Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

The author–editor relationship: From getting in touch to making a booking: @LouiseHarnby
Society of Authors Calls on UK Government to Fight Online Book Piracy: @Porter_Anderson @malorieblackman @Soc_of_Authors
Using Ghostwriters: Authors vs. Author Mills: @shilohwalker @JamiGold
The Editor’s 6 Core Questions: @valerie_francis @StoryGrid
Thinking of Taking a Creative Writing Course? Thoughts on Choosing One: @Roz_Morris

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

The UK’s CrimeFest Awards Shortlists Include Clinton, Patterson, King: @Porter_Anderson @CrimeFest
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Names 2019 International Shortlists: @Porter_Anderson
Five Women Authors, Six Women Translators Are on Man Booker International’s Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson
Oscar’s Book Prize Announces Its 2019 Shortlist for Kids Under 5: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Writer @hanque99 With a Resource for School Visits:
The UK’s Young Writer Prize Opens for Submissions and Remixes Its Sponsors: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Boost Your Creativity: How to Jump-Start Your Brain: @readstevenjames @WritersDigest

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Top 10 books about women and the sea: @charlotteruncie @GuardianBooks
Four SFF Novels with Something Very Specific in Common: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
Five Genre-Bending Young Adult Books: @AstridScholte @tordotcom
5 New Nonfiction Books to Inspire a Long Journey: by Victoria Sanderson @DIYMFA
The Best Bookstores in All 50 States: @mental_floss

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Writing: How to Find More Time to Write: @LouiseTondeur @IndieAuthorALLI
Scheduling for Writing Success: @ShannaSwendson

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Baby Come Back…To Your Library: @LitReactor @helpfulsnowman
How to Be a Writer in Five Steps: by Ellen Birkett Morris @brevitymag
On Running, Prescriptive Teaching, and the Language of First Drafts: @themoneyiowe @CleaverMagazine
Balancing Parts of a Writing Career: @aprildavila
Business Musings: Keeping Priorities Straight as a Writer: @KristineRusch
How I Work: A Typical Day of Writing, Promo, and Business:
Why Copying Other Successful Authors Won’t Make You Successful: @colleen_m_story @TheIWSG
“The Strange Things I’ve Found inside Books”: by Jane Stern @parisreview
18 Famous Writers & Their Weird & Wonderful Work Habits: by Laura Tong @WritetoDone
On Writing with a Typewriter: by Toby Juffre Goode @CleaverMagazine
Appreciating the ‘powerful good’ of the public library: @Kristen_Arnett @NewsHour
Do You Ever Feel Like You’re Not Making Any Progress … At All? @MegDowell
Best Reader, Worse Enemy: @foster_rudy_ @CleaverMagazine
National Library Week: 9 fascinating facts about librarians: by Sam Romano @CNN
Creativity: 3 Ways To Cultivate Discipline In Your Writing Life: by Nathan Wade @thecreativepenn
How long should a writing session be? @pubcoach
5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Cleveland: by Grace Roberson @lithub
11 pieces of book writing advice you need to know: @TheLeighShulman
Writing and the Creative Life: Boundaries of Space, Boundaries of Time: @GoIntoTheStory
6 Tips to Help You Prep for Your Writing Project: @deadmazquerade @NaNoWriMo

Genres / Horror

The Terror of Seeing Yourself in An Other: 10 Body Doubles in Horror: @beansproutbea@BDisgusting

Genres / Non-Fiction

5 Keys to Writing a Successful Self-Help Book: A Writer’s Checklist: @TCKPublishing

Promo / Blogging

Should All Authors Blog? @RachelleGardner

Promo / Metadata

An Easier Way to Upload Book Metadata to Distribution Platforms: @JoVanEvery @IndieAuthorALLI

Promo / Miscellaneous

Building an Author Platform Without a Smartphone: by Mallory McDuff @CleaverMagazine
7 Myths of Using Press Releases to Promote Your Books: @PublicityHound @JFbookman
Where Writers Get Stuck: Marketing: @allisonmaruska

Publishing / Miscellaneous

How to Fight the Commoditization of Books: @PublishersWkly @markcoker
Secondhand books: the murky world of literary plagiarism: @alisonflood @GuardianBooks

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Turkey’s ITEF Welcomes Fellows; ALTA Translation Award Portals Closing: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Kalimat Foundation Donates 2,000 Children’s and YA Arabic Books to Italian Libraries: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Libreka Partners With OverDrive, Bookwire Builds Audiobook Service: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Icelandic Books to Film: Joni Sighvatsson in Hollywood Buys Bragadottir’s ‘Blood Ties’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
APA and Bookrepublic’s New Survey of International Audiobook Markets: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
China Bestsellers for March: On Stage and in the Public Domain: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

Finding an agent for Both Fiction and Nonfiction: @Janet_Reid
Should you keep querying after a request for a full? @Janet_Reid

Publishing / Process / Book Design

How To Use Your Book Cover To Sell More Books: @ADStarrling @thecreativepenn
How to create image grids for your ebooks: @BirdsOAFpress

Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid

Is This Publisher Legit? How To Make Your Decision: @justpublishing

Writing Craft / Beginnings

An editor critiques a book’s opening: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Ways To Fit Character Development Into Your Story: @writingandsuch
Character Type: Companion: @GoIntoTheStory
What Keeps Your Characters up at Night? by Jeanne Kisacky @WriterUnboxed

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

How to Write the Point of View of an Alpha Male: @CindyFazzi @WomenWriters
5 Tips for Introducing Your Main Character: @_HannahHeath

Writing Craft / Diversity

Writing Diversity in Fiction: @punkjoanofarc @CleaverMagazine

Writing Craft / Drafts

Drafting those many drafts: The 10 revision phases: @JessicaStilling @TheWriterMag

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Storytelling Tips from the Writer of Blade Runner: by Hampton Fancher @lithub

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

What Fairy Tale Settings Can Teach Us About Fiction Writing: by Dana Kroos @CleaverMagazine
Showing and Telling: Seven Ways to Help Your Writing Breathe: by Billy Dean @CleaverMagazine
Using Detachment to Create Powerful Fiction: @foster_rudy_ @CleaverMagazine
Don’t Let Your Reader Get Disengaged: @KarenCV
On Timeline Issues: by Dana Isaacson @CareerAuthors

Writing Craft / POV

Third-Person Limited: Analyzing Fiction’s Most Flexible Point of View: @PeterMountford @WritersDigest

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

How to Outline Your Novel with the Hero’s Journey: @savannahgilbo

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

Writing Characters with ADHD: @AuthorJShulkin @DanKoboldt

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

What’s a Double Negative? 5 Ways to Use Them Correctly: @GrammarGirl

Writing Craft / Revision

Using Your Kindle For Editing: @BE_Sanderson
When to Stop Polishing a Manuscript: @davidfarland

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

5 Stages of Grief For Writers When Dealing with Negative Feedback: @fcheung217 @CleaverMagazine
Beta Readers: Who, When, Why, and So What? by Barbara Linn Probst @JaneFriedman

Writing Craft / Series

Tips for Writing a Series: @AmandaJoyCabot

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

One Common Way Writers Weaken Their Descriptions: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Synopses

Synopsis Do’s And Don’ts: @KMAllan_writer

Writing Craft / Word Crafting

Choosing the Right Words for the Scene: Subtle Changes Can Make a Difference: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / World-Building

Guide To Political World Building: @writingandsuch

Writing Tools / Apps

How to Improve Your Editing With Scrivener’s Linguistic Focus: @kristen_kieffer

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