Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

How to Enjoy Craft Fair Season as an Author (and Sell More Books): @charitybradford
Co-Writing Across Distance: Improve Your Non-Fiction Ideas, Clarity, and Writing Speed: @mkilby @johannarothman @thecreativepenn

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Mexican-American Author Wins 2019 Top Watty Award: @Porter_Anderson @AshleighGardner @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Writers, Remember: The Wand Chooses The Wizard: @MBarker_190
Turn Your Dreams Into A Plot Generator: by Alexis Schaffer @WomenWriters

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Quotes

14 Neil Gaiman Quotes for Writers and About Writing: @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

12 Books That Prove the Literary/Genre Distinction Is Bogus: @AnitaFelicelli @ElectricLit
5 Thrillers Featuring a Small Group of Friends: @cambriabrockman
7 Great Mysteries about Rare Books and Bibliophiles: @MarloweBenn @CrimeReads
Seven of Crime Fiction’s Most Terrifying Marriages: @Gina_LaManna @CrimeReads
Why We Will Always Love “The Masque of the Red Death”: @SD_Sykes @CrimeReads

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Do you like binge writing? Here’s why you shouldn’t: @pubcoach
How To Build a Sustainable Writing Practice: @kristen_kieffer
Defeat your procrastination and start writing: a 5-step guide: @beprolifiko

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

Beating Writer’s Block: @davidfarland

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

How to Consistently Write Faster (and More Efficiently): @DaveChesson @WritetoDone

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Rob Hart: Five Things I Learned Writing The Warehouse: @robwhart @ChuckWendig
25 Tips for Writers: by Lynne Benton
Finding Balance: @KRBiel @WomenWriters
5 Things That Transformed One Writer’s Writing Life: @LindaCharles167 @jemifraser
One Writer’s Nanny Job to Support Her Writing: @Madeli63 @CrimeReads
How Well-intentioned Loved Ones Can Sabotage Your Writing Career: @annerallen
Finding the Right Writer Organization: @Julie_Glover
Writing and the Creative Life: The Tactile Experience of Writing: @GoIntoTheStory
What Readers Want: Is is a Personal Relationship with Authors? @annerallen
The Creative Introvert: @creativeintro @thecreativepenn
What If I Can’t Write Anymore? @AlisonRagsdale @WomenWriters
How Writing a Novel Is Like a Romance: @Janice_Hardy

Genres / Memoir

Memoir & Legacy: Writing about Summers Past: @writingthrulife

Genres / Mystery

Genealogy Research and the Crime Novelist: @KMLwrites @WritersDigest
Writing Engaging Cozy Mystery Series Hooks: Tips and Tricks: @Ellen__Jacobson

Genres / Romance

Writing the Western Romance: @ninsthewriter @WomenWriters

Genres / Screenwriting

Scheduling and Budgeting Film and TV for Beginners – Breaking Down a Script: @paulalandry @scriptmag
The TV Writer Spec Episode Database: @BittrScrptReadr
Screenwriting: Working as a Writers’ Assistant: Rules – the Complete List: @BittrScrptReadr

Promo / Ads

Should you pay to advertise your book? (Podcast): @BirdsOAFpress @davidpenny_

Promo / Blogging

How the Medium Partner Program Helps Writers Earn Money on Medium: @DaveSchoools @thewritelife

Promo / Miscellaneous

Develop a Reader Base, Not a Fan Base: @NewShelvesBooks @JFbookman
Audiobook Promotion for Indie Authors: @mlouisalocke @IndieAuthorALLI

Promo / Podcasts

How To Map Out A Podcast Script: @hollieivyblog @Writers_Write

Publishing / Miscellaneous

“The People in Publishing I Learn From”: @JaneFriedman
4 Ways Publisher Rocket Helps Indie Authors Thrive on Amazon: @DaveChesson
Steve Hamilton And The New ‘Disruptors’ In The Book Publishing Industry: @crtaylor33 @Forbes
Publishing with an independent press: (podcast): @LouiseHarnby @lemeryqgeq
Pros and Cons of Releasing 2 Books on the Same Day:

