Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


Why You Need to Test Market Your Book Idea…and How to Do It: @WriteNowCoach


What’s in an Author Name? @MarieMyungOkLee @The_Millions


Good Advice, Bad Advice: Writing through the “Shoulds”: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


10 Best Packing Tips For Authors: @gailcarriger


Hay Festival 2018 Sets a Record, Selling 18,000 More Tickets Than in 2017: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


University of Warwick’s Peter Marshall Wins £40,000 Wolfson History Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Cheltenham Literary Festival 2018 Announces Elements of Its Educational Program: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Kamila Shamsie Wins £30,000 Women’s Prize for Fiction: @Porter_Anderson @kamilashamsie


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


Increase Writing Quality by Both Filling and Stilling Your Mind: @annkroeker


The 7 Habits Of Highly Creative People: @constantmusings


How Designing Covers for My Books Helps 1 Author Write Them: by Johan Harstad @lithub

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Quotes


Quotes for Writers: 35 International Authors’ Writing Advice: @nownovel


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


The Novel Within the Novel: 8 Meta Stories With Thrillers Inside: @sarabooks @CrimeReads


Five Essential Books About Plagues and Pandemics: @claudiagray @tordotcom


Ten Excellent SFF ‘Ships: @riss4x @tordotcom


Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


How To Keep Writing When That Critical Inner Voice Won’t Shut Up: @LisaCron @AngelaAckerman


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


3 Words to Help You Find Time to Write: @BetJett @EdieMelson


15 minute writing challenge (video): @EvaDeverell


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


Mindfulness and Memory: by Pamela Moore @livequiet


Writing And The Fear Of Judgment: @thecreativepenn


How to Make an Honest Living as a Writer: @savilleneuve


Supporting Disability Amongst Writers: @nick45wood @sfwa


Writing on the Go: by Janet Lane @RMFWriters


What to Write When You’re Not Writing: @gargimehraa @sfwa


52 Things Writers Fear (but shouldn’t): @katekrake


Genres / Fantasy


Creating Believable Fantasy Characters: @StevieRaeCausey


6 Characteristics of a Great Fantasy Writer: by Jessica Wood @mythicscribes


9 Fantasy Duos Bound By Fate: @nataliezutter @tordotcom


Genres / Horror


Mariana Enriquez on Political Violence and Writing Horror: @raviddice @lithub


Reverse-mullet pedagogy: valuing horror fiction in the classroom: @MathiasClasen @OUPAcademic


Genres / Memoir


How to Deal with Memory and Emotions When Writing a Memoir: @writeabook


9 Tips For Using Fiction Techniques When Writing Memoir: @Michael_Editor @thecreativepenn


Genres / Miscellaneous


Why Are There So Few Female Horses in Speculative Fiction? @dancinghorse


Genres / Mystery


A look at privacy vs. police procedures as elements in crime fiction through the years: @mkinberg


How to Create a Mystery Detective Readers Love: @ZaraAltair @ProWritingAid


Different sets of standards for the wealthy as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg


Crime Writing: Want to Make Your Scenes Come Alive? Here’s a Cop’s-Eye View: @LeeLofland @killzoneauthors


Genres / Non-Fiction


How To Write About Family in Creative Nonfiction: @kayladeanwrites @DIYMFA


Genres / Picture Books


Essential Marketing Tactics For Children’s Authors: @DaveChesson @AngelaAckerman


Genres / Science Fiction


The Science in Your Science Fiction: Future Space Travel: @MelanieMarttila @DIYMFA


Genres / Short Stories


How Themes Are Presented in Short Stories: @SaraL_Writer @DIYMFA


Promo / Connecting with Readers


Know Your Audience and Story Age Distinctions: by Just a Writing Aid


Promo / Crowdfunding


1 Writer’s Experience Crowdfunding: @DiannaLGunn


Promo / Miscellaneous


Why Authors Need to Create Book Trailers: by Jonathan Vars


Create a Marketing Plan That Works For You—Free Template Download: @tessaemilyhall


How to Market a Book: 5 Strategies One Writer Used to Win Readers’ Choice: @_KimWriteEdit_


