Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Happy Holidays to all who celebrate.   I will be taking a blog break until I return two weeks from today for an especially long Twitterific that will include my top shared links for 2017.

Business / Miscellaneous


6 Tips to Survive a Writing Disaster:


3 Reasons Your Book Might Not Be Selling: @AuthorMelindaC @IndiesUnlimited


How to Build a Business Around a Book: @JimKukral @thecreativepenn


How to work with difficult editors: @pubcoach

Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels


How to Write Your First Fiction Novel for Adults: @georgialouclark @WomenWriters


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


200+ Short Story Ideas… And How to Come Up With Your Own: @ReedsyHQ


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Quotes


“The 10 Writing Quotes that Shape My Writing Process”: @rsrajan1


Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


What IS a Writer’s Job? @FaeRowen


8 Reasons to Write Your Book Now: @lornafaith


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


6 Habits To Develop If You Want To Be Truly Productive: @KarenBanes


Handling distraction as a writer: @LeeConell @glimmertrain


How to keep writing after NaNoWriMo 2017: @beprolifiko


Finding Work-Life Balance with Writing: @ShelleyWidhalm


How to Schedule Your Writing Time: @paulalandry @scriptmag


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / When to write


Maybe You Don’t Need to Write Every Day: @SchollAnnie @brevitymag


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly


How to Write A 5 Day Novel: @ScottKing @lornafaith


Got 15 Minutes? How to Write 500+ Words: @colleen_m_story @AngelaAckerman


Professional romance novelists can write 3,000 words a day. Here’s how they do it: @qz @thuhuongha


How to Overcome Perfectionism to Boost Your Writing Productivity: @colleen_m_story @WritetoDone


Creativity and Inspiration / Success


JK Rowling’s 8 Rules of Writing: @RuthanneReid


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


7 Ways to Keep Your Book Alive When You Don’t Have Time to Write It: @LisaTener


How Long Is Writing Supposed to Take? @jbakernyc @ElectricLit


Healing from Grief: Pixar’s Up: @mari_ness @tordotcom


Sleep Better with a Shutdown Routine:


The benefits of journaling for writers: @MarshaIngrao @pokercubster


Am I Still a Real Writer If I Don’t Feel Compelled to Write? @egabbert @ElectricLit


“How I Use Yoga to Achieve Writing-Life Balance”: @melissagmcphail @colleen_m_story


7 ways writers can stay sane during the holidays: @pubcoach


5 steps to Creative Focus, in sickness and in health: @knittahknits


How to Get Your Creative Brain to Sleep: @colleen_m_story


Finding Solace in Bookstores, in the Face of Cancer: by Mary Ladd @lithub


Genres / Fantasy


How to Come Up with Names for the Characters in Your Fantasy Book: @JillWilliamson @GoTeenWriters


5 Essentials of Historical Fantasy: by Andrew Falconer @mythcreants


Genres / Memoir


Writing the Memoir: @Lindasclare


Genres / Mystery


What should you know when writing a mystery? @MarilynLevinson


Genres / Romance


Writing Romance? Avoid These 5 Mistakes When Crafting Relationships: @BellaRosePope


Genres / Screenwriting


Screenwriting: THIS Is The Difference Between Amateur And Pro Writers: @Bang2write


Genres / Young Adult


LGBTQ Characters: How to Write for the YA and MG Audiences: @FreemanAloha @WritersDigest


Promo / Ads


What’s Ahead For Facebook Ads in 2018? @cksyme


Promo / Blogging


10 Simple Steps to Steady Blogging: @DanBlank


Tips for better blog posts: @pubcoach


Promo / Connecting with Readers


Generating Book Sales: How to Convert Potential Readers into Buyers: @KimberleyGrabas


Promo / Miscellaneous


5 International Sales Strategies for Indie Authors: @Bookgal


Don’t stop with the book launch: @sandrabeckwith


How to Overcome Book Marketing Overwhelm: @SmartAuthors


Promo / Newsletters


5 Myths About Email Marketing for Authors: @timgrahl


Promo / Social Media Tips


The Writer’s Guide to Social Media Organization: @diannmills


5 Ways to Create Quality Content for Social Media: by Phil Stamper-Halpin @penguinrandom


Publishing / Miscellaneous


Wattpad reports on 2017 trends and what’s coming up in 2018: @Porter_Anderson @AshleighGardner @wattpad


US libraries seek non-English content (greatest needs in Chinese, Arabic, Spanish): @Porter_Anderson


