Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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News and Upcoming

If you’re in the Anderson, SC area, I’ll be speaking at the Friends of the Anderson County Library’s Annual Meeting next Sunday, April 22 at 3:00.  The topic will be mystery reading and writing.  More information can be found here. 

Struggle with your author bio?  The folks at Reedsy have a free template to help out. 

The Alliance of Independent Authors had their online conference yesterday.  You can watch their recorded panels here.  The full agenda is here.

If you are a mystery reader or writer, check out Mystery Thriller Week.   I have a post there today on the WKB search engine.

Business / Miscellaneous


Editing: differences between content editing and proofreading, how much you should pay, more (video): @Wiseink


How To Build A Youpreneur Business Around A Personal Brand: @ChrisDucker @thecreativepenn


Naming Your Small Indie Press: A Generator: @ElectricLit


Finding the Money to Write a Book: @hopeclark


Numbers that Matter in Traditional Book Publishing: by Dana Isaacson @CareerAuthors


The Business of Writing — Interview with @JaneFriedman (podcast): @DIYMFA

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


Why Authors Enjoy Visiting Schools and How Schools Can Help Authors: @JoFranklin2


Awards Program Notes: UAE’s Etislat, Canada’s Cundill, and USA’s Sisters in Crime Open for Submissions: @Porter_Anderson @EtisalatAward @SINCnational


National Book Foundation program”distributes free, new books to young readers through public housing authorities” in the US: @Porter_Anderson @nationalbook


Closing London Book Fair’s Day One: The 2018 International Excellence Awards: @Porter_Anderson @LondonBookFair


London Book and Screen Week CAMEO Awards Include Film, Stage, Gaming Adaptations: @Porter_Anderson


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


5 Unlikely Places to Find Inspiration: by Danielle Boccelli @DIYMFA


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


What Are the Rules for Lending Your Books to Friends? Librarians, as the Experts, Respond: @erinkbart @electriclit


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


Forming Practice from Passion: by Michael Michel @sfwa


Micro-Progress Your Novel: @ClareLangleyH @killzoneauthors


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


DIY Writing Retreats: @wvancamp @morvenwestfield


What No One Told You About Becoming an Author: @CathyFyock @EdieMelson


Stop Romanticizing Your Writing Career: @KristinaAuthor @WritingCoop


How Writing a Story is Like Making a Quilt: @EricaVetsch


Returning to Writing After a Stage Four Cancer Diagnosis: by Annabelle Kim @lithub


Magic Cloaks, Lucky Charms, and Other Writerly Superstitious Habits: @SarahMMcCoy @WriterUnboxed


Make Time for Writing as a Parent in 3 Simple Steps: @aliventures


7 Important Things for a Writer’s “Not-to-Do” List: @colleen_m_story


The Importance of Self Care for the Writer: @KelsieEngen


Social Anxiety and Sharing Your Creative Work (Podcast): @EllenHendriksen @DanBlank


3 Ways to Quickly Boost Your Writing Creativity: @colleen_m_story


Genres / Fantasy


Making Better Magic Systems: Organic Magic: @davidfarland


Fantasy Cliches to Avoid: @jasonbougger


Genres / Horror


Horror: Defining the Genre, Sub-genres, Styles, and More: @AnnieNeugebauer


Tackling The Hillbilly Horror Trope: @SignalHorizon


Genres / Humor


Writing Tips: Using A Comic Relief Character For More Than Comedy: by Jonathan Vars @thecreativepenn


Genres / Miscellaneous


The Curious Writer: To Dabble is Divine: @BradHerzog @TheIWSG


Genres / Mystery


9 Tips for an Amateur Sleuth: @WickedCozys @DebSennefelder


Genres / Non-Fiction


Nonfiction: 3 Ways to Break Through to Your Reader: @WriteToSell


Genres / Romance


What is Your Character’s Love Language? @DiAnnMills on @EdieMelson


Genres / Screenwriting


38 Good Reasons Your Script Might Get Rejected: @Bang2write


Genres / Short Stories


5 Reasons Why Flash Fiction Makes You A Better Writer: @Charli_Mills @sacha_black


Promo / Blogging


5 Reasons Blog Posts Fail: @NathanielTower


4 Questions to Help You Start a Successful Blog: @JeffGoins


Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting


Tips for writing back cover copy: @DN_Bryn


Promo / Book Reviews


In Praise of Negative Reviews: @rafiazakaria @thebafflermag


Promo / Connecting with Readers


Imagining Your Ideal Reader: @barbaraoneal


Promo / Metadata


How to get Your Book Ranked for More Amazon Book Categories (Podcast): @DaveChesson