5 Ways to Build Your Local Market: @Bookgal @IndieReader


Promo / Social Media Tips


30 Minutes a Day is All It Takes to Automate Your Social Media Activity, But I Don’t Recommend it: @thDigitalReader


3 Things You’re Probably Not Doing on Goodreads But Should (via @ChrysFey ):


Promo / Websites


Learn link building, or how to get others to link back to your website: @CherylProWriter


Publishing / Miscellaneous


Audiobook Royalties: To Share or Not Share? @annacastl @joelfroomkin @IndieAuthorALLI


Storytel in Spain: When Entering the Audiobook Market Means Making New Serials: @Porter_Anderson


Wattys Open for Nominations With New Diversity-Driven Category: @Porter_Anderson @wattpad


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Industry Notes: Asian Festival of Children’s Content; Macmillan, Binc Open Diversity Scholarships: @Porter_Anderson


Freedom to Publish Advocacy: Authors Guild Wins ‘CockyGate’ Court Ruling: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


As the World Cup Approaches, PEN Authors Press Moscow for Oleg Sentsov’s Release: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Industry Notes: ‘The Great American Read’ Gets Videos; America’s Big Read Gets Grants: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Authors Guild Opens Regional Chapters, Amazon Complaint Resolution: @Porter_Anderson @mariraz


Friday Photos: Kinokuniya Opens Its First Bookstore in Cambodia: @Porter_Anderson


Book Aid International Cites Good Results in Zambia From Its ‘Study Hub’ Pilot: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing


A Checklist Before A Writer Hits Send On a Submission: @KatyKauffman28 on @EdieMelson


Birth of a small press – ‘I knew so many talented authors being turned away’: @Roz_Morris @ForestAvePress


Movements, movers and shakers: publishers and authors as literary citizens: @Roz_Morris @ForestAvePress


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying


5 Reasons Querying Is Good for You: @TopdjianC


Publishing / Process / Author Assistants


7 Reasons You Need To Hire an Author Assistant Right Now: @TheRuralVA @BadRedheadMedia


Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists


What to do When Your Antagonist Isn’t a Villain: @Janice_Hardy


Writing Craft / Common Mistakes


No, Your Female Characters Don’t Just Need More Dialogue: @Bang2write


Even More Show Don’t Tell: @RuthanneReid


Writing Craft / Drafts


Finishing Your First Draft Like a Pro: @TheMerryWriter


Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film


3 Theater Techniques to Make Your Story Jump Off the Page: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice


Writing Craft / Literary Devices


2 foreshadowing techniques to reduce new information overload: @raimeygallant


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Tone, Style, and Voice in Writing: Practical Definitions: @AnneJanzer


How (And Why) You Should Write An Ensemble Cast: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks


How Ideas Become Stories: by Aaron Miles @FantasyFaction


Different Ways Characters Can Show Love: From Just a Writing Aid


Exploring Activism and Politics in Fiction: @sadowsky_nina @WritersDigest


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming


Tips for naming characters: @Peter_Rey_


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


Theft by Finding: @CEMcKenzie1 @WriterUnboxed


The 3 Questions That Will Solve Every “Plot Problem” You’ll Ever Have: by Steven James @WritersDigest


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


Research Is Writing. Stop Berating Yourself: @NatRusso


How to Show and not Tell Intelligence: @SloanTamar


3 Research Hacks for Your Novel: @DaveChesson @JerryBJenkins


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


Seven sentences you should stop writing: @pubcoach


How to Use Adjectives Wisely and Judiciously: @peterselgin @JaneFriedman


Writing Craft / Revision


Finding Your Revision Groove – and Staying Sane: @AnneJanzer


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


Leveling Up as a Writer with Peer Critique: @DanKoboldt @WritersDigest


Writing Craft / Scenes


How To Craft High Impact Scenes For Your Stories: @StephMorrill


Writing Craft / Scenes / Conflict


Where Does Your Novel’s Conflict Come From? @Janice_Hardy


Writing Craft / Tension


How to Raise the Stakes With Your Characters: @KathyEdens1


Writing Craft / World-Building


World Building: The World Itself: by Dana Nuenighoff @WritersRumpus


Writing Tools / Apps


Productivity Tools for Writers: @writingthrulife


How Scapple Helps Authors Plan Books: @Jeff_Shear @IndieAuthorALLI


Writing Tools / Resources


Useful Writing Tools: @KarenBanes

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