Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


Strategy And Business Plans For Authors: @johannarothman @thecreativepenn


There is a growing negative sentiment towards e-readers: @Goodereader


Does Your Author Rank Really Matter? (video) by Chris Fox


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


Content From a UK Award for Younger Writers, and a Prize for Authors Over 60: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Sisters in Crime Names Mia Manansala Winner of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award: @Porter_Anderson @MPMtheWriter


Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels


Getting Started With a Novel: 1 Writer’s Takeaways: @Writeitsideways

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


7 Books About the Interplay of Technology and Humanity: by Katie Williams @ElectricLit


10 Classics From High School English to Read or Read Again @Keith_Rice1


Poems for Any Occasion: @AnnieNeugebauer @LitReactor


Five SFF Books in Which Art Matters: @clpolk @tordotcom


6 Fantasy Novels That Give Orcs and Goblins Their Say: @mattstaggs @unboundworlds


Skipping Ahead: A Necessary Bookish Habit: @ceciliaclyra @BookRiot


Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


How to Motivate the Writer Inside of You: @ARKYADEY @LiveWriteThrive


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


How to Write More, Sell More, and Make More Money Writing: @WritersCoach


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block


Beating Writer’s Block (Video): @AGBillig @IndieAuthorALLI


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly


Balancing Productivity and Art: @davidfarland


Creativity and Inspiration / Success


Successful Writing and Self-Publishing Tips (Podcast): @phillipstrang


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


12 Easy Ways to Support Your Favorite Writers: @_HannahHeath


Writing Together With WEP and ISWG: @TheIWSG @cleemckenzie


“Asking Myself Why I Write… Again”: @VaughnRoycroft @WriterUnboxed


How To Mine Your Life For Art (Without Being Disowned): by Paige Duke @standoutbooks


Novelist as Poet or Philosopher: @SallyWGrotta @sfwa


Hip Surgery + Writing + Character Insight: @Wordstrumpet


Character, Writers, and Portrait Photography: @Jeff_Shear @JaneFriedman


Exercise the Muse: The Merit of the Writer’s Notebook: by Jennifer Baruta @mythicscribes


Is It Time To Hit The Reset Button On Your Writing Life? @SarahRPainter


Genres / Memoir


5 Self Care Tools to Help When Writing Memoir: by Sera Fiana @DIYMFA


Genres / Mystery


Crime Writing:: Meeting Reader Expectations: @DebbieYoungBN


Crime Fiction Writing: Poisons: @LeeLofland


Interrogation scenes as elements in crime fiction: @mkinberg


Crime Writing: A Shot to the Back: Legal, or Not? @LeeLofland


Genres / Non-Fiction


Nonfiction Book Proposals: How to Quadruple Your Chances of Getting Published: @ChadRAllen


Genres / Romance


Romance 101: @stacitroilo @RomanceUniv


How Do You Queer the Romantic Comedy? @CamillePerri @lithub


Promo / Ads


BookBub for Non-fiction Authors: @CelebratingGran @BookBub


Promo / Blogging


Why Tags and Labels are Important to Blogging and How to Use Them Correctly: @EdieMelson


Promo / Connecting with Readers


How Do Readers Find Books They Want to Read? @ZoeMMcCarthy


Promo / Miscellaneous


5 Ways To Spice Up Your Amazon Book Pages: @ChrysFey @thecreativepenn


The Psychology of Author Marketing: @DaveChesson @JaneFriedman


Promo / Social Media Tips


Internet Marketing Simplified for Writers: by Valerie Allen


How to Set Up Your Amazon Author Central Page: @ReedsyHQ


Promo / Video


5 Tips for Using YouTube Marketing to Sell Books: @Bookgal @IndieReader


Promo / Websites


Best Practices for Building Author Squeeze Pages: @TCKPublishing


5 Ways To Improve Your Author Website: @Writers_Write


SEO for Authors: @DaveChesson


Publishing / Miscellaneous


Using Contests as Door Openers: @hopeclark


Morality clauses: are publishers right to police writers? @carmitstead


In a ‘Steady’ First Half, BookNet Canada Sees Audiobook Purchases 4 Percent Up: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Using CafePress for Book Merchandise:


