Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


Max Boot’s ‘Corrosion of Conservatism’: A ‘Big Book’ for WW Norton at Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @MaxBoot


Tips for Avoiding Awkward Author Photos: @IndieReader


Readers Don’t Care Who Publishes Your Book: @writeabook


Frankfurt: Self-Censorship and Morality in Publishing Today: @rogertagholm @FabricePiault @arpitayodapress


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


Wattpad Announces 600 New 2018 Watty Awards in 10 Languages: @Porter_Anderson


Inger-Maria Mahlke Wins the 2018 German Book Prize: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives


How to Create an Unforgettable Author Visit: @erikaliodice @WriterUnboxed


US National Book Awards Finalists: This Year Including Translations: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Conferences and Events / NaNoWriMo


Top Resources for NaNoWriMo Preparation: @the_writing_pal


To Nano or Not To Nano: @JennyHansenCA


Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels


Tips for Writing Your First Book: @TCKPublishing

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


5 Reasons to Use Pictures as Writing Prompts: @sarahstypos


Cross-Pollinating Our Work: @cleemckenzie @TheIWSG


The Mysteries of Creativity and Meditation: @barbaraoneal @WriterUnboxed


Writing Prompts: 60 Ideas You Can Use Today: @Carlton_Mukasa


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


7 Books We Wish We Could Read Again for the First Time: @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads


Urban Fantasy Noir: 7 Urban Fantasy Crime Novels With Dark Sensibilities: @Richard_Kadrey @CrimeReads


10 Favorite Moments from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: @EmmanuelNataf @ReedsyHQ


Six Literary Visions of the Future: @cloudy_vision @tordotcom


Prepping for NaNo? 15 Books for the Writing Life: @HachetteUS @KateHarveston @jessicaesquire


9 Best Novels About Films: @TobiasCarroll @SignatureReads


10 Little-Known Children’s Books by Famous Writers: @knownemily @lithub


The Real Reason The Sorting Hat Placed Albus Potter in Slytherin House: @use_theforce_em @tordotcom


Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


Writing Shouldn’t Be Its Own Reward: @RosanneBane


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


Too Much To Do? How To Re-Focus Your Writing Priorities: @thecreativepenn


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block


How To Beat Writer’s Block in 30 Minutes: @NatRusso


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


From Chester Himes to Judy Blume, 10 Writers and Their Cats: @alistasi @lithub


How Can We Write in Today’s Troubling World? @p2p_editor


If You Want to be a Writer, You Need to be Fearless: Here’s Why: @CVDalcher @SignatureReads


Confessions from a Weary Writer: @jmunroemartin @WriterUnboxed


3 Ways to Tell if a Manuscript Is Worth Going Back to: @Janice_Hardy


When Abandoning Your Novel Makes Sense: @bclaypolewhite @WomenWriters


Genres / Memoir


Making the Case for the Surreal Memoir: @TobiasCarroll @lithub


Why should you write a Memoir? Memoir writers weigh in: @CalebPirtle


Why You Should Write Your Memoir — Even If You Don’t Plan to Publish It: @writingthrulife


Genres / Mystery


Crime Writing: The One-Plus Rule: Fight Fair, Or Fight To Win? @LeeLofland


A hundred years on from Agatha Christie’s first novel, crime fiction is going cozy again: by Sarah Hughes @GuardianBooks


Writing the Cozy Mystery: Series Tropes and Rituals:


Tense Home v. School Relationships as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg


Gap Years as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg


Crime Fiction: Using Domestic Scenes to Contrast With Tension: @mkinberg


Genres / Poetry


10 Reasons Storytellers Should Dabble in Poetry: @WritingForward


Marketing Poetry and How to Find More Readers: @Bookgal


Genres / Science Fiction


Drug Development for Writers: @DanKoboldt


Genres / Screenwriting


9 Ways To Write Strong Screenplay Hooks: by Dan Hoffmann @CreativeScreen


Genres / Short Stories


How to format your short story manuscript for the best chance of publication: @NathanielTower


Promo / Blogging


How and Why to Cite Stock Photos When Blogging: @writingsolo


Promo / Book Reviews


Tips for Quoting From Reviews: by Big Al @IndiesUnlimited


Promo / Connecting with Readers


3 Steps to Finding Target Readers (Video): @SmartAuthors @IndieAuthorALLI


Promo / Metadata


How to Submit Your Author News to Newsletters: by Ann Meier


Promo / Miscellaneous


How to Keep Your Book Promotion Going Strong for Years: @AnjaliMDuva @sharonbially


Promo / Platforms


3 Proven Ways To Boost Your Author Profile: @DaveChesson


Promo / Social Media Tips


Is Building a Social Media Platform Worth the Effort? @EdieMelson


How 1 Writer Uses Social Media As An Author: @jules_writes


6 Common Social Media Marketing Mistakes to Avoid: @davidjohn_wyatt @kikolani


How to effectively use Facebook Groups as an Author (Video): @LPOBryan @IndieAuthorALLI


