Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

For Publishers and Nonprofits Facing Cancellation, https://t.co/1xgCklUkaP Offers Services Free: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Should I Use A Sensitivity Reader? @helpfulsnowman
No Sales or Lackluster Sales: It Isn't the Reader, It's the Book…Really: @KristenLambTX
Planes, Readings, and Mayhem: 1 Writer's Year on the Road: @Gabino_Iglesias @LitReactor
How to Create a Business Plan for Your Indie Author Business: @miblart @IndieAuthorALLI
How much does it cost to self-publish a book? @BookDesignBook
Why Do Writers Hire Book Coaches? @jennienash @JaneFriedman
Posting reviews when you're a writer: @Janet_Reid
Will the Coronavirus Hurt Book Sales? @MichaelLaRonn

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Attend the Free SelfPubCon: @AngelaAckerman
IPA and Norwegian Publishers Association Cancel Lillehammer's World Congress: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Jacks Thomas Leaves the UK's Reed Exhibitions and London Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @jacksthomas @LondonBookFair @pubperspectives
British Book Awards: Ceremony Postponed, Some Winners Announced: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
BookExpo Moves to July in New York City: Coronavirus Update: @Porter_Anderson
Books that were to be presented at London Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

5 Places to Keep Goals … and 2 Places you Shouldn't: @DebraEckerling

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Best-selling children’s author Mo Willems on sparking creativity and joy: @The_Pigeon @paulsolman
3 Life-Changing Rules for Finding More Writing Inspiration: @KMWeiland

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

8 Stories About What Really Happens on Campus: @ElectricLit @carolinezancan
A Beginner's Guide to African Crime Fiction: @detectivekubu @CrimeReads
Your coronavirus reading list: reader suggestions to bring joy in difficult times: @GuardianBooks
7 Biographies That Are Secretly Memoirs: @jennshapland @ElectricLit
8 True Crime Podcasts to Listen To in 2020: by Lizzy Steiner @CrimeReads
12 Books About Pandemics: @ElectricLit
Italy's Answer to Coronavirus is a Classic Published Almost 200 Years Ago: @alessioperrone @lithub
Sometimes You Need a Book To Just Make You Laugh: A Reading List: @TheNormanNation @lithub
5 Pandemic Books to Enjoy During Self-Isolation: by Tom Ashford @SelfPubForm

Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation

Getting Serious About Your Writing Career: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Making Time To Write: @evmysterywriter @killzoneauthors
You Might Be Scheduling Your Writing Time All Wrong: @MegDowell
The Key to a Writer’s Productivity: Just Say No: @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors
“Done vs Good: What I’ve learned so far about getting unstuck”: @nancy_reddy @pankmagazine

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

How To Focus And Be Indistractable: @nireyal @thecreativepenn
“Why I’m Not Tracking My Writing Progress Anymore”: @MegDowell

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Going to Dinner with Your Troll, and Other Tales of Writing Gone Viral: @cmaum @lithub
When You Fear What Others Think: @10minnovelist
Why a Writer Suffers Jaw Pain and How to Fix It: by Ken Marshall @colleen_m_story
26 Things to Remember About Being a Writer: @EdieMelson
11 Library Hacks for Riding Out the Coronavirus: @EveryLibrary
How to Build Your Best Writing Life in 2020: @kristen_kieffer
When hope is hard to find: @hmgardner @TheIWSG
Spring Cleaning for Writers:
5 Tips for Creating a Relaxing Writing Space: by Heather Viera @DIYMFA
10 Lessons from a Decade of Writing: @MBjorkWrites
Writers, Sometimes We Just Need to Admit We Can’t Do It All: @bethvogt @EdieMelson
The New Story Idea You Never Asked to Meet: @MegDowell
Writing Tips In Perspective: @caridubiel
How Italian booklovers are coping in the coronavirus lockdown: @MassimoCarlotto @GuardianBooks
COVID-19: A Writer's Guide to Self-Care: @MBjorkWrites
Margaret Heffernan on These ‘Uncharted' Days of Coronavirus Pandemic: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
“My book comes out next year. Do I even believe in next year?” @lillydancyger @ElectricLit
6 Steps to Setting Yourself up Financially as a Writer in 2020: @sacha_black
Do You Really Want to Be a Writer? @jimdempsey @WriterUnboxed
9 Places To Meet Fellow Authors (And How To Connect Once You Do) : by Rebecca Langley @standoutbooks
Tips for Working From Home: @PenPaperPad

