Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Copyediting Jobs: How to Estimate Hours and Pricing: @SubvCopyEd @JaneFriedman
How to Renegotiate a Freelance Writing Deadline: @TheJohnSoares

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

The British Academy Announces the 2019 Al-Rodhan Prize Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson
BookExpo Announces a Shorter Show for 2020 in New York City: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @BookExpoAmerica
National Book Foundation Honors American Booksellers’ Oren Teicher: @Porter_Anderson
IPA’s Regional Events Expand: Bodour Al Qasimi on the Amman Seminar: @Porter_Anderson @Bodour @KristennEinars1
At Frankfurter Buchmesse: International Roma Writers Union Events: @Porter_Anderson @AmazonPub @Book_Fair

Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels

How I Wrote My First Book: Don’t Do These 7 Things: @MichaelLaRonn

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

Checking in with your writing goals: @SusanNealYoga @EdieMelson

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Quotes

14 Shirley Jackson Quotes for Writers and About Writing: @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Finding Book Recommendations Beyond the Usual: @JamiGold

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Writing During the Different Seasons of Your Life: @10minnovelist
The Busy Trap: @cathychall @womenonwriting
7 Innovative Journaling Techniques You’ll Want to Try: @writingthrulife
Smart use of your smartphone: @pubcoach
Do You Suffer from Imposter Syndrome? @FinishedPages @womenonwriting
Feeling Motivated to Write, But Too Exhausted to Create: @MegDowell
Where an Author’s Story Begins: @kcraftwriter
Switching To A Bullet Journal: @kwistent
Of Poetry and Pilgrimage: Queer Writers Staying Hopeful in Madrid: @anna_hundert @lithub
Building The Custom Notebook: @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor
Why You Need to Celebrate Your Writing Journey: @NinaAmir
Writing and the Debut Author Experience: @ER_Ramzipoor @noelle_salazar
Writing/not writing: @maryhorner @womenonwriting
Key Ways to Rediscover your Writing “Fun Mojo”: @JordanDane @killzoneauthors
Misunderstanding Write What You Know: @HDemchick

Genres / Horror

Secrets and Mysteries and Their Importance to Horror: @timwaggoner

Genres / Mystery

Tips for Red Herrings in a Cozy Mystery:
50 Years Ago, Scooby Doo Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed: @oldrutigliano @CrimeReads
How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids: by Eleni Theodoropoulos @CrimeReads

Genres / Non-Fiction

5 Self-Publishing Mistakes Nonfiction Authors Need to Avoid: @NinaAmir

Genres / Picture Books

Want to Self-Publish a Rhyming Children’s Book? Read This First: @KarenCV

Genres / Poetry

Identifying Themes in Our Poems: @Sara_HeartStory @DIYMFA

Genres / Science Fiction

Science Fiction—More than Just Gizmos: @WriteMariaGrace @KristenLambTX

Genres / Young Adult

20 Mistakes to Avoid in YA Fiction and Romance: @writingandsuch

Promo / Ads

BookBub Ads – The FAQ: @DavidGaughran

Promo / Images

Embed Words in Your Photos for Discovery: by Lee Foster @JFbookman

Promo / Metadata

How to Self-Publish and Market a Book: Keywords: @hanque99 @TheIWSG

Promo / Miscellaneous

What all authors can learn from book marketing case studies: @sandrabeckwith
25+ Little-Known Hacks to Promote Your Book: @ReedsyHQ
5 Ways to Successfully Market Your Book: @createastorylov

Promo / Podcasts

Free tool for marketing your podcast on social media: @BirdsOAFpress

Promo / Social Media Tips

Why Social Media is a Death-Trap for Writers: @PSHoffmanAuthor
How to Run a Twitter Chat: by Tim Lewis @StonehamPress @IndieAuthorALLI

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Selling Your Books to an International Audience: @Bookgal @BookWorksNYC
How Publishers Distribute Books: @alexadonne
Industry Notes: AAP Flags Declining US Student Spending on Books: @Porter_Anderson @AmericanPublish
The UK’s Greystone Books Announces Issue-Driven Kids’ List: @Porter_Anderson @greystonebooks

Publishing / News / Amazon

IBPA Backs US Publishers Association in Objections to ‘Audible Captions’: @Porter_Anderson @angelabole @ibpa

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Industry Notes: Germany’s Voland & Quist Opens UK, Irish Distribution: @Porter_Anderson
Sharjah and Russia Sign Agreement at Moscow International Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
BookNet Canada Issues Its First ‘State of Independent Bookselling’ Report: @Porter_Anderson
Open Road and Canada’s levelFILM Announce ‘The Lineup’ Deal: @Porter_Anderson @OpenRoadMedia @levelFILM
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk Headlines Hay Festival in Peru: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches

Pitching Your Writing: Tips: @Lindasclare

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

How Do You Find a Literary Agent? @RachelleGardner

Publishing / Process / Book Design

Cover Design Terms You’ll Want to Know: by Mary Neighbour
The Perils of Designing a Cover for a Novel You Truly Love: by Oliver Munday @lithub

Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid

The Combined Book Exhibit and Author Scams: @DavidGaughran

Writing Craft / Beginnings

Nail a character’s first impression (Page critique): @NathanBransford

Writing Craft / Characters / Arc

The 2 Heroic Arcs: @KMWeiland

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Help for Pantsers Through Character: @AngelaAckerman

Writing Craft / Dialogue

How to Craft Engaging Dialogue Exchanges: by Peter Gelfan

Writing Craft / Endings

Writing the Ending: Tying Up All the Loose Ends: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Humor

Writing Tips: 7 Ways To Write Funnier Fiction: @brotzel_fiction @thecreativepenn

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

In The Spotlight: Shonda Rhimes’ Top 10 Writing Rules: by Alice Hayden @Bang2write
Advice for Writers from Ansel Adams: @hilarydavidson @CareerAuthors
Editor Roundtable: Lessons from the Film ‘Deep Impact’: by Leslie Watts @StoryGrid

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Writing Your Novel’s Middle: @Lindasclare
7 Tips to Writing Single Father Characters: @cyallowitz
A Manuscript Checklist: @HankPRyan @CareerAuthors
Learning How to Write Girls with Agency in Fiction: @estefsays @lithub
How Great Storytellers Put the “Meth” into “Method”: @KristenLambTX
6 Rules for Writing Realistic, Meaningful Gunfights: by Stephen Hunter @CrimeReads

Writing Craft / Pacing

How Do I Keep My Character-Driven Novel From Dragging? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
Write a Page-Turner: Master the 7 Rules of the Cliffhanger: @RuthHarrisBooks

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

Paragraphs and When to Break Them: from Writing Questions Answered
How to Use a Dash—in Fiction Writing: @SeptCFawkes
Nine Things You Didn’t Know About the Semicolon: @ceceliawatson @The_Millions

Writing Craft / Revision

Quick and Brilliant Revision Trick: @jamesagard
12 Tips to Edit a Story Draft into an Enjoyable Read: @ZoeMMcCarthy

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

Beta Readers: The Key To Improving Your Manuscript: @hanque99
How to deal with writing criticism: @jasonbougger

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

160+ Ways to Describe Weather: @WordDreams
How to Write Description Without Going Overboard: @Janice_Hardy
Novel Scene Description: @Kid_Lit

Writing Craft / Tension

Creating Tension at the Micro Level: @LiveWriteThrive

Writing Tools / Apps

How to Track a Scrivener Project with Metadata: @ph_solomon @StoryEmpire

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