Publishing / Miscellaneous


Why Does the US Change British Titles? @TerenaBell @GuardianBooks


Interview with Kobo’s Pieter Swinkels: ““We fail as an industry to create readers for our content.”: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


The 12 Best and Worst Things That Can Happen After Your Freelance Article Is Accepted: @Susanshapironet @WritersDigest


How (Not) To Start a Publishing Company: by Richard Charkin @pubperspectives


“Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (on) the strength of literature and women”: by Roger Tagholm @pubperspectives


“Publishing Experts (on) Revenue Models…and the Need to Better Understand Consumers”: @Porter_Anderson @MarkPiesing


Writing for Magazines: The How-To Article and Querying it: by Deborah Lyn Stanley


Hugo Setzer, Bodour Al Qasimi, Confirmed at Frankfurt for IPA Leadership: @Porter_Anderson @HugoSetzer @Bodour


How to Make an Audiobook: A Guide to Self Publishing Audiobooks: @TCKPublishing


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Penguin Random House Opening Southeast Asia Operation Based in Singapore: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’ Conference: Pablo Laurino of Argentina’s https://t.co/1xgCklUkaP: @Porter_Anderson @laurinop @pubperspectives


Tuesday Rights Buzz from the Frankfurt’s Literary Agents Center: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives


Women Should Be Seen AND Heard: Women Writers from Asia Pacific: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives


Macmillan CEO John Sargent answers questions from journalists on ‘Fire and Fury,’ Rowohlt, More: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying


Tips for the Query Process: @atrueblood5


Publishing / Process / Book Design


How to Sell Books by Optimizing Your Book Cover Design: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice


Writing Craft / Beginnings


Ins and Outs: Opening and Closing Images: @SPressfield


5 Ways to Give Your Character a Memorable Entrance: @dougeboch


Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists


How to Write an Antagonist That Everyone Loves — And Why You Should: @melissafreyauth


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


Writing Extraordinary Characters: @Lindasclare


Characters and Craft: Learning To Leave Yourself Behind: @AnneLParrish @WomenWriters


Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Locksmith: @beccapuglisi


5 Ways to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters: @KMWeiland


Writing Craft / Characters / Supporting Characters


Why Comic Relief Characters Often Don’t Make Good Main Characters: @VictoriaGHowell


Writing Craft / Common Mistakes


Why a Well-Written Novel Can Still Stink: @Janice_Hardy


Does Your Story Have a Solid Foundation? @SueColetta1


Writing Craft / Dialogue


The Ins and Outs of Internal Dialogue: @LoriAnnFreeland


Writing Craft / Literary Devices


Three Ways of Revising (or Avoiding) Preachy Themes in Your Story: @SaraL_Writer @DIYMFA


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


10 Exercises to Become a Better Writer: @ReedsyHQ


A Warm-Up Exercise for Writers: @jamesagard


Put Some Snap in Your Style: @jamesscottbell


Writing Exercises for Stretching Your Style: by T.L. Bodine


Writing Craft / POV


Plot, PoV and Agenda. Or: Is This Your Story to Tell? @sona_c


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming


Tips for Choosing Names: @PhilAthans


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


Manchester by the Sea: Using Story Grid: by Leslie Watts @StoryGrid


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


Writer @kaath09 on the Research Rabbit Hole:


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept


Five Reasons Not to Write a Persecution Flip Story: by Dave Lerner @mythcreants


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


Don’t Forget the Basics: Punctuation: @AndreaMerrell


Writing Craft / Revision


How to Identify and Cut Your Story’s Filler: @kristen_kieffer


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


Writing Groups Might Be Terrible, But You Probably Need One: @AnneHawley @rsmonterusso


How to Handle a Difficult Critique: by Linda Wilson


Writing Craft / Series


8 Things Learned Writing a Sequel: by A. E. Lowan @mythicscribes


Writing Craft / Settings and Description


How to Choose Setting with a Purpose: @LiveWriteThrive


Writing Craft / Synopses


3 Story Uses for a Synopsis: @KerryGans


How to Write a Novel Synopsis: @Kid_Lit


Writing Craft / Tension


Creating Tension Between the Lines: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


500+ Ways to Describe Body Build and Physique: @KathySteinemann


Writing Craft / World-Building


Build a World, Hook a Reader: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed


Writing Tools / Apps


3 Ways to Search in Scrivener 3: @Gwen_Hernandez


Getting Your Word Counts to Match in Scrivener: @aprildavila


Organizing Scrivener to Plot Your Novel (Video): @AllanLMann @IndieAuthorALLI


Writing Tools / Thesauri


How to use the Thesaurus Properly: @SeptCFawkes

 

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