Promo / Miscellaneous


The Connection System: Book Marketing 101: @timgrahl


List of Free and Paid Book Promotion Websites: @thDigitalReader


Promo / Newsletters


How and Why to Clean Your Email Subscriber List: @EmilyWenstrom


Promo / Social Media Tips


3 Ways to Build a Social Media Audience that Loves You: @BetJett @EdieMelson


Create Social Media Images with Canva and Pablo: @CaballoFrances @BookWorksNYC


How to Use Scheduling To Automate Your Social Media: @thecreativepenn


Promo / Speaking


How to Find Unique Speaking Opportunities to Promote Your Novel: @erikaliodice @WriterUnboxed


Promo / Websites


Media-Friendly Author Website Content: @BuildYourBrandA @BookWorksNYC


Publishing / Miscellaneous


“Factors in a Digital Transformation of Academic Publishing”: @Porter_Anderson @KirenShoman


Kindle Worlds Asked and Answered: @Susan_Stoker @RomanceUniv


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Industry Notes: Indonesia Named London’s 2019 Market Focus; McIntosh Is CEO of PRH US: @Porter_Anderson


Publishing / Process / Book Design


Is Your Book Cover Too Cluttered? @SarahBolme


Publishing / Process / Formatting


How to Format Picture Books for Kindle and ePub3: @FictionNotes


Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid


Is the IAPWE a Scam Preying on Writers? @tamaragane


Publishing / Process / Translation


Translation Alternatives to Babelcube:


Writing Craft / Beginnings


Using the Inciting Incident to Start Your Story in the Right Place: @scribesworld


5 Guidelines For A Great Chapter Two: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters


The Challenge of Pulling Off a Dead Narrator: @peterselgin @JaneFriedman


How to Start A Novel (incl. 31 Famous Story Openers): @RidethePen


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


3 Ways to Know (or Choose) Your Fictional Character’s MBTI Personality: @MandyCorine


The 6 Basic Stages of Character Change: @CharacterComma


Writing Your Character’s Inner World: @Lindasclare


Writing Craft / Common Mistakes


Resources on “Show, Don’t Tell” for Novelists: @Beth_Barany


How Over-Explaining Will Kill Your Novel: @Janice_Hardy


How to kill off your characters without even trying: @BirderMurder


Writing Craft / Conflict


Six Stories With Contrived Conflict: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants


Writing Craft / Dialogue


Don’t Let Your Dialogue Stray From Your Characters: @jamesscottbell


Writing Dialogue Resources For Novelists: @Beth_Barany


Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story


Upstaged by Backstory: Are You Writing the Wrong Novel? @DavidAlanMack


Writing Craft / Hooks


6 Examples of Hooks: @stacitroilo @RomanceUniv


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


How to Make an Old Plot New: @AndreaWriterlea


6 Tips for Reimagining Classic Fiction in Your Writing: by John Kessel @WritersDigest


How to Write an Epistolary Novel: @RobinRWrites


Tips for revealing character secrets: from Just a Writing Aid


Writing Craft / Pacing


Keys to Moving Your Plot Forward: @LiveWriteThrive


Writing Craft / Plot Holes


Plot holes and pot holes. 8 common plotting mistakes & how to fix them: @RuthHarrisBooks at @annerallen


Writing Craft / POV


Is There a Difference Between Perspective and POV? @EditingWizard


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


Narcissistic Abuse and Codependence for Writers: @SloanTamar


A Writer’s Guide to Firearms: Assault Rifles: @Nicholas_Rossis


Tapping the Experts: How to Enrich Your Research and Your Writing: @carolcram @WomenWriters


Nursing Misconceptions in Fiction: @StephanieSauvin @DanKoboldt


Writing Craft / Revision


Macros for fiction editors and authors: by Paul Beverley


Writing Craft / Scenes


Don’t Write Scenes-Write Images: @KMWeiland


Writing Craft / Series


The Most Important Part of Sequels and Retellings: @SeptCFawkes


Writing Craft / Settings and Description


Writing a Powerful Setting: @themaltesetiger


Writing Craft / Tension


Micro-Tension as a Secret Ingredient of Great Fiction: @Peter_Rey_


Writing Tools / Resources


Free 10-module Online Novel Writing Course: @jesslourey

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