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

“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

7 Ways to Handle a Freelance-Writing Client Who Won’t Pay Up: @aliventures

How to Start Your Own Publishing Company: @erikaliodice

Business Musings: Process: @KristineRusch

Business / Taxes

Tax Tips for Writers: @LisaLondon3

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 / Inspiration

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

Non-writing hobbies and habits that fuel writing: @AllieLarkin @WriterUnboxed

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

8 Ways To Read More, Even When You’re Deep Into Your Own Manuscript: @cnoepagan

How to Learn From Other Authors: @Janice_Hardy

No Amount of “Research” Can Take Hot Mr. Darcy Away From Us: @knownemily @lithub

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

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

Schedule Your Time in 4 Simple Steps: @JanalynVoigt

Accountability for our progress (video): @ScholarlyFox

Tracking your writing time: @RIngermanson

If you don’t write when you don’t have time, you won’t write when you do have time: @McgannKellie

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

5 Tools to Give You a Running Jump Over Writer’s Block: @foxcabane @JudahThinks

Does Your Writing Need a Literary Palate Cleanser? @Janice_Hardy

3 reasons for writer’s block: @jasonbougger

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

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

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

Networking for Introverted Writers: @KathyEdens1 @ProWritingAid

When Your Hometown is Crammed With Aspiring Writers: @KathleenDonohoe

A 10-Minute Mind Cleanse: @EntryLevelRebel @Inc

Teaching Writing: On the Pitfalls of Hiding Out: @LannyBall

What Stress Can Do For You: @sowulwords @DIYMFA

3 Self-Care Tips For Writers: @rsmollisonread

5 Ways Ernest Hemingway Had It Easier: @BobEckstein @WhereWritersWin

5 Lit-Friendly Cities You Can Expatriate To: @chris_shultz81 @LitReactor

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Spaces

4 Keys to Create Space to Write: @lornafaith

Genres / Fantasy

Why Fantasy Writers Should Embrace Their Heritage: by Andrew Falconer @mythcreants

Genres / Historical

50 Great Details For the Setting Of Your Victorian Novel: @BrynDonovan

Genres / Horror

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

Pieces of a horror writer: @pederson_lucas @jimbomcleod

Genres / Literary Fiction

5 Pieces of Bad Advice Literary Fiction Writers Get About Publishing: @MikeSahno @annerallen

Genres / Memoir

How novelists adapt to writing memoir: @writerjeangill @MsBessieBell @Roz_Morris

Genres / Miscellaneous

What to Know Before Writing In A New Genre: by Paige Duke @standoutbooks

Genres / Mystery

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

The 3 Mistakes Thriller Writers Most Often Make: @HesterAuthor @SignatureReads

Genres / Non-Fiction

3 Copywriting Tips to Help You Sell More Nonfiction Books: @thecreativepenn

How To Use Story In Your Non-Fiction Author Business: @MelissaAddey

Genres / Romance

The Triangle of Romantic Suspense: @Allison_Brennan

5 Ways to Write Romance With Respect: @angelajames

Genres / Screenwriting

A screenwriter’s analysis of “Arrival”: @CockeyedCaravan

Character Introductions in Screenwriting: @GoIntoTheStory

Promo / Ads

Book Marketing: Using Amazon Ads to Grow a Newsletter List: @ArtConnectsUs @thecreativepenn

How 1 Writer Sold 100x More of Her Book Series: @GlynnisCampbell

Promo / Blogging

The guest blogging audience most novelists don’t know about: @sandrabeckwith

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

Improve Your Book Descriptions and Audience Targeting: @JaneFriedman #IndieAuthorFringe

What the Heck is Copywriting Anyway? @bryancohenbooks @TheIWSG

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 / Miscellaneous

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 / Platforms

How To Build Your Own Online Platform: @Bang2write

Promo / Podcasts

6 Best Podcasts For Writers Who Want to Sell More Books in 2017: @cksyme

Promo / Social Media Tips

9 Facebook Posts We Don’t Need to See From Authors: @Gabino_Iglesias

Instagram Stories: How to Create Engaging Stories: @Mike_Stelzner @SMExaminer

20 Quick Pinterest Marketing Tips: @KarenBanes

Why 10 Genuine Social Media Followers are Better Than 10,000 Fake Ones: @cksyme

Getting the Most out of a Twitter Pitch Event: @SpunkOnAStick

Using Instagram Stories to Build Reader Engagement: @tinytashhxo @penguinusa

Stop Focusing on Follower Count: 5 Things to Do Instead: @Andrea_Dunlop @JaneFriedman

