Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


Sometimes It’s Just Business: @bryngreenwood @WriterUnboxed


How to Hire an Editor: 5 Things to Consider: @brooke_warner @IngramSpark


How to Grow Your Writing Portfolio This Year: @RDCwrites


Book Coach Q&A: @DanBlank @jennienash


Sell Your Books From Your Own Website: @angee


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


7 Tips for Your Next Writers’ Conference: @bobhoss


PubTechConnect Conference: Innovation in Publishing: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


Strategies for bringing yourself back to writing: @MichalskiLiz @WriterUnboxed


Think Outside the Blank Page: by Linda Wilson


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


Why is pop culture obsessed with battles between good and evil? @clnichols6 @aeonmag


18 Essential Classics to Read Before You Die: @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads


5 Types of Books Writers Should Read: by Lila Diller @DIYMFA


Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


How handwriting improves creative productivity: @Peter_Rey_


Keeping Track of A ‘Done List’:

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


Top 5 Tips to Be Productive: @BlairBabylon @JAHuss


Finding the Time to Write: @DanaNuens @WritersRumpus


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly


Tips for keeping your mind on writing: @AuthorFalguni @WomenWriters


Creativity and Inspiration / Success


Illustrator Luke Pearson’s Graphic Series ‘Hilda’ Beats a Path to Netflix: @Porter_Anderson @thatlukeperson


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


Healthy Writer Tips: Improve Your Writing Workspace: @thecreativepenn


6 Simple Ways to Improve Your Writing Environment (and Get More Done): @aliventures


Healthy Things to Have with Your Writer’s Coffee: @colleen_m_story


How 1 Writer Found a Creative Cure for Loneliness: @bodywitmind @colleen_m_story


5 Tips to Overcome Butt-in-Chair Syndrome: @killzoneauthors by Debbie Burke


4 (Possible) Reasons Why We Write: @KMWeiland


How Writers Can Beat Imposter Syndrome: @kcrosswriting @lornafaith


Real Writers Power thru the Flu, Right? Wrong: @RosanneBane


11 Pop Songs for Literary People: @knownemily @lithub


Writing Multiple Projects: Pros and Cons: @Melfka @10MinNovelists


How to Beat Shiny-New-Idea Syndrome and Actually Finish Your Projects: @weems503 @write_practice


The Eleven Best Metal Songs About Literature: by Ben Apatoff @ElectricLit


Genres / Horror


Horror’s major subtypes: from Tropes are Tools


Genres / Memoir


The Memoir: Why YOUR Story is Better than Snookie’s: @KristenLambTX


Protecting Yourself and Others When Writing a Memoir: @LiveWriteThrive


Genres / Miscellaneous


5 Tips for Writing Powerful Inspirational Fiction: @JerryBJenkins @thecreativepenn


Genres / Mystery


Mysteries inspired by personal experiences: @mkinberg


Writing the Crime Scene: Winter Forensics: @repokempt


Sleuths who started out as juvenile delinquents in crime fiction: @mkinberg


Is Belfast Still the Most Noir Place on Earth? by Paul French @lithub


List of forensic websites for the crime writer (and other writing resources): @GarryRodgers1


Genres / Non-Fiction


Think Big: Tackling a Big Idea Nonfiction Story: by Shelley Sperry @StoryGrid


Genres / Romance


Sexual Tension on the Sentence Level: @AngelaQuarles


Writing Romance, Even on a Bad Day: @LovettRomance @DIYMFA


Genres / Science Fiction


Sci-Fi Doesn’t Have to Be Depressing: Welcome to Solarpunk: @TCassauwers @ozy


Nuclear Radiation for Writers: @DanKoboldt @RebeccaEnzor


Genres / Screenwriting


Script To Screen: “Dead Poets Society”: @GoIntoTheStory


Genres / Short Stories


Reboot Your Novel with the Short-Story Remedy: @LiteraryEllyMay


Genres / Young Adult


NA or YA? College-Aged Protagonists: @AuthorSAT


Promo / Ads


How to Rock a Free Day Promotion for Your eBook: @MyWordPub @JaneFriedman


Promo / Miscellaneous


How To Sell More Books Internationally at a Low Cost: @jkentauthor @BookBub


4 Affordable Ways to Master Book Marketing: @DaveChesson @JaneFriedman


Catalogs: A Marketing Tool for Indie Publishers: @FictionNotes


Promo / Newsletters


Author Platform: Newsletter Providers: @jillkemerer


Promo / Pricing


Don’t overprice your ebook: @NewShelvesBooks


Promo / Social Media Tips


10-pinterest-tips-for-writers: @CaballoFrances


What Kinds of Social Media Go Viral? @JennyHansenCA


5 Unique Book Marketing Strategies for Goodreads: @Bookgal


Promo / Speaking


Surviving an Author Reading: @tlecountmyers


Publishing / Miscellaneous


McGraw-Hill Opens Ebook and Textbook Rental Program: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Working for a Small Press – An Insider’s Scoop: @CDugmoreWrites @TheIWSG


