Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Taxes

Simple Tax Preparation Tips For Canadian Authorpreneurs: @lornafaith @LStewartTheBard


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


Cundill History Prize 2018 Jurors: Five Historians on History Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


The €100,000 International Dublin Prize Highlights Ireland’s Independent Tramp Press: @Porter_Anderson @TrampPress


BookExpo and BookCon Announce Preliminary 2018 Attendance Figures: @Porter_Anderson @BookExpoAmerica


Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels


You CAN Write a Publishable First Novel: 10 Do’s and Don’ts: @annerallen


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


Radical Noir: 26 Activist Crime Novels: @mollsotov89 @CrimeReads


Five Books About Fandom: @brittashipsit @tordotcom


50 Pulp Cover Treatments of Classic Works of Literature: @knownemily @lithub


Five Mystery Series with Awesome Detectives: @emdevenport @tordotcom


5 Books Set On Extreme Worlds: @mjohnstonauthor


Should You Read While You Write? @theladygreer

Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


The importance of growth mindset to writers: @SloanTamar


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


How writing scholars write: productivity tips: @beprolifiko


How to Make Writing a Habit: @SloanTamar


Writing and the Creative Life: Routine or Ritual? @GoIntoTheStory


How to Write a Book While Working Full-Time: @Jffelkins @write_practice


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block


Fear of Writing: @SnowflakeGuy


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


Do you suffer from imposter syndrome? @pubcoach


Think Your Writing Is Brilliant One Day and Horrible the Next? Here’s Why: @ThereseWalsh @WriterUnboxed


Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone : @davidfarland


Three Types of Writers Have Trouble Finishing Things. Which One Are You? @losapala


Why Do You Write? @christinadelay


Combating Release Day Stress:


5 Ways Your Health Can Affect Your Writing: by Jeanette Smith @DIYMFA


Writers Write, But Not At the Expense of Their Own Well-Being: @JoEberhardt


Genres / Fantasy


Fantasy Writing: Certainty: @PhilAthans


Genres / Historical


7 Tips for Time Travel: How to Write a Historical Novel: @EditingWizard


Genres / Literary Fiction


Nine of the Most Violent Works of Literary Fiction: @knownemily @lithub


Genres / Mystery


What Is a Traditional Mystery? @eMysteries @CrimeReads


Attitudes about Police in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg


Genres / Poetry


UK National Poetry Day and BBC Local Radio Commissions 12 New Works on the Topic of Change: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Genres / Romance


3 Reasons 1 Writer has a Passion to Write Romance: @lornafaith


Genres / Screenwriting


Writing TV And Film Adaptations: David Nicholls with @thecreativepenn


Genres / Short Stories


Short Fiction is In! All About Novellas, Novelettes, Short Stories, Flash: @MaraPurl @annerallen


Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting


Fast Track Guide To Fixing Your Book Description: @LPOBryan


Promo / Book Reviews


Better strategies when seeking reviews: @Naked_Determina


Want More Reviews? Treat Book Bloggers with Respect. @annerallen


Promo / Connecting with Readers


Reader avatars: @EAWwrites @BadRedheadMedia


Promo / Metadata


Use Amazon’s Categories for Max Sales: @Bookgal


Promo / Miscellaneous


7 Self-Publishing Marketing Strategies: @Bookgal


5 Crazy Book Stunts You May Or May Not Want To Try: @EmmanuelNataf @ReedsyHQ


Want Publishing Success? Be a Great Writer and Clever Marketer: @EvatopiaLit @BadRedheadMedia


Promo / Platforms


Using marketing research to set up your author platform: @raimeygallant


Why Do Writers Need a Platform? What IS a Platform? @KristenLambTX


Promo / Social Media Tips


Thirteen Myths About Social Media for Writers: @CaballoFrances @BadRedheadMedia


Promo / Video


10 Things You Can Do on Your Author YouTube Channel: @ChrysFey @NatalieIAguirre


How to turn YouTube subtitles into blog posts and transcripts: @LouiseHarnby


Publishing / Miscellaneous


Aldus’ New Translation Grant Finder and The OED announces more than 900 new ‘words, senses, and subentries’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