Promo / Websites

7 Vital Website Ingredients for Authors And Editors: @Belinda_Pollard

Publishing / Miscellaneous

“Hire a professional indexer. The author… is the worst person for the job.” @Porter_Anderson @indexers

Publishing / News / Amazon

Confessions of a paid Amazon review writer: by Yuyu Chen @Digiday

Publishing / News / International Publishing

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

2017 Copyright Outlook: ‘Precarious for Rightsholders’ : @Porter_Anderson @MJHealy

Industry Notes: BookExpo Audio ‘Tea,’ Canada’s BookNet-Kobo Contest, and UK’s ‘Media Medic’ @Porter_Anderson

Entertainment CEO to publishers: ‘learning from Angry Birds’: @Porter_Anderson @LauraNevanlinna

Wimpy Kid author finds success in Italy: @Porter_Anderson @wimpykid

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

Successful Self-Publishing? 5 Important Tips for New Authors: @theorganicwoman

Does Self-Publishing Make Sense for Scholarly Writers? @Porter_Anderson @DanielBerze

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing

When is Your Manuscript Submission-Ready? @Ava_Jae

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 / Legalities

How To Protect Your Creative Work: @KathrynGoldman @thecreativepenn

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

8 Awful Ways To Start A Novel: @10MinNovelists

Character Introductions: Introduction through surprise: @GoIntoTheStory

Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists

18 Ways To Write An Emotionally Abusive Villain: @10MinNovelists

Is Your Antagonist A Match For Your Hero? @Writers_Write

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

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

The Structure of Character: @woodwardkaren

Discovering a Characters’ Secrets: @AuthorSAT

Creating Characters—7 Habits of Seriously Messed Up People: @KristenLambTX

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

How to Characterize Love in Your Writing: @WordDreams

Writing Craft / Characters / Supporting Characters

Large Character Casts: How to Put your Characters Temporarily Elsewhere: @ev_scarlett

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

Reasons to avoid using dreams in fiction: @jasonbougger

Writing Craft / Dialogue

Action and Dialogue in Storytelling: @WritingForward

Check Your Character’s Dialect: @NovelEditor

8 Ways to Bungle Dialogue: @10MinNovelists

Writing Craft / Diversity

How “Sensitivity Readers” From Minority Groups Are Changing the Book Publishing Ecosystem: @xwaldie @Slate

Writing Craft / Endings

How to Write an Unforgettable Ending: by Neil B. Tafani @mythicscribes

The Finish Line for Your Novel and Tips for Wrapping it Up: @p2p_editor

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

Tips for better backstory: @10MinNovelists

Character Background: 5 Backstory Writing Tips: @nownovel

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in Today’s World: @MargaretAtwood @nytimes

Tabletop Gaming and Storytelling: @judyblackcloud

The 1000 Day MFA: @shauntagrimes

How Audiobooks Can Improve Your Writing: @RichardRieman @RMFWriters

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

Write Exciting Stories About Boring Things: @helpfulsnowman
“In writing, there’s more than 1 way to do just about anything”: @cathyyardley

 

Writing Craft / Pacing

4 reasons to use a time jump in your story: @Chris_Kokoski

Writing Craft / POV

A Simple Trick to a Stronger First Person Narrative: @Janice_Hardy

Choosing a POV for your novel: @patverducci

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Using the Forbidden Love Masterplot: @RobinRWrites

Two Types of Writers: Plotters and Pantsers: @Amandajwills @reedsyhq

Story Structure’s Purpose for Readers: @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

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

Commonly Confused Commas: by Laura Fineberg Cooper

When Do I Spell Out Numbers? @BrianKlems @WritersDigest

Writing Craft / Revision

When Your Book Is Such A Mess You Don’t Know If It’s Worth Editing: @StephMorrill

Tips for Surviving the Editing Journey: @SukhiJutla

How To Edit Description: @JillWilliamson

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

3 Ways a Critique Group Will Boost Your Writing: by Gayla K. Hiss @NovelRocket

Writing Craft / Scenes

10 Questions To Ask Before Writing An Interesting Scene: @10MinNovelists

Writing Craft / Series

Pros, Cons, and Tips for Writing a Novel Series: @AuthorDeb Raney

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 / Voice

4 Lessons for Discovering Your Writing Voice: @PaulaSMunier @WritersDigest

Writing Tools / Apps

The Fuss-Free Beginner’s Guide To Scrivener: @ClaireABradshaw

Writing Tools / Miscellaneous

Writing Doubts (Writer Worksheet): @EvaDeverell

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 ):

Scrivener Corkboard Templates for Calendars, Timelines, More: @EvaDeverell

Writing Tools / Thesauri

Character Motivation Entry: Overcoming Abuse and Learning To Trust: @AngelaAckerman

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