Genres / Fantasy

Five Common Masquerade Explanations and Why They’re Bad: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
Six Military Blunders in Speculative Fiction: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
Pro tips for writing and publishing speculative fiction: by Jack Smith @kijjohnson @Janice_Hardy @LindaNagata @TheWriterMag
How Can I Put Swords in a High Tech World? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Genres / Horror

Six Works of Meta-Horror That Break All the Rules: by Sam Reader @TorNightfire

Genres / Miscellaneous

Crossing Genres: A Wild Writing Path: @kathieshoop @WomenWriters

Genres / Mystery

Are Small Town Mysteries Comforting Fictions—or Terrifyingly Relevant? @amykgreen @CrimeReads

Genres / Poetry

A Primer on Speculative Poetry: @BlueTeaEditing @wvancamp

Genres / Screenwriting

Writing The Perfect Hallmark Holiday Romantic Comedy Movie: by Mark Sevi @CreativeScreen

Genres / Young Adult

Awesome Tropes in YA Fiction: @_HannahHeath

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

Writing A Book Blurb In 4 Easy Steps: @KMAllan_writer

Promo / Miscellaneous

BookBub Reviews Offer an Alternative to Goodreads and Amazon: @annerallen
Social Distancing: The Perfect Time for Digital Outreach: by Sue Campbell

Promo / Social Media Tips

The Essentials of Your Goodreads Author Page: @mindofkyleam @ProWritingAid
Social media doesn't sell books, but… @DanBlank
How to Get More LinkedIn Engagement and Clicks: by Robert Brill @SMExaminer

Promo / Speaking

How Writers Can Craft an Ending for Their Presentation: @YvonneOrtega1 @EdieMelson

Publishing / Miscellaneous

The 3 Levels of Trust in Publishing: @johnpwriter
Publishing's Workforce: Early Shifts to Remote Operations in the Coronavirus Pandemic: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coronavirus: Macmillan and PRH Ease Library Digital Book Availability: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coronavirus: Amazon Temporarily Deprioritizes Books and More: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Turkey's ITEF Calls for Fellows; Ferrante Audio Rights Go to PRH: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coronavirus Has Ground Chinese Publishing to a Halt: by Na Zhong @lithub
Coronavirus: International Publishers Make COVID-19 Research Content Freely Available: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @AmericanPublish
Coronavirus: Sharjah's World Book Capital Ceremony Cancels, as Does Canada's Tech Forum: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coronavirus: Spanish and Italian Book Industries Sound the Alarm: @Porter_Anderson

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

What is Indie Publishing? And How to Get Started in 2020: @ReedsyHQ

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

10 Things Literary Agents Look For in an Author: @bookendslit @jmcgowanbks
What does it mean when an editor or agent says your manuscript is “quiet?” @TracyMarchini @bookendslit

Writing Craft / Beginnings

5 Common Story Openings to Avoid—If You Can Help It: @JaneFriedman
Middle Grade Critique: @Kid_Lit

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

The reader should generally know what your narrator knows: @NathanBransford

Writing Craft / Conflict

Creating Conflict in Your Story: @KarenCV

Writing Craft / Drafts

The Freedom of Writing Without Chapters: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Believe, Care, Invest: Sethe and Others in Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”: @CockeyedCaravan
Believe, Care, Invest: Rahel in Arundhati Roy’s “The God of Small Things”: @CockeyedCaravan
How Edith Wharton's Novel of New York High Society Speaks to Class Divisions Today: @Egangoonsquad @lithub

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

The Coronavirus and the Crisis Novel: by Mark Alpert @killzoneauthors
Pandemic and Pandemonium: Sickness in Horror: by T.L. Bodine
The Subjective Mood: @AdamOPrice @The_Millions

Writing Craft / POV

Tips for Writing Multi-POV Novels with Distinct Voices: @katelizabee @WomenWriters

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Additional Reading on the Theme of Man and the Natural World: @Sara_HeartStory @DIYMFA
What makes a plot intriguing? 6 ideas: @nownovel

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

Capitalizing Disease Names: Why Ebola Is Capitalized and Coronavirus Is Not: @GrammarGirl

Writing Craft / Subtext

Context, Text, Subtext: Understand How Each Works in Storytelling: @SeptCFawkes

Writing Craft / Tension

How to Build Tension in a Scene: 3 Nail-Biting Ways: @suelarkinsweems @write_practice

Writing Craft / Voice

How To Find Your Writer's Voice: @Bang2write

Writing Craft / World-Building

Worldbuilding in the Story Grid Methodology: by Victoria R. Girmonde @StoryGrid
Dive into Worldbuilding: Managing Spaces: @JulietteWade
Worldbuilding: Productivity in Your Society: @JulietteWade

Writing Tools / Apps

Best Book Transcription Services for Authors: @DaveChesson

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