuthor @WomenWriters
15 Tips for Authors Running Webinars: @JFbookman
What To Do If A Website Has Stolen Your Work: @standoutbooks
Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous
What not to do at an author festival: @Elfwriter
Tips, dos and don’ts for attending writing conferences: @SusanKelley @TheIWSG
A Closer Look at April’s PubTechConnect Conference: @Porter_Anderson
Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting
Jumpstart Your Writing Career in 2017: by Fae Rowen
Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration
Dear Writer: Why You Need to Get Out into the World: @emi1y_morgan
How to Use Essential Oils: A Guide for Writers: @claireswinarski @thewritelife
When You Don’t Feel Like Writing: @victoria_grif7
Be the Encouragement to a New Writer: @JoEberhardt
5 Tips For Cultivating Creativity In Writing: @rsmollisonread
5 Tips to Help You Fall in Love with Creating Again: @emi1y_morgan
Notorious Literary Muses from Best to Worst: @knownemily
Music as The Writer’s Muse: @Caliskaniverse_
My 4-Step System for Hacking Your Creativity: @ink_and_quills
Why Writers Benefit from Using Creative Visualization: @VoicetoStory
How Objects Inspire Fiction: @AnneLParrish
Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers
8 Ways To Read More, Even When You’re Deep Into Your Own Manuscript: @cnoepagan
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing
5 Strategies For When You Don’t Have Time For Your Dream: @10MinNovelists
5 Tips for Turning Your Day Job into a Secret Writing Office: @GiveMeYourTeeth @LitReactor
A Mindful Guide to Email in 20 Minutes a Day: @zen_habits
How Productive Writers Start The Day: @sidsavara
5 Secrets to Writing Despite a Day Job: @JerryBJenkins
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block
6 Self-Imposed Limitations That Prevent You from Publishing: by Elizabeth Lee
Got writer’s block? @Lin_Manuel has a playlist for you: @michaelschaub
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly
Putting the “Professional” in Professional Writer: @KelsieEngen
How to Write Better Faster (podcast): @cksyme
Writing Process: Get it Organized, Get it Done: @davidpenny_ #IndieAuthorFringe
Creativity and Inspiration / Success
Success requires collaborators: @DanBlank
How to Turn Elements of Your Novel Into a Masterpiece: @ESimsAuthor @WritersDigest
Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life
How to Overcome Unique Challenges as a Highly Sensitive Writer: @colleen_m_story
The 5 Types of Teenage Writers, and the Best Ways to Teach Them: @lindseyleej @SignatureReads
Dare to Write: @annkroeker
Why You Can (And Should) Keep Writing When You Have Children: @aliventures
67 Rules for All Writers to Live By: @ToddBrison
Encouragement for the Mother Who Writes: @StephMorrill
50 Great Details For the Setting Of Your Victorian Novel: @BrynDonovan
Make Writing Dreams Come True: @Lindasclare
“In writing, there’s more than 1 way to do just about anything”: @cathyyardley
Genres / Historical
Genres / Horror
Horror: Strategies for Hiding and Revealing Your Antagonist: by Mac Childs
Horror Writing: Prevent the Romantic Storyline from Strangling the Scary: by Mac Childs @HorrorWriters
H.P. Lovecraft’s Process for Writing a Horror Story, or Any Piece of “Weird Fiction: @openculture
Genres / Memoir
How novelists adapt to writing memoir: @writerjeangill @MsBessieBell @Roz_Morris
Genres / Miscellaneous
On Representation in RPGs: @booksofm @jimchines
Genres / Mystery
Pedigreed families as elements in crime fiction: @mkinberg
Tips for better suspense: @SueColetta1
Defending dissertations as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg
Noir is the Perfect Genre for Telling a Millennial Story: @therealeharnett @lithub
8 Ways A Thriller differs from a Mystery: @woodwardkaren
Genres / Non-Fiction
3 Copywriting Tips to Help You Sell More Nonfiction Books: @thecreativepenn
Genres / Poetry
Poet Activists Throughout the Years: @My_poetic_side
Genres / Science Fiction
How To Become A Master of Writing Science Fiction: by Ryan Turpin @SciFi_Addicts
Genres / Screenwriting
A screenwriter’s analysis of “Arrival”: @CockeyedCaravan
Character Introductions in Screenwriting: @GoIntoTheStory
Genres / Young Adult
How to Write With a Teen Voice: @Janice_Hardy
Promo / Ads
3 Ways to Improve Your Facebook Ads: @LarryAlton3
Is Paid Advertising Right For Your Book? @pbackwriter @OrnaRoss #IndieAuthorFringe
Book Marketing: Using Amazon Ads to Grow a Newsletter List: @ArtConnectsUs @thecreativepenn
Promo / Blogging
What use are blog analytics? They tell an interesting story: @sgc58
Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting
Improve Your Book Descriptions and Audience Targeting: @JaneFriedman #IndieAuthorFringe
Promo / Book Reviews
Real Writers Get Bad Book Reviews. Here’s Why That’s OK: by Michael Alvear @thewritelife
‘You Have Such an Ugly Baby’: Tactfully Reviewing Books You Don’t Love: @iamagemcrystal
Promo / Crowdfunding
How Crowdfunding Allows You to Experiment Outside Your Genre: @emilygrosvenor @JaneFriedman
Promo / Miscellaneous
Planning the Perfect Release Marketing Tip Video Series: @JAHuss
An agent on hiring a publicist: @Janet_Reid
Use Short Stories to Market Your Novel: @jamesscottbell @StonehamPress #IndieAuthorFringe
Writer, Promote Thyself: @cathychall
Why EVERY Author Needs a Media Kit: @damselwriter
Planning the Perfect Release: The Arc List: @JAHuss
What’s New On Your Marketing List? @mollygreene
DIY: Online Education as Book Marketing: @JaneFriedman
Promo / Podcasts
6 Best Podcasts For Writers Who Want to Sell More Books in 2017: @cksyme
Promo / Social Media Tips
On Using Memes to Market Books: @RogerDColby
7 Ways To Get More Out Of Pinterest: @woodwardkaren
Your Guide to Picture-Perfect Instagram Book Marketing: @Bookgal
9 Facebook Posts We Don’t Need to See From Authors: @Gabino_Iglesias
Promo / Speaking
5 Strategies for Dealing with Speaking Anxiety: @Exec_Speak @livequiet
Publishing / Miscellaneous
Why the Internet Didn’t Kill Zines: @jennydeluxe @nytimes
Advice on Writing a Novella Collection: @pattywrites on @NovelRocket
Publishing / News / Amazon
Confessions of a paid Amazon review writer: by Yuyu Chen @Digiday
Publishing / News / International Publishing
IPA’s Michiel Kolman on China: ‘A $10 Billion Concern’: @Porter_Anderson @michielams
Hay Festival plans a new children’s literature festival for October: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
The Expanded British Book Awards: @Porter_Anderson @Porter_Anderson
UK’s International Literature Showcase Names 2017 Participants: @Porter_Anderson
Russian Librarians Warn of Crisis in Library Consolidation Plans: by Eugene Gerden @pubperspectives
UAE’s Sultan Al Qasimi and Brazil’s Luiz Schwarcz Lead LBF’s Intl. Excellence Awards: @Porter_Anderson
Titles Translated from 11 Languages: The 2017 Man Booker International Longlist: @Porter_Anderson
Why e-readers were a disruptive innovation in the US, but not in Japan: by Mark E. Parry and Tomoko Kawakami
Intl Publishers Assoc to Visit Georgia, Where Publishers Are ‘Heading to Annihilation’ @Porter_Anderson
British Comics Publishers in Changing Marketplace: ‘We Want To Do More Comics’: @MarkPiesing @richjohnston
A French-and-Arabic publishing exchange agreement signed in Paris: @Porter_Anderson
Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing
Successful Self-Publishing? 5 Important Tips for New Authors: @theorganicwoman
Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing
How to Escape the Slush Pile by Brandon Taylor @ElectricLit
3 Questions to Ask Before a “Revise and Resubmit”: @besscozby
How to Stay Positive on Your Path to Getting a Book Published: @almccall @thewritelife
Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying
5 Tips for Querying & Choosing a Literary Agent: @BriannaShrum @WritersDigest
Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections
How 10 Years Producing “Car Talk” Helped A Writer Deal with Rejection: @louiecronin @WriterUnboxed
The 8 Most Common Reasons 1 Editor Sends a Rejection: @MissConstance21 @DIYMFA
Publishing / Process / Book Design
Can Changing Your Book Covers Really Help You Sell More Books? @ADStarrling
Publishing / Process / Distribution
Get Your Books Into Bookstores With Ingram Spark: @andysbromley @rcutlerSpark #IndieAuthorFringe
How to Get Your Book Distributed: What Self-Published Authors Need to Know: @JaneFriedman
Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid
Vetting publishers: @RWANYC
Publishing / Process / Translation
Swedish Translator Sarah Death on the Translation Business Today: @DennisAbrams2
Vote for Your Favorite French Books Translated to English: The Albertine Prize: @Porter_Anderson
Writing Craft / Beginnings
What “Starts with Action” Really Means: @angiehodapp
What Penguin Random House Editors Look for on an Opening Page: by Phil Stamper-Halpin
8 Awful Ways To Start A Novel: @10MinNovelists
Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists
How To Make The Reader Trust Your Villain: @standoutbooks
Writing Craft / Characters / Development
3 Character Development Questions for Writing About Jobs You’ve Never Done: @jeffelk
