Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Choosing a Publicist: Ruling Out and Ruling In: by Barbara Linn Probst @JaneFriedman
How Working With an Author Assistant Helps Writers: @TheRuralVA @BadRedheadMedia
Avoiding Terrible Writing Advice: @davidfarland
This Is Why Credibility Forges a Strong Brand: @Charli_Mills @BadRedheadMedia
Indie Authors and Copyright Debates: @FriendsWFibro @OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI
Audio Books: Working with a Narrator: @MJBowersock @IndiesUnlimited
Improve Your Book Page on Amazon: @sandrabeckwith
The Curious Incident of the Dog & the Missing Royalties: by Dan Rhodes @PassiveVoiceBlg
Agent Rosemary Stimola: Selling Rights to Another Potential Bullseye: @Porter_Anderson @StimolaLiterary @pubperspectives

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Poland’s ‘Fashionable’ Book Fairs: ‘Building Book Readership’: @jaroslawadamows @pubperspectives
Nielsen Book and Rakuten OverDrive Sign On for the UK’s Libraries Week: @Porter_Anderson @CILIPinfo @OverDriveLibs
How to Prep for Outdoor Book and Author Events: @ChrysFey
Hay Festival in Mexico Led by Michael Ondaatje, Juan Manuel Santos: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / Careers in Writing and Day Jobs

5 Tips to Turn Your English Major Into a Writing Job: by Savannah Cordova @ReedsyHQ @DIYMFA

Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels

How to Write a Book Step by Step: @MichaelLaRonn

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

How Can We Make Sense of Our Goals and Priorities? @JamiGold

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Quotes

10 Favorite Writing Tips from Successful Authors: @WritersDigest

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

The Sad But Inevitable Trend Toward Forgotten SF: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
6 Favorite Stories of Being Tossed Into Space: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

5 Tips for Writing with Small Children: By Bethany Henry
What can you write in 20 minutes? @pubcoach
Writing with a Full-Time Job: 4 Important Tips: @MichaelLaRonn
How to Motivate Yourself to Write Every Day: @QuotidianWriter

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

How to Get Unstuck as You Write Your Novel: @createastorylov

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

“How I Organize My Writing Days With A Full-Time Job”: @authorkristenm
How to Write a Novel: Four Fiction Writers on Danielle Steel’s Insane Working Day: @A_WritersStudio
A To Be Written List: @BethMooreSchool
How to Teach Yourself to Think Like a Writer: @lornafaith
A To-Do List for the Overwhelmed Writer:
6 Ways Bridge Can Make You A Better Writer: by Alex J. Coyne @Writers_Write

Genres / Historical

Blurred Lines: Writing Historical Fiction From Fact: @MelanieBen @WritersDigest

Genres / Mystery

Crime Writing: Female suspects, writing research and police cars: @WritersDetctive

Genres / Non-Fiction

Getting the Right Cover for Your Book: by Cathi Stevenson @NonfictionAssoc
How to DIY a Nonfiction Index: @letsplaymath @IndieAuthorALLI

Genres / Romance

How to Sell Romance Novels: 5 Essential Strategies: @Bookgal @IngramSpark
How to Keep the Romance in a Romance Novel: @ElaineStock

Promo / Ads

How to Setup a UK Amazon Ads Account: @rachelmcwrites @IndieAuthorALLI

Promo / Blogging

The Concise Guide to Building Relationships with Other Bloggers: @crsmihai

Promo / Connecting with Readers

Do You Really Know Your Audience? @LisaTener

Promo / Images

72 Free Image Sources for Authors: @ShelleySturgeon @JFbookman

Promo / Miscellaneous

How to Get an Author Photo Readers Will Love: @IngeniumBooks @IndieAuthorALLI
How to Make Author Network Connections with Five Easy Elements: @DoctorJAuthor @BadRedheadMedia
Book Marketing: How To Turn Your Book Into A Podcast With AI Narration: by by Makoto Tokudome @thecreativepenn
4 Dirty Little Secrets About Social Media Marketing for Authors: @CaballoFrances

Promo / Newsletters

Changing Newsletter Services: Resources:
How to Improve Your Email Newsletters Right Now: @sugarbeatbc @BadRedheadMedia

Promo / Platforms

“How I Helped This Author Grow Her Platform From Scratch”: @DanBlank

Promo / Podcasts

How to Grow Your Podcast Audience From Zero (Podcast): @cksyme

Promo / Pricing

How Book Pricing is a Powerful Strategy to Sell More Books: @IndieReader

Promo / Websites

How to Set Your Author Website Foundation: @BookWorksNYC @BadRedheadMedia

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Annual Anthology Contest from @TheIWSG :
Scholastic Supports New ‘Dog Man’ Release With International Pilkey Tour: @Porter_Anderson
Can Cryptocurrency Help Evolve Publishing’s IP as an Investment Asset? @Porter_Anderson
HarperCollins and Sony Pictures Entertainment in Gabler Partnership: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Audio Publishers Association Survey: Nearly $1 Billion in 2018 Sales: @Porter_Anderson
The Importance of Keeping Old Work Alive In Different Formats: @KristineRusch
Switzerland’s getAbstract: Nonfiction Summaries, by Permission: @Porter_Anderson @getAbstract
Abrams & Chronicle Books, in Its UK Partnership, Names Inez Munsch: @Porter_Anderson @AbramsChronicle @pubperspectives

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Japan’s Kinokuniya Announces 33rd Overseas Bookstore in Abu Dhabi: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Rights Roundup: Presenters of Books at Cannes Offer Titles To Consider: @Porter_Anderson
Translation Rights: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Signs Three-Language Deal: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

Tips for required bio fields on portal querying: @Janet_Reid

Publishing / Process / Book Design

Bring Your Book Covers to Life with Facebook’s 3D Photos: @JohnDoppler @IndieAuthorALLI

Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid

Writer Beware®: The Blog: Awards Profiteers: How Writers Can Recognize Them and Why They Should Avoid Them: @victoriastrauss

Writing Craft / Characters / Arc

8 Times Good Characters Went Bad: by Andrea Oh @ElectricLit

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Improv Games to Help You Walk in Your Characters’ Shoes: @younginklings @NaNoWriMo
How to Write (or avoid) Flat Characters: @ReedsyHQ

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

How to avoid cliched emotional responses in your writing: @beccapuglisi @annerallen

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

Reader Pet Peeves: The Rushed Ending: @Peter_Rey_

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

5 Lessons Fiction Writers Can Learn From Video Games: @teachrobotslove

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

When to Write It, When to Walk Away: On the Problem of Too Much Metaphor: @JessicaFKane @lithub
What Every Writer Should Know About Theme: @LMacNaughton

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

A Powerful Visual Image in Your Story: @ZoeMMcCarthy
How Fiction Writers Can Improve The Quality of Their Prose: @kristen_kieffer

Writing Craft / Pacing

How Pacing Helps Readers Care about Our Characters: @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming

15 Ways to Create a Book Title: via I-Can-Give-You-Prompts

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

The Role of the Archetype in Stories: @SHalvatzis

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

31 Best Online Research Tools: @TCKPublishing

Writing Craft / Revision

Why Good Editing Is Good Marketing: @Alexandria_SZ @BadRedheadMedia
Author Mindset: How To Love Self-Editing: @HayleyMilliman @thecreativepenn

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

The Place of Place in Our Writings: @Porter_Anderson @WriterUnboxed
6 Tips for Adding Life to Your Locations: by Nils Ödlund @mythicscribes

Writing Craft / Tropes

Genre Tropes: What Are They? by Tom Ashford @pbackwriter

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