How to check book sales and royalties with Draft2Digital: @Draft2Digital


The Perks and Perils of Being a Ghostwriter: @cathyyardley @WriterUnboxed


Going Wide or Amazon Exclusive? A Look at Both: @Ellen__Jacobson


A Look at Trad. Publishing vs. Self-Publishing and Why 1 Author Went Indie: @Ellen__Jacobson


VIDA Count 2017 Appraises Top US Literary Publications for Women’s Representation Amid ‘Abuse and Bigotry’: @Porter_Anderson @VIDA_lit


Data Indicates 32-Percent Rise in US Political Books, Year to Date: @Porter_Anderson @npdgroup


Audio Publishers Association Reports a 22.7-Percent Jump in Revenue for 2017 @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishing / News / Data


“New insights into the US market, previously not visible to researchers, are coming to light now”: @Porter_Anderson via Kristen McLean @npdgroup


Publishing / News / International Publishing


“German-language users spend an average 10 million minutes on @wattpad daily. That may soon pay off for both the platform in Toronto and for Munich’s Bavaria Fiction, in a new partnership”: @Porter_Anderson


In Norwich, the National Centre for Writing Formally Opens at Dragon Hall This Week: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Apollo 11 and Woodstock: Australia’s Murray Books Opens Rights Sales at IPR License: @Porter_Anderson


Rights Roundup: Responsibility in Relationships, and Bugs in Your Backyard: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Frankfurter Buchmesse Wildcard Winners: Reisedepeschen and UNSILO: @Porter_Anderson


Publishing / Process / Book Design


Cover Design: Evaluating Options and Tips for Designing Your Own: @Ellen__Jacobson


Writing Craft / Chapter Endings


17 Perfect Ways to End a Chapter: @HankPRyan


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


How to Create a Character Profile That Actually Works (with Template): @ReedsyHQ


Who Are You: Characters That Stand Out To Readers: @AngelaAckerman @WriteNowCoach


5 Exercises to Help You Develop Your Characters: @writingthrulife


Character Agency for Beginners: by Nils Ödlund @mythicscribes


Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists


Is The Age Of The Antihero In Fiction Finally Here? @AnthonyEhlers


How To Make An Unlikable Protagonist Work For Your Story: by Rebecca Langley @standoutbooks


Writing Craft / Drafts


7 Methods for Writing Your First Draft: by Ross Raisin @lithub


Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film


How to Focus on Your Writing: Ray Bradbury’s Tips: @weems503 @write_practice


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Writing By Design: Using Color Theory: @DIYMFA


Tips for a Writing Style Makeover: @AnneJanzer


The Triangle of Structure for Writers: @SarahSallyHamer @EdieMelson


10 Cliffhangers That Make Readers Turn The Page: @Writers_Write


Spring Cleaning Your Writing: @Wordstrumpet


5 Promises You Make to the Reader: @ShanDitty


How Can Readers Know Information Unless I Tell Them? Information and Explanation Overkill: @ZoeMMcCarthy


Six Underdeveloped Love Interests: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants


Writing Craft / POV


Pros and Cons of Different POVs: @writingandsuch


Most Common Writing Mistakes: POV Problems: @KMWeiland


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


Realistic Knife Fighting: @DanKoboldt


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Beats


Iron Man Beat Sheet: @CDavidMilles


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


Revive a Verb for Conciseness: @writing_tips


One space between each sentence, they said. Science just proved them wrong. @aviselk @washingtonpost


Writing Craft / Revision


Reading Your Story Out Loud in the Revision Period: @NickPWilford @TheIWSG


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


Beta Readers: Asking for Feedback and Processing Evaluations: @Ellen__Jacobson


Writing Craft / Scenes


Write in Scenes: @Lindasclare


A Tip for Getting Through Hard-to-Write Scenes: @Janice_Hardy


Writing Craft / Series


How to Write a Rewarding Series Arc: @nownovel


Writing Craft / Settings and Description


Making the Most of Your Setting: @MindyObenhaus


Writing Craft / Tension


How to Raise the Stakes: @writingrefinery @DIYMFA


Writing Tools / Apps


A List of eBook Market Analytic Tools: @thDigitalReader


Apps to Make Your Writing Conference Experience Better: @EdieMelson


Writing Tools / Resources


400+ Opinion Adjectives: A Word List for Writers: @KathySteinemann


Writing Tools / Thesauri


Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Clergy: @beccapuglisi

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