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

How to Start Your Own Publishing Company: @erikaliodice

Business Musings: Process: @KristineRusch

Is Writing Your Side Hustle? 4 Steps to Take Before Going Full Time @nfallontaylor

3 Author Behaviors Which Will Kill Your Career: @angee

How to Save for Retirement When You’re a Freelance Writer: by Mandy Gardner @hopeclark

Success with Audiobooks: What You Need to Know: @audiovoices #IndieAuthorFringe

Find And Serve Your Niche For Long Term Success: @chrisbrogan @thecreativepenn

Why 1 Writer Stopped Chasing the Bestseller Lists: @marieforce

Business / Taxes

Tax Tips for Writers: @LisaLondon3

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

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

Quick Fixes to Spend More Time Writing: @cksyme

The Major Danger of Confusing Projects and Goals: @MichaelHyatt

6 Practical Ways To Plug Time Leaks For More Writing Time: @10MinNovelists

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / When to write

How to Wake Up Early and Be Productive: @Ava_Jae

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

Does Your Writing Need a Literary Palate Cleanser? @Janice_Hardy

3 reasons for writer’s block: @jasonbougger

How a Thank You Note Got 1 Writer Through Writer’s Block: @juliepens @WritersDigest

5 Secrets for Overcoming Fear and Anxiety as Writers: @shahw1 @TheIWSG

Elements of Plot Structure: Fire Up Your Stalled Novel: @WritetoDone

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

10 Film Scores to Listen to While Writing: @GiveMeYourTeeth @LitReactor

7 tips to get our writing done: @beprolifiko

6 Elements to Becoming a More Productive Writer: @Mad_Hat_Writer

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

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

Readers Report Hearing Characters’ Voices: by Jackson Frons @ElectricLit

Cartoonist @amykurzweil On Drawing Inherited Trauma: by Julia Purcell

Who Is the Best Fake Novelist on TV? @ElectricLit

Writing to Survive: A Father on the Death of His Young Son: by Stéphane Gerson @lithub

How to Write Without Approval: Reasons to Keep Writing When it’s Tough: @AGHackney

Where to Find Opportunities to Teach to Supplement Your Writing Income: @ericmaisel @JaneFriedman

Simplicity: The Value of Quiet: @emi1y_morgan

How to Be Taken Seriously as a Writer: @KateMColby

How to Write When the Going Gets Tough: @missriki @LitReactor

8 Highly Unusual Writing Residencies: @knownemily

How to Survive a Creative Writing Workshop: @wickerkat @LitReactor

What’s with writers and late blooming? @DebraEve

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

How to Write Urban Fantasy – 6 Magical Tips: @writeturninfo

Using Mythic Elements in Your Stories: by Anne Marie Gazzolo @mythicscribes

Genres / Historical

16 Things All Historical Fiction Writers Need to Know: @IGLAbooks

Genres / Horror

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 / Mystery

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

Activism as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg

Plotting a Mystery: Work Backwards from the Climax: @CockeyedCaravan

How to Plot a Mystery: Set Up the Villain Fake-Out: @CockeyedCaravan

Writing the Crime Scene: Poison: @repokempt

Cosmetic surgery as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg

Genres / Non-Fiction

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

How to use ebooks to build your non-fiction niche: @jayartale #IndieAuthorFringe

Genres / Poetry

Speculative Poetry: Science Fiction and Fantasy in Verse: by Randi Anderson @WritersDigest

Genres / Romance

The Triangle of Romantic Suspense: @Allison_Brennan

5 Ways to Write Romance With Respect: @angelajames

4 Reasons Romance Novels Are an Important Form of Literature: @JodyHedlund

10 reasons readers fall hard for Christian Grey: @ACRoseAuthor @RWANYC

Promo / Ads

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

Promo / Blogging

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

Tips for writers who want to stop blogging: @karinabilich

How Blogging and Other Content Marketing Helps Writers Get Noticed: @lornafaith

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

What the Heck is Copywriting Anyway? @bryancohenbooks @TheIWSG

How Great Book Descriptions Can Help Sell More Books: @Bookgal

7 Tips for Writing a Book Description: @WritersAfterDrk

Promo / Book Reviews

7 Ways To Deal With That Dreaded Bad Review: @PhreyPress

Promo / Connecting with Readers

5 Ways to Show Your Readers You’re Their Perfect Match: @EmilyWenstrom

Promo / Crowdfunding

How Patreon Works for Writers: @crazyauthorgirl

Promo / Miscellaneous

Why Book Clubs are the New Book Tour: @nmeierwrites @WomenWriters

Promo / Newsletters

20 Actionable Email Marketing Tips for Bloggers: by Pawan Kumar @WritetoDone

Promo / Platforms

How To Build Your Own Online Platform: @Bang2write

Promo / Pricing

10 Factors to Consider When Using Your Book as a Freemium: @bookmarketing @Bowker

Promo / Social Media Tips

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

3 Unconventional Ways To Use Social Media To Effectively Find Your Readers: @DanBlank @thecreativepenn

Promo / Websites

7 Vital Website Ingredients for Authors And Editors: @Belinda_Pollard

Set Up A Pro Author Website In An Hour Using WordPress: @PaulTeagueUK @IndieAuthorALLI

Sharing Your Purpose on an About Page for Your Website: @MarshaIngrao

Is Your Website Missing these Key Elements? @WriteNowCoach

Publishing / Miscellaneous

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

Publishing / News / International Publishing

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

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

Cambridge Editing Services: Editing in English as a Second Language: @emilykmarchant @Porter_Anderson

