Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

How To Sell Your Books Directly To Readers And Get Paid Immediately: @thecreativepenn

Conferences and Events / NaNoWriMo

The Folks at @NaNoWriMo Are Launching #StayHomeWriMo:

Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels

Tips for a First Novel: @KayKeppler @BethBarany
12 Quick Writing Tips for Beginners (and Anyone Returning From a Long Break): @MegDowell

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Eight Tricks To Spark Creativity: @10minnovelist
No one knows what will work: @DanBlank

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

On reading more than one book at a time: @austinkleon
The New Gothic: Feminist and Unapologetic: by Kim Taylor Blakemore @CrimeReads
The best distance learning is reading a book: @austinkleon

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

How to Write Faster and Work Smarter: @WritersCoach

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

12 Bad Writing Habits You Should Break This Year: @MegDowell
Writing Community: There's Safety in Numbers: @JamiGold
Launching a Debut Novel in Middle of a Global Pandemic: @ThisHammer @WriterUnboxed
Haven’t You Finished that Novel Yet? @plotwhisperer
3 Reasons You Should Keep a Writing Journal: @WordNerdsVlog
How to Write During a Pandemic: @tessawegert
Finding Your Writing Pace: @AnneJanzer
“Ha,” said Writing: @LWhitehouse5 @WomenWriters
Confuse and alarm your misbehaving kids with this 15th century guide to good behavior: @cesegal @lithub
How to Tell If You Have What It Takes to Succeed as a Writer: @manzanitafire @JaneFriedman
Writerly Tasks to Do Among the Chaos: @BE_Sanderson
Running the Novel-Writing Marathon: @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors
5 Stereotypes About Writers (that are actually true): @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ
Feeling overwhelmed? How art can help in an emergency: by Olivia Laing @GuardianBooks
10 characteristics of highly productive writers: @beprolifiko
“20 Mistakes I Made Writing that You Should Never Do … But I Would Probably Do Again, If I Started All Over”: @AmongTheZombies @LitReactor
When Your Book Fails: @alexadonne
Impatience and Craft: @CorriganWithAC @brevitymag
You Have to Risk it All: Inside the Harrowing Creative Shift of @jennienash : @DanBlank
Writing Through the Stress: @WordNerdsVlog
How To Be Productive While Working From Home: @authorkristenm
This Is When You’re Most Likely to Lose Interest In a Writing Project (and How to Keep Going): @MegDowell

Genres / Fantasy

10 Rules for Creating Magical Characters: @LisaLatteBooks

Genres / Miscellaneous

When Your Christian Fiction Needs Some CPR: @KatyKauffman28 @EdieMelson

Genres / Mystery

Interested in Writing a Cozy Mystery? My Tips: At @xtinakayebooks
Are Crime Writers as Twisted as Our Characters? @CrimeReads @BryanGruley
Tips for Writing Bibliomysteries by Lily Charles:
Tips for Researching Crime Novels: @MargotKinberg @SueColetta1

Genres / Non-Fiction

5 Nonfiction Rules Fiction Authors Often Break: @brianfinneywri1 @DIYMFA

Promo / Book Reviews

5 Tips for Scoring Book Reviews in 2020: @cleemckenzie @TheIWSG

Promo / Miscellaneous

5 Self-Publishing Book Marketing Tips for Your Novel’s Launch: by Desiree Villena @ReedsyHQ @KillerNashville
Selling Your eBooks Using a Sales Funnel: @Lachybe @ProWritingAid
What The Piña Colada Song Teaches Us About Marketing: @DavidGaughran
Let Your Characters Engage with Fans Online: @sandrabeckwith @JFbookman

Promo / Social Media Tips

Survival guide to Twitter for authors and writers: @debemmitt
2020 literary calendar with 122 occasions for book fans: @sandrabeckwith
How to Create an Instagram Content Calendar: @brimorganbooks

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Weekend Reality Check: Our Bookstores and What's ‘Essential': @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
How to Publish a Book in 2020: A 10-Step Guide for New Authors: @ReedsyHQ