Bowker Data to Power Siteabook; VitalSource To Partner With eCampus: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Cambridge University Press Content Sharing Platform in Pilot Launch: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Helsinki Literary Agency Authors Win Finlandia Prize and Junior Prize: @Porter_Anderson


Book Aid International on Track in ‘Inspiring Readers’ in Africa: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches


Pitching Your Work at a Conference: by Bryan Fagan @aprildavila


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections


Tips for dealing with rejections: @writingfriend


Publishing / Process / Book Design


5 Ways a Professional Cover Design Can Boost Book Sales: @RicardoFayet @ReedsyHQ


Writing Craft / Characters / Arc


How to Define Your Character’s Story Goal: @kristen_kieffer


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


Brainstorming Your Character’s Emotional Wound: @AngelaAckerman


5 Reasons You Need to Know Your Character’s Emotional Wound: @beccapuglisi


Character Personality, Arcs and Relationships Resources: from Writeblr Connects


Your protagonist’s family: @JohnJKelley @WriterUnboxed


Character Flaws: @ml_keller


Character Turning Points: @Kid_Lit


Finding character voice: from Just a Writing Aid


Writing Craft / Characters / Supporting Characters


How to Tell if That Throwaway Character Is Really a Star: @Janice_Hardy


Writing Craft / Common Mistakes


Being aware of ‘plot armor’ as a writer: @AuthorCoH


Writing Craft / Conflict


How to Write Thrilling Action Scenes: by Vincent H. O’Neil


Writing Craft / Hooks


Hooks versus Themes: @ml_keller


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


3 Keys to Writing Effective Action Scenes: @LiveWriteThrive


Writing About Emotional Trauma Without Triggering Readers: @AngelaAckerman @TheIWSG


Tips for writing a sword fight: by How to Fight Write


Using a growth mindset to hone your craft: @LisaPoisso


Back to the Future: How to Use Our Craft’s Own Backstory: @barryknister @WriterUnboxed


Writing Craft / Plot Holes


Inconceivable! Dealing with Problems of Unbelievability: @SeptCFawkes


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


First Plot Point: @ml_keller


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept


Vetting Your Book Idea: Is it Worth Writing? @StoryGrid


Writing Craft / Revision


Cutting Open the Sausage:A Hard Look at Rewriting: by PJ Parrish


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


Tips for critiquing another writer’s work: @writingandcoe


5 Reasons to Kill Your Critique Group: by Bucket Siler


Writing Craft / Series


Walking Away From a Popular Series: @JAWalkerAuthor @RomanceUniv


6 Things to Consider Before Writing a Series: @Janice_Hardy


Writing Craft / Settings and Description


How to Create a Setting From Nothing In 5 Steps: by Jonathan Vars


How to Make Your Descriptions Less Boring: by Bucket Siler


Writing Craft / Synopses


How to write a synopsis for a novel: @NathanBransford


Writing Craft / Tension


3 Tips To Creating A Time Bomb Plot Device: by Jonathan Vars @beccapuglisi


Writing Craft / Tropes


4 Helpful Character Archetypes: @kendralevin


Writing Craft / Voice


What Writers Can Learn About Voice From Opera: @Jeff_Shear @JaneFriedman


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


The Laws of Simple Sentences: by Jeff Dolven @parisreview


End Paragraphs With a Meaningful Punch: @ZoeMMcCarthy


Writing Craft / World-Building


Worldbuilding Round Table with Fantasy Writers: @JCKang804


Writing Tools / Resources


21 Great Podcasts for Writers: @EricaVerrillo


Writing Tools / Thesauri


Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Emergency Dispatcher: @beccapuglisi


Uncategorized


Curation is important to the survival and identity of book publishers: https://t.co/C2Q25RhBjC By Adam Critchley…


International Prize for Arabic Fiction Writers Workshop Opens in Abu Dhabi: https://t.co/bz1L70vqsG…


Using song lyrics? Quotations from films or other books? A free download to help determine fair use from…


Selling African Lit. Rights to Germany and ‘Facing Unfair Assumptions About African Writing’:…


Brazil-Based Lit. Agency Sells Self-Published Authors’ Work to Editors for Translation: https://t.co/dRY5y5zfP4…


Colombia’s Gabriel García Márquez’s Archive is Digitized and Available Online: https://t.co/SpuAnQcLQo…


Ticking Down: Year-End Observations on Publishing Trends From ‘Beyond the Book’ : https://t.co/yTg5rR4Ogo…

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