Changes in Your Novel’s 2nd Edition: @iamfunkhauser


Germany’s De Gruyter Partners With Medieval Institute; Cambridge Cites Growth (‘digital close to 40 percent of total sales’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Beyond the Book: MIT Media Lab and MIT Press on the ‘Frankenbook’ Project: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishing / News / International Publishing


After the Bookshop ‘Ambush’ in London, Supporters Rally, Worry: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


China Bestsellers for June: Self-Help and Hopeful Reading for Young Adults: @Porter_Anderson @trajectory


Ingram Publisher Services Announces New International Illustrated Presses: @Porter_Anderson


Frankfurter Buchmesse and Germany’s Börsenverein Lead Human Rights Campaign: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Visa Challenges for Authors and Artists Roil the UK Festival Community: @edintfest @TinyOwl_Books @Porter_Anderson


Publishing / Process / Formatting


10 Ebook Conversion Tools for Docs to EPUB & MOBI: @carlaking @BookWorksNYC


Publishing / Process / Translation


‘Words Without Borders’ August: Focus on Macau with Translator Jeremy Tiang: @Porter_Anderson @JeremyTiang


Writing Craft / Beginnings


Flog a Pro: would you pay to turn the first page of this bestseller? @RayRhamey @WriterUnboxed


Pro Analysis: A 1st Page Rewritten in Close POV: @PBRWriter


When a Crime Novel Starts With the Inciting Incident: @mkinberg


Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists


How to build a powerful Nemesis? @GoIntoTheStory


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


Study Personality Disorders to Create Believable “Troubled” Characters: @annerallen


Occupation Thesaurus: Wedding Planner: @AngelaAckerman


When Your Character Does Something They Regret: @SloanTamar


Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion


Writing Character Emotions: by Josh Langston


Tips for Writing Character Emotions: by Josh Langston


Writing Craft / Conflict


The Secret to Good Fight Scenes: @p2p_editor


Writing Craft / Diversity


The Exclusivity of Inclusion: On Disability and Diversity: by Kenny Fries


Telling LGBTQ Love Stories with Happy Endings Is a Form of Resistance: @CamillePerri @ElectricLit


Writing Craft / Hooks


Questions That Keep a Reader Hooked: @FoxPrintEd


Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film


Lessons from The Incredibles 2: How to Write Super Characters: @Kerrie_Flanagan @WritersDigest


“5 Ways Classic PC Adventure Games Trained Me to Be a Writer”: @VictoriaGHowell


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Reaching Beyond the Common Narrative: by A. E. Lowan @mythicscribes


31 Ways To Remove Phones From Your Fiction: @helpfulsnowman


After the First Chapter: Motivation: @amandarhill32


Want to Stand Apart from Countless Other Books? Write a Better Story: @KristenLambTX


The Indiana Jones Rule for Writers: @eileendreyer @TheIWSG


Create Drama with Your Character’s Desire: @jimdempsey


Bending the Timeline: Tips: @ml_keller


Write What You Want To Know: @jamesscottbell


Sensitivity Readers and How to Become One: @PWilliamsMarks @WriterUnboxed


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining


Author George Saunders Discusses Outlining (Video): @JessZafarris @WritersDigest


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


How to Write a Novel Using The Three-Act Structure: @ReedsyHQ


An Author’s Guide to Storytelling: @ReedsyHQ


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


Scientists Are Not Evil: Research Ethics for Writers: @DanKoboldt


How to Set Research Trip Costs Against Tax: @annacastl @IndieAuthorALLI


Writing Craft / Revision


Perfecting Your Proofreading: by Jill Svihovec @CareerAuthors


Why You Should Edit Your Novel Backwards: @DeannaCabinian


How Your Emotional State Can Affect Your Editing: @AndreaWriterlea


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


The Importance of Feedback Before Publication: @reynagentin


Writing Craft / Scenes


How to Intertwine Plot, Character, and Theme in Every Scene: @KMWeiland


Nine tips for writing scenes: @simon_wroe @CurtisBrown


Writing Craft / Settings and Description


3 Tips to Improve Description (Video): by Chris Fox


The Importance of Setting in Fiction: @sherrinda


Writing Craft / Synopses


How to Write a Synopsis for your Novel: by Anna Davis @CurtisBrown


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


How to Make Your Sentences More Descriptive: @Writing_Class @LiveWriteThrive

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