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Hugo Setzer Opens the IPA Middle East Seminar in Jordan: @Porter_Anderson @hugosetzer @IntPublishers @eitehadn @Bodour @PublisHerEvents
IPA Middle East Seminar: Digital Distribution, Audiobooks, and Resistance: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
UAE’s Noura Al Kaabi in Amman: ‘Nurturing Talent’: @Porter_Anderson @NouraAlKaabi @pubperspectives
The UK’s Publishers Association Schedules an ‘Urgent’ Brexit Forum: @Porter_Anderson @StephenLotinga @PublishersAssoc
Rising Traction for Indigenous Publishing in Australia: by Andrea Hanke @pubperspectives
Bodour Al Qasimi in Jordan: Take Publishing ‘Safely Into the Future’: @Porter_Anderson @Bodour @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
The Sheikh Zayed Book Prize’s Ali Bin Tamim: ‘Timeless Globalized Values’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
The Author’s Viewpoint: Arabic Fiction Laureate Ibrahim Nasrallah: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
UK Publishers Association Slams Trump’s EU Tariffs on Books: @Porter_Anderson @AmericanPublish @pubperspectives
Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Norway: Maja Lunde’s ‘Snow Sister’ Film Rights: @Porter_Anderson @majalunde @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing

3 Ways to Embarrass Your Editor or Agent: @bobhoss

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches

How not to Screw up an Agent Pitch Session: by Linda Maye Adams @annerallen

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

5 Tips for Surviving Rejection: @ConstanceEmmett @DIYMFA

Publishing / Process / Book Design

Font Tips for Book Covers: by Christine Holmes @FloridaWriters1
Tips from a Cover Designer: @rachellwrites
Trending: Illustrated Romance Covers, Romcoms: @noirbettie @BookRiot

Publishing / Process / ISBNs

How to Get an ISBN Number for a Self-Published Book and Other ISBN FAQs: @ScottAllan2

Publishing / Process / Legalities

Plagiarism vs. Copyright Infringement: by Kelley Way @BethBarany

Publishing / Process / Translation

International Translation Day: Simon Bruni on Penning Paul Pen in English: @Porter_Anderson @SimonBruni @_PaulPen
The Daily Alchemy of Translation: @jenniferlcroft @nybooks

Writing Craft / Beginnings

10 Tips for Writing The First Chapter of Your Book: @jennamoreci

Writing Craft / Chapter Endings

Endings: Where to Start: @HouseRowena

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Start with Character First: @LauraDrakeBooks

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

The 3 Ways to Show Emotion in Your Characters: @LiveWriteThrive

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

Destined and Wounded Heroes: by Antonio del Drago @mythicscribes

Writing Craft / Conflict

Key Types of Conflict: Which One Best Fits Your Story? @JordanDane

Writing Craft / Devices / Repetition

7 swift storytelling hacks for back story, description, dialogue, exposition, point of view and plot: @Roz_Morris

Writing Craft / Diversity

“Can I Rehabilitate the Trope of East Meets West?” by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Drafts

How to Approach the Second Draft of Your Novel-in-Making: @EmmanuelNataf @LitReactor

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye Offers a Master Class in Craft: @WriterUnboxed @NancyJAuthor

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Life Into Fiction: Turning a True Event Into a Compelling Story: by Stephanie Kane @WritersDigest
Writing Your Story’s Set-up: @Lindasclare
9 Tips for a Satisfying Plot: @shaelinbishop
“What I Learned about Writing from Narrating Audiobooks”: @AnneJanzer

Writing Craft / POV

POV Basics: @victoria_grif7
How to Write First Person Point-of-View: @WriteToSell

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming

How to Choose a Book Title: by Tom Ashford @pbackwriter

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

How to Tell if Your Story Has Too Much Plot, Not Enough Character: @KMWeiland

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

Unusual Writing Tips: Dealing With Facts In Science-Based Fiction: by Sam Bleicher @thecreativepenn

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

This Is the Right Way to Capitalize Headlines: @JohnHMaher @The_Millions

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

Accepting Feedback with Grace and Perspective: @WillowWoodford

Writing Tools / Books

11 of The Best Self-Help Books for Writers: @sacha_black

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