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Waterstones staff say their health is at risk as stores stay open: @JoshHalliday @GuardianBooks
Coronavirus: Singapore's Children's Fest Postpones; Rathbones' Folio Prize Is Digital: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Industry Resource Lists: Publishers' Responses to Coronavirus Pandemic: @Porter_Anderson
Italy's Publishers Issue Coronavirus Alert: 18,600 Fewer Titles: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coronavirus: EIBF Issues Appeal for Booksellers; Wales' Hay Festival Reaches £79,000: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
More Coronavirus Industry Resource Lists: Home Education: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Publishers Sign Onto a Coronavirus ‘Education Continuity License': @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
China Bestsellers February 2020: A Market Stilled by Contagion: @Porter_Anderson
Coronavirus: International Booker's Shortlist; Women's Fiction's Delay; Fane's Changes: @Porter_Anderson
Coronavirus Worklife: Sweden's Grand Agency Navigates a ‘Really Slow Tempo': @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
BookExodus: More Big Five Withdrawals, and BISG Opens a COVID-19 Survey: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
India's Juggernaut Opens #ReadInstead: A Campaign and Literature Fest: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coronavirus: Canadian Publishers and Access Copyright Open ‘Read Aloud Canadian Books': @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Fellowship and Invitation Program Applications: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
We're All in It Together: by Richard Charkin @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

Become a Writer: How much does it cost to self-publish a book? (2020): @MichaelLaRonn
How to Publish with KDP: @harmony_kent @StoryEmpire

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing

How to Choose an Agent Amid Competing Offers: @Bpoelle @JaneFriedman

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

Literary Agents: 10 Quick Tips to Snaring a Good One: @Bpoelle @WritetoDone
Finding an Agent: @NathanBransford @NaNoWriMo
How To Pitch Your Book To Agents, Publishers And Readers: @KateWritesBooks @thecreativepenn

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

How To Get Over Fear of Rejection: @Bang2write

Publishing / Process / Legalities

How to Copyright Your Book in Under 7 Minutes: @DaveChesson



How and When Should Writers Use a Pen Name or Pseudonym? @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest

Publishing / Process / Self-Publishing

How Can Self-Published Authors Get Their Books Into Libraries in the US? @iWriterly
What You Need to Know About Self-Publishing: @thecreativepenn @NaNoWriMo

Writing Craft / Beginnings

Real Life Diagnostics: Which Opening Page Is Better in This Historical Mystery? @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Characters / Arc

Changes: Writing Story Characters Who Grow: @Lindasclare

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

Chronic Hero Syndrome: from Just a Writing Aid
What is an antihero? With examples: @LisaDaily

Writing Craft / Conflict

How to Construct Gripping Fight Scenes: by Whitney Carter @TheRyanLanz

Writing Craft / Diversity

Including diversity where there may be little: @WritingwColor
How to Write Non-Binary Characters: @DN_Bryn

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Editor Roundtable: “The Bear Came Over the Mountain”: by Leslie Watts @StoryGrid

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

What Do People Get Wrong About You? @NatalieAHart @WriterUnboxed
How Compassion Leads to Dynamic Writing: @MaryAnnMcSweeny @brevitymag
The Compelling, Emotional Complex Sentence: @OdysseyWorkshop @WriterUnboxed
What is a Contender Guide? @valerie_francis @StoryGrid
Should Novelists Follow Screenwriting Advice? @parkerpeevy @CockeyedCaravan

Writing Craft / Plot Holes

How to Deal with Plot Holes In Your Story: from Let's Write Some Novels

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming

Book Titles of the Later Twentieth Century: @thenovelry

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Situational Archetypes: 5 Essential Hero's Journey Scenes Your Readers Will Love: @DavidHSafford @write_practice

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

7 Tips For Researching A Novel: @authortaraeast @thecreativepenn

Writing Craft / Revision

7 Ways Audio Can Make Editing Fast & Easy: @editoutloud @kristen_kieffer

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

Writing Groups: Avoiding Common Pitfalls: by A. Howitt @mythicscribes

Writing Tools / Books

To help writers during the coronavirus crisis, @nownovel is offering free writing workbooks:

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Writer life coach Mel Jolly teaches creatives productivity–and is now helping them focus on reducing stress in difficult times:
Playwright Terrence McNally succumbs to complications from coronavirus:

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