On Ghostwriting: @GhostwriterBook @ReedsyHQ


Publishing / News / Amazon


“Activist-filmmaker Jill Soloway will have her own imprint at Amazon Publishing, Topple Books”: @pubperspectives


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Canada’s Education Sector Sues Access Copyright: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Rights Roundup: Eight Titles To Watch in the International Rights Trade This Spring: @Porter_Anderson


Offering Film Rights on New Novels in Germany: Twelve Books at Berlinale: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Agent Nermin Mollaoğlu: The French Market Is Beginning To Open Its Doors to Turkish Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Canadian Publishers Blast School Boards’ Lawsuit of Copyright Licensing Agency: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Ten of China’s January Top 30 Bestsellers Were Classics, Two Were Comics: @Porter_Anderson


Publishing / Options / Hybrid Publishing


Benefits of being a hybrid author: @AuthorFalguni


Nine Criteria for Reputable Hybrid Publishing From the IBPA: @Porter_Anderson @angelabole


Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing


Why indie authors should embrace the 5 traditional steps of book production – by @Roz_Morris :


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing


An Agent Or Editor Is Interested: What Next? @jules_writes


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying


The sales of your previously published books may cause agents to reject you: @Janet_Reid


Checklist for a Great Query: @DancingLemurPre


Publishing / Process / Book Design


Ten Steps to Perfect Cover Design: @RuthanneReid


Publishing / Process / Formatting


A Publisher’s Ten Tips for Getting Your Book Ready for Formatting: @DancingLemurPre @FrugalBookPromo


Publishing / Process / Translation


The new TA First Translation Prize is awarded to Soviet-American translator Bela Shayevich: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Writing Craft / Beginnings


Opening Action: how to make it work: @ml_keller


Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists


Ask Yourself, “What Does the Villain Want?”: @SPressfield


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


Your Character Will Fall Flat Without the Right Motivation: @lansi26


Fear, the Ultimate Motivation: @laurabenedict @killzoneauthors


Shame: The Driving Force for Your Character’s Actions? @SloanTamar


Writing Craft / Common Mistakes


Five Good Stories That Turned Creepy: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants


Writing Craft / Dialogue


Dialogue Tags: @WestofMars


Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story


How to Start and End Flashbacks Like a Published Author: @the_writing_pal


Tips for all forms of backstory reveals: @DN_Bryn


Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film


An Unconventional Way to Improve Your Writing: Watch More TV: @lgtarpley


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Nine secrets that will supercharge your novel or short story: @RuthHarrisBooks


Writing Styles: Transitioning from Nonfiction to Fiction: @EJ_Randolph @JamiGold


Woke Writing: @ElizabethHuergo @WriterUnboxed


The Problem with Perfect Characters: Mary Sues, Gary Stus, and Other Abominations: @TCKPublishing


Creating a Map for a New Storyworld: @JillWilliamson @GoTeenWriters


Ten Things Learned from Ursula K. Le Guin: by Karen Joy Fowler @parisreview


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


What Does Your Protagonist Want BEFORE the Story Starts? @LisaCron


How to Start Writing a Book: Developing Rough Ideas: @nownovel


Writing a Novel With Too Many Options: @SnowflakeGuy


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Beats


IT Beat Sheet: @DonRoff @savethecat


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


When To Use A Semicolon: @debluskin


3 Examples of Confusion Caused by Missing Words: @writing_tips


3 Cases of Misuse of Dashes: @writing_tips


Redundancy in Our Writing: @ZoeMMcCarthy


It’s Okay to Use Adverbs: @Janice_Hardy


Writing Craft / Revision


Risking the Removal of Adjectives: @mcnelliswrites


Tightening chapters and avoiding empty scenes: @Ivan_Izo


Writing Craft / Tension


5 Tips for Creating Suspense in Your Story: @ariaemaher @_HannahHeath


Writing Craft / Tropes


Successful tropes: from Tropes are Tools

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