Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


The importance of backing up your work: @hmgardner @TheIWSG


How to Get a Good Author Photo — And Why You Need One: @BrynDonovan


How to protect your book’s confidentiality (video) : @pubcoach


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


5 Things to Remember When Running Writing Workshops: by Sophie-Louise Hyde @writingcookbook


Frankfurter Buchmesse 2018 Records a Mild Increase in Attendance: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Aleida and Jan Assmann Presented with German Book Trade Peace Prize in Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


FutureBook Awards 2018 Shortlists Announced at Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Northern Ireland’s Anna Burns Wins 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction: @ManBookerPrize @Porter_Anderson

Conferences and Events / NaNoWriMo


How NaNoWriMo Destroyed My Project: from Ellie Writes Stories


The Nonfiction Writer’s Guide to National Novel Writing Month: @WriteNowCoach


NaNoWriMo 2018: How to FINALLY Write Your 30-Day Novel: @ReedsyHQ


7 Ways to Prepare for NaNoWriMo Right Now: @EmmanuelNataf @ReedsyHQ


4 Speedy Strategies to Boost Your NaNoWriMo Word Count: @Magic_Violinist @write_practice


How to Prepare for NaNoWriMo: @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ


Outline Your Novel for NaNoWriMo: @LiveWriteThrive


Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels


How to Know if You Should Write a Book: @JeffGoins


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


TV and Film as Inspiration: Finding What’s Good:


Entertainment as Inspiration: Music:


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


12 Alternate History Fiction Books to Read Now: @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads


Have We Ever Had Enough Time to Read? by Christina Lupton @lithub


9 Terrifying Tales You Won’t Find in the Horror Section: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom


Messed-Up Things You Missed About Your Favorite Children’s Books: @ahoffkosik @ElectricLit


Top 10 cliques in fiction: by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott @GuardianBooks


Learning to Write by Reading: @writing_tips


The 8 Most Hellish Schools in Fiction: @erinkbart @ElectricLit


8 Books to Read Based on Your Favorite TV Shows: @tolaniherself @OffTheShelf


Spookiest Fictional Libraries: @5minlib


Five Military Science Fiction Books of Magic, Mutations, and War: @mattstaggs @unboundworlds


10 Novels of Our Bio-Hacked, Transhuman, Gene-Spliced Future: @mattstaggs @unboundworlds


Creativity and Inspiration / Miscellaneous


Can Creativity Pass Through Generations via DNA? @SueColetta1


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


Six steps to increase your writing productivity every day: by Jen Glantz @TheWriterMag


Writing is Work, and You Need to Make Time for It: by Karen White @SignatureReads


Write Whenever You Can, Not When You Think You Should: @BE_Sanderson


The Usefulness of Lists for Your Writing: @Wordstrumpet


Making Time to Write – Should You Keep Writing Office Hours? @JanalynVoigt


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly


3 Tricks to Instantly Increase Your Writing Speed: @SaffronBryant @pbackwriter


Creativity and Inspiration / Success


How to Write a Bestseller (and Why That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does): @JeffGoins


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


10 Important Things Life Has Taught 1 Writer So Far: @colleen_m_story


Giving Ourselves Permission to Write: @KerrySchafer @WomenWriters


What Playing Pickleball Taught Me About Writing: @christophpaul_ @LitReactor


6 Basic Truths About Writing: @LiveReadLA @scriptmag


The Key to Reducing Stress is Solving the Problem: @TCKPublishing


7 Tips for Working (aka Writing) From Home: @RachVD @IndieReader


Lessons to Learn From Writing Mistakes & Failures: @EdieMelson


Bullet Journaling for Writers: @EdieMelson


One Writer’s Journey of Writing and Autoimmune Disease: @CharBlackwell @WomenWriters


5 Tips on Writing Through a Difficult Time: by Nicole Pyles @womenonwriting


Writing, Politics, and the Fuzzy Grey Line Between: @JoEberhardt @WriterUnboxed


Resting From Your Labors: @writingthrulife


Genres / Fantasy


How to Map a Fantasy World: @IzykStewart @tordotcom


Five Ways Gods and the Afterlife Change a Fantasy Setting: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants


20 Things to Consider When Building Fantasy Worlds: @seesarawrite @WritersDigest


The Fantasy Character Arc: by A. Howitt @mythicscribes


Elements of Fantasy: Owls: by Janie Bill @FantasyFaction


Genres / Historical


Fact vs. Fiction in Historical Novels (Podcast): @rebeccabehrens @DIYMFA


5 Ways to Create Immersive Setting in Historical Fiction: by Jacquelin Cangro @DIYMFA


Genres / Memoir


Marketing a Memoir: 5 Crucial Things to Consider: @Bookgal


Genres / Mystery


Crime Writing: 6 Ways to Help Your Make-Believe Evidence Collection More Believable: @LeeLofland


Family Similarities in Mannerisms and Attitudes as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg


Young Narrators of Crime: @CazziF @CrimeReads


Do Inmates Have Access to Crime Novels? @mollsotov89 @CrimeReads


Alternative Schools as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg


Genres / Poetry


How to Publish a Poem: 3 Ways to Become a Published Poet: @TCKPublishing


Promo / Ads


Using Amazon Marketing System for increased book sales (video): @ExtremelyAvg @katbiggie @IndieAuthorALLI


Promo / Metadata


Metadata and pricing your book (video): @rcutlerSpark @IngramSpark @IndieAuthorALLI


Promo / Miscellaneous


Your Advance Reader Copy: 6 Tech Tools for Sharing ARCs: @carlaking @BookWorksNYC


Sample Marketing Timeline for Launching a New Book: @DianaUrban @BookBub


How to Sell Books to Someone Other Than Your Mom: @DavidHSafford @write_practice


A Marketing Exercise That is a Must for Your Critique Group: @Margo_L_Dill @womenonwriting


Writing Character Interviews for Promotions: @ZoeMMcCarthy


7 Book Marketing Tips for Writers: @EdieMelson


Promo / Social Media Tips


5 Easy Steps to Make a Great YouTube Thumbnail: @mellamusic


Publishing / Miscellaneous


Serial Box Gets the Jump on Halloween Friday With a Free ‘Exquisite Corpse’ Series: @Porter_Anderson @serialboxpub


Publishing / News / Data


August Sales Increases for Trade Publishers: Audiobooks Gain, Ebooks Steady: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Frankfurter Buchmesse and LIMA Open New Partnership During Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


The Book Market in India: A Report from Nitasha Devasar: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


At Frankfurt: The #OnTheSamePage Human Rights Project Rolls Out: @Porter_Anderson @I_Serageldin


‘Words Without Borders’ October: India’s Dalit Literature in Hindi: @Porter_Anderson @wwborders


Arctic Circle Publishing: Inhabit Media Makes Its Frankfurt Debut: @CarlaJDouglas @pubperspectives


Sci-Fi, Women Leading Audiobook Consumption in Canada: @Porter_Anderson @BookNet_Canada


Amazon finally adds 5 Indian languages to KDP for ebook self-publishers. POD still not an option: @TNPS10


More IPA Election Results; McIntosh Combines Crown and Random House: @pubperspectives @Porter_Anderson


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing


5 Stages of Preparing to Publish: @bookmarketing


How to Write a Book Proposal: Including a Template, Samples, and Instructions: @TCKPublishing


Publishing / Process / Book Design


Is social media influencing book cover design? by Holly Connolly @GuardianBooks


Publishing / Process / Distribution


Distribution: Should You Go Wide or Narrow? @DaveChesson @beccapuglisi


Publishing / Process / Self-Publishing


The Self-Publishing Path: It’s Often Anything But “Self”: @JaneFriedman @WritersDigest


Publishing / Process / Translation


Ticket to Bologna: Daniel Hahn Announces Editors’ Translation Trip: @Porter_Anderson @danielhahn02


Writing Craft / Beginnings


Finding Sentences to Start a Story: 7 Methods: @nownovel


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


9 Ways to Keep Your Character From Being Boring: @_HannahHeath


Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Recruiter: @AngelaAckerman


How Do I Portray a Smart Character? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants


Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists


Four Secrets to Making Unlikable Characters Work: @p2p_editor


Writing Craft / Literary Devices


Why Appreciating Your Theme Will Improve Your Writing: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks


Tips for Using Symbolism: @writingandsuch


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Writing Rules to Ignore: by P.J. Parrish @killzoneauthors


Love as a Subplot: @janetlaneauthor @RMFWriters


4 Stages of Writing Practice–Where We Are Strong and Where We Can Fall Down: @writeabook


5 Ways Dramatic Techniques Can Transform Your Fiction Writing: @juleshorne @IndieAuthorALLI


Is There an Optimum Chapter Length? by Betty Kelly Sargent @BookWorksNYC


Are You Holding Out on Your Readers? @p2p_editor


How to Write About Negative Leads: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


Tips for Writing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: @storiesnspoons @VictoriaGHowell


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Beats


Writing Beats for Better Stories: @Lindasclare


Writing Craft / Revision


3 Simple Tweaks to Improve Your Writing: @annkroeker


Writing Craft / Scenes


Tips for Writing a Good Scene: @jesslourey


Writing Craft / Series


What if Your Best Book Comes Last in the Series? @SnowflakeGuy


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


How To Use Trigger Words When You Write: @Writers_Write


Writing Tools / Apps


Ten Reasons to Write Your Novel in Scrivener: @kristen_kieffer


13 Free Tools for Authors That Take the Pain out of Self-Publishing: @DaveChesson @WritetoDone


Writing Tools / Miscellaneous


Tools for the Visual-Spatial Writer (and the Rest of Us): by Barbara Linn Probst @beccapuglisi


Uncategorized


Is the future female? Fixing sci-fi’s women problem: @mollyflatt @GuardianBooks

 

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