European book publishing: total market value of $38.4–$42.7 billion: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishers Weekly and Frankfurt Book Fair Open Nominations for 2017’s PW Star Watch: @Porter_Anderson

Russian Retailer LitRes Announces New Ebook Format: @Porter_Anderson

The Baileys Women’s Prize Shortlist: @BaileysPrize @Porter_Anderson

Global Book Fair Report 2017: ‘Propelling Rights Deals’: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers

Canadian Retail: Kobo Acquires Shelfie Technology: @Porter_Anderson @HudPeter

Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Is Acquiring Spain’s Ediciones B @Porter_Anderson

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

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

4 Surprising Things About Self-Publishing an Academic Book: @joshgans @ReedsyHQ

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing

When is Your Manuscript Submission-Ready? @Ava_Jae

Is It Time, Dear Writer, To Ditch Your Literary Agent? @ChuckWendig

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

Manuscript Rejection Feedback: 3 Critiques to Heed (and 2 to Ignore): @Carocour @WritersDigest

5 Mistakes Writers Make Dealing With Rejection: by Michael Alvear @Bang2write

Publishing / Process / Distribution

An Alternative Solution for Book Distribution: @StreetLib : by Marco Croella and @davidpenny_

Publishing / Process / Legalities

How To Protect Your Creative Work: @KathrynGoldman @thecreativepenn

Why and how to copyright our books:

Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid

How to Identify & Avoid Some Common “Bad” Publishing Deals: @SusanSpann @RMFWriters

Writing Craft / Beginnings

Character Introductions: Introduction through surprise: @GoIntoTheStory

Flog a Pro: would you pay to turn the first page of this bestseller? @RayRhamey

Starting a Novel With Aftermath: @Kid_Lit

Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists

Is Your Antagonist A Match For Your Hero? @Writers_Write

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

The Structure of Character: @woodwardkaren

Discovering a Characters’ Secrets: @AuthorSAT

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

Tips for Making Your Characters Talk: @jessicarpatch for @DaniPettrey

Writing Craft / Characters / Supporting Characters

The Importance of the Adversarial Ally: by Jeanne Cavelos @WriterUnboxed

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

Why Readers Quit #1: Nothing Happens: @DavidHSafford

Writing Craft / Dialogue

Check Your Character’s Dialect: @NovelEditor

8 Ways to Bungle Dialogue: @10MinNovelists

How to Correctly Punctuate Dialogue for Novels: @WritersAfterDrk

Writing Craft / Drafts

How to Compose the Perfect First Draft: @annkroeker

Writing Craft / Endings

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

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

The 1000 Day MFA: @shauntagrimes

How Audiobooks Can Improve Your Writing: @RichardRieman @RMFWriters

7 of the Great Platonic Loves in Literature: @carrievasios @ElectricLit

The Quiet Call to Action in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time: @charlottejv @SignatureReads

6 of the Most Fabulous Food Writers of All Time: @rosmance

8 TV Shows That Will Make You a Better Novelist: by Andrew Lowe @ReedsyHQ

12 of the Sweet Valley High Books’ Most Ridiculous Plotlines: @erincmccarthy

How to Escape in 9 Books: by Cara Hoffman @ElectricLit

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

5 Cases of Unfulfilled Foreshadowing: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Your Quick And Easy Guide To Theme, Allegory And Symbolism: by Hannah Collins @standoutbooks

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

15 Ways to Earn Your Audience as a Writer: @ChuckWendig

14 Tips On How To Create Your Own Urban Legend: @woodwardkaren

Could a character be a paramedic if he were disabled? @scriptmedic

Putting Your Writing Through Its Paces: @ProWritingAid

Writing Craft / Pacing

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

Writing Craft / POV

Choosing a POV for your novel: @patverducci

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Story Structure’s Purpose for Readers: @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

BS Medical Tropes That Need to Die: Stealing Ambulances (With a Patient Still Inside): @scriptmedic

How to Do Your Own Medical Research: @scriptmedic

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

When Do I Spell Out Numbers? @BrianKlems @WritersDigest

Why We Love To Hate Grammarians: @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor

A refresher on verbs: @HopeTDougherty

Hyphenation: When Nouns Become Adjectives: @ProWritingAid

3 Cases of Dangling Modifiers: @writing_tips

Writing Craft / Revision

Tips for Surviving the Editing Journey: @SukhiJutla

How To Edit Description: @JillWilliamson

8 Ways to Troubleshoot a Scene-and 5 Ways Make It Fabulous: @KMWeiland

A Writer’s Guide To Ruthlessly Killing Your Darlings: @10MinNovelists

7 Reasons to Read Your Manuscript Out Loud: @10MinNovelists

6 Things Learned Rewriting an Old WIP: @KelsieEngen

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

Including Background Scenery: by Wendy Thomas @CSLakin

Writing Craft / Tropes

Things Your Writing Teacher Never Told You: Researching the Tropes: by Tina L. Jens @BlackGateDotCom

Writing Craft / World-Building

Society in Story: by Aaron Miles @FantasyFaction

Writing Tools / Apps

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

Comparing Dropbox and Google Drive: @MarshaIngrao

Writing Tools / Miscellaneous

Writing Doubts (Writer Worksheet): @EvaDeverell

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