Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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New Stuff: 

The 8th annual online Nonfiction Writers Conference, May 2-4. The opening session features a conversation with Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of The Four Tendencies, Better Than Before, and The Happiness Project. Additional sessions cover how to write, publish, promote and profit with nonfiction books.   There is a fee for attending the conference, but here is a discount code for 33% off for my blog readers: ElizabethSpannCraig35 

Picture book resources: This was something cool that I stumbled across this week: free picture book templates and other resources from the talented Debbie Ridpath Ohi (@inkyelbows).

I have a post up today on the Alliance of Independent Authors blog for their Sunday Self-Publishing Success stories.

Business / Miscellaneous


Your Author Career Strategy (Podcast): @DIYMFA @katmartinauthor


The Writer’s Guide to Avoiding Side-Hustle Burnout: @CordeliaCallsIt @thewritelife


The Risks and Rewards of Bringing Your Spouse or Partner Into Your Business: @dorcas_ct @JaneFriedman


What Actually Matters to Your Audience? @cathyyardley


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


New UK MFest: A Focus in April on ‘Bringing Muslims and Non-Muslims Together’: @tufyal @MFestUK @Porter_Anderson


Hay Festival to Identify 100 noteworthy books by women in last 100 years: @Porter_Anderson @hayfestival


Helen Bernstein Book Award Finalists for Excellence in Journalism Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels


Writing Fiction: This Is How You Write A Story: @mbcollings @thecreativepenn


Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting


Confessions of a Reluctant Goal Setter: @GailHyatt


Using Gretchen Rubin’s 4 Tendencies to Meet Writing Goals: @jillkemerer


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


Encouraging Words for Writers: 3 Essential Reminders for Struggling Writers: @Jffelkins


5 Keys To Help You Finish Your Novel: @lornafaith


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


5 Tips for Reading (and Finishing) Challenging Books: by Laura Sackton @BookRiot


How to Become a Reading Writer: @WriteNowCoach


Five Books in Which Magic Has Consequences: @mimi_albert @tordotcom


Five Magical Weapons You Don’t Want Your Enemy to Bring to a Fight: @MarcJTurner @tordotcom


Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


Why You Need to Finish Things: @ErinMFeldman


Creativity and Inspiration / Perfectionism


Kill Perfectionism With This One Practice: @_KimWriteEdit_ @write_practice


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


How To Find And Capture Ideas For Your Novel: @thecreativepenn


Nobody Beats The Triangle, But You Can Be Prepared For It: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly


How To Write Fast Like A Pro: @Bang2write


How a Writing Calendar Can Help You Succeed (Podcast): @cksyme


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


Nothing is Ever Wasted for Writers: @LisaLisax31


13 Writers Who Grew to Hate Their Own Books: @knownemily@lithub


How to Stop Your Computer from Hurting Your Shoulders : @colleen_m_story


From 2000 to 300—Why You’re Writing Too Much: @readstevenjames @WriterUnboxed


How to Banish Interruptions from Your Writing Time: @colleen_m_story @AngelaAckerman


“10 Things The Gym Taught Me About Writing”: @Gabino_Iglesias @LitReactor


The Baby, the Book, and the Bathwater: @heatherkabel @parisreview


Navigating Creative Burnout: Rebecca Green with @DanBlank (podcast):


Writer James Mullen on finding inspiration (and taking notes) on the go:


How let go of the ‘sorry cycle’ and begin again: @pubcoach


Genres / Memoir


The Secret of Great Memoir: The Mature Self: @CSLakin


“3 Reasons I Could Stop Writing Memoir But Won’t” : @PlankRonit @brevity


Genres / Mystery


4 tips for writing about cops: @LeeLofland


An Unusual Take on Cozy Mysteries: By Glenn Nilson


Horses as elements in crime fiction: @mkinberg


Genres / Non-Fiction


5 Reasons Why Nonfiction Authors Need Career Plans: @NinaAmir


Genres / Romance


A writer’s struggles with sex scenes: @judithLavezzi @RMFWriters


Genres / Screenwriting


5 Reasons Why You Should Write a Screenplay: @jehunter5811


Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting


Top Ingredients to Include in Your Book Description: @mweidenbenner1


Promo / Book Reviews


Making the Most of Book Reviews:


Promo / Connecting with Readers


4 Tips for Engaging International Readers: @ShanaGray_


10 ways to get people to try your book: @StacyClaflin @RomanceUniv


Promo / Miscellaneous


6 Proven Methods for Selling More Books & Reaching More Readers: @ThisIsWriterMom


Tips for selling more books: @Bookgal @CaballoFrances


Promo / Newsletters


What to Put in Your Author Newsletter: @GlennJMiller


Promo / Social Media Tips


How to Create a Facebook Group for Your Community: @kikimojo


Publishing / Miscellaneous


5 Viewpoints on Creating Readers of Tomorrow: Literacy, Digital, and Children’s Books: @Porter_Anderson @Bodour @pubperspectives


Women’s Prize for Fiction, Formerly the Baileys, Announces Trio of Sponsors: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Scholastic News Kids Press Corps Opens 2018-2019 Applications: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


How Do I Know When I’m Done? Five Stages of Writing a Book: @writeabook


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Domestic Fiction Leads Slovakia’s Book Market Growth and Bestsellers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Kids Can Press Partners with General Mills on ‘Bring Back the Bees’ : @joseebis @porter_anderson @pubperspectives


Three Former Midas PR Players Form Colour PR, a New Agency in London: @Porter_Anderson @dafreeman @PRincolour


Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing


Successful Self-Publishing Tips: @thecreativepenn @SpatzSteven


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying


Steps for Approaching an Agent: @RachelleGardner


Agent Spotlight Interview with @literarycarrie from @LDLiteraryhttp @NatalieIAguirre


How to Find, Research and Evaluate Literary Agents: @ReedsyHQ @AuthorsPublish


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections


Why Failure Can Help You Become a Better Writer: @4amWriter


Publishing / Process / Book Design


Can You (Should You) Typeset Your Own Book? @ariellelle @ReedsyHQ


Publishing / Process / Translation


A Japanese novel published 18 years ago finds new audience in English in time of Trump: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Writing Craft / Beginnings


How to Write an Exciting First Chapter: @A_K_Perry @DIYMFA


2 Techniques Novelists Can Borrow from Film When Writing Opening Scenes: @kestrester @WritersDigest


Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists


Give Your Villain a Great Villain Speech: @SPressfield


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


4 key moments for a great driving relationship: @WriteToSell


The Role Of Emotional Wounds Within Character Arc: @AngelaAckerman


Discovering Your Cast of Characters: @ShanDitty


Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists


Infographic: Hero vs Anti-Hero: @wvancamp


Writing Craft / Conflict


How to increase conflict in your novel: @jasonbougger


Writing Craft / Drafts


First drafts are always bad. Is it true? @Peter_Rey_


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


How to Write Realistic Fight Scenes: @JMRobison


Your Novel’s Best Reading Level: @SnowflakeGuy


Channeling Your Childhood Heroes: @jamesscottbell


What Do I Write Next? Experiment and Expand Your Repertoire: @annkroeker


Your Writing’s Driver: @Lindasclare


Do You Know Where Your Pinch Points Are? @SueColetta1


Writing Craft / Pacing


7 Tips to Improve Your Novel’s Pacing: @danamarton


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


7 Steps How to Plot Your Novel and Your Personal Goals: @plotwhisperer


Is Your Novel All Premise and No Plot? @Janice_Hardy


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


How To Effectively And Efficiently Do Research for Your Historical Novel: @StephMorrill


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


3 Types of Unnecessary Hyphenation: @writing_tips


Writing Craft / Revision


10 Ways to Stay Sane During the Book Editing Process: @batwood


Proofreading – How to Slow Your Brain’s Auto-correct: @MidGradeMafia


Cutting back our story: from Edittorent


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


Why It’s So Hard for an INFJ (or INFP) Writer to Show Anyone Else Our Writing: @losapala


Writing Craft / Settings and Description


Layering Description: from Tropes are Tools


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


300+ Ways to Describe Noses: A Word List for Writers: @KathySteinemann


Master List of Ways to Describe Anger: @BrynDonovan


Writing Tools / Resources


Pre-Writing Worksheet: @MarchMcCarron


Finding Your Mentor: @LynnHBlackburn @KillerNashville


Resources For Writing Sketchy Topics: from Tropes are Tools


Uncategorized


Fighting and Gender: @WriterNancyJane @sfwa


Author Jennifer Egan Named President of the Newly Combined PEN America: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

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