Take Your Character to Work Day: @nicoleva @HighlightsFound
62 Character Flaws for Creating a Well-Balanced Character: @ev_scarlett
Make Your Story Richer with In-depth Knowledge of Your Characters: @ReeseRyanWrites
Clothing tells us much about a character: @monicamclark
Walk a Mile in Your Characters’ Shoes: @bryngreenwood @WriterUnboxed
Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion
How to Characterize Love in Your Writing: @WordDreams
Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists
Why Should Your Readers Care About Your Protagonist? 11 Questions to Find Out: @thewritingkylie
Writing Craft / Characters / Supporting Characters
Creating Stunning Side Characters (and Why They Matter): @SeptCFawkes
Large Character Casts: How to Put your Characters Temporarily Elsewhere: @ev_scarlett
Writing Craft / Common Mistakes
Are You Making These Common Fiction Writing Mistakes? @KMWeiland #IndieAuthorFringe
Reasons to avoid using dreams in fiction: @jasonbougger
Writing Craft / Dialogue
Tighten Up Your Dialogue: @patverducci
Action and Dialogue in Storytelling: @WritingForward
Writing Craft / Diversity
Representation Matters: A Literary Call To Arms: @tinytempest
Writing Craft / Endings
How to Write an Unforgettable Ending: by Neil B. Tafani @mythicscribes
Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story
On Writing Flashbacks (video): @Ava_Jae
Tips for better backstory: @10MinNovelists
Character Background: 5 Backstory Writing Tips: @nownovel
Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film
Authors on Illness: 5 Books Destigmatizing Cancer: @lequincampe
9 Stories That Continue After the Adventure: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom
Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in Today’s World: @MargaretAtwood @nytimes
Tabletop Gaming and Storytelling: @judyblackcloud
Writing Craft / Literary Devices
How To Strengthen The Theme Of Your Book During Edits: @StephMorrill
Writing Craft / Miscellaneous
Staying Organized While You Write and Finish Your Book: @writeabook
3 Vital Elements of Craft: Subplots, Scenes and POV: @hanque99 @MCBookTours
How to tell if your writing is improving: 4 easy tips: @Peter_Rey_
Making ‘artful audio stories’: tips for talking to strangers: @wendelpatrick1 @AaronHenkin @Transom_org
Organizing Your Novel: @PBRWriter
Writing Craft / POV
Writing in third person limited: @jasonbougger
A Simple Trick to a Stronger First Person Narrative: @Janice_Hardy
Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting
4 Reasons Why Authors Shouldn’t Be Nice In Their Stories: @10MinNovelists
Using the Forbidden Love Masterplot: @RobinRWrites
Two Types of Writers: Plotters and Pantsers: @Amandajwills @reedsyhq
Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar
The Oxford Comma: Great For Listing, Pontificating, And Winning Court Cases: @colintdwyer @NPR
3 Cases of Too Many Commas: @writing_tips
4 Ways to Prevent Incorrect Tense Issues: @sacha_black
Using Repetition to Produce Parallel Structure: @writing_tips
Hyphenation Rules for 35 Prefixes (and 1 Suffix): @writing_tips
Writing Craft / Revision
8 Tips for Seeing Your Novel with “Fresh Eyes”: @HarrietWriter @WomenWriters
When Your Book Is Such A Mess You Don’t Know If It’s Worth Editing: @StephMorrill
Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques
3 Ways a Critique Group Will Boost Your Writing: by Gayla K. Hiss @NovelRocket
Writing Craft / Settings and Description
7 Tips On Writing Realistic Settings: by Emma Johnson @WritersEdit
Does Your Character Description Create A Powerful Image? @michael_hauge @AngelaAckerman
Writing Craft / Synopses
Tips for Writing a Synopsis: @Ava_Jae
Writing Craft / Tension
Ratcheting Up The Tension: by Shawn Coyne
How To Create Conflict Between Multiple Antagonists: by Hannah Collins @standoutbooks
Writing Craft / Voice
How an Environmental Science Background Helped 1 Writer Find Her Writing Voice : @katebrandes3
4 Lessons for Discovering Your Writing Voice: @PaulaSMunier @WritersDigest
Writing Tools / Apps
BuzzTrace: A New Platform To Help Writers Find Their Readers: @buzz_trace @sabsky
Apps, Tools & Plugins for Indie Authors in 2017: @CaballoFrances
Writing Tools / Resources
Time-saving tasks you can use with Find and Replace: Part I: https://t.co/Jm20A2fboQ and II: by Lisa Lines
The new Amazon Author Insights site (via @AmazonKindle ):
Writing Tools / Thesauri
Character Motivation Entry: Being Acknowledged and Appreciated By Family: @AngelaAckerman
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