Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

The Ultimate Guide to Selling Books on your Author Website: @IndieAuthorALLI
How to Sell More Books on Kobo: @KoboWritingLife @sacha_black

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Frankfurter Buchmesse Adds an Online BookFest: Call for Proposals: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
British Book Awards 2020 Winners Announced: Online and Upbeat: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coronavirus Update: BISG's Annual Meeting ‘Repositions' Online: @Porter_Anderson @BISG @brianoleary @andrewsavikas @pubperspectives
Free Virtual Writers Workshop July 17-18: @PenPaperPad @cawcarrow

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Crime Fiction: Novels Exploring Murders With Reasonable Motives: @MargotKinberg
Exiled Cops in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
10 Hacks To Get The Most From Your eReader: @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor
What Everybody Gets Wrong About Shirley Jackson: @AlfordAlice @Jezebel
Reading Dystopias during Quarantine: @Diana_Hurwitz

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

How to Start Writing in 10 Minute Increments: @10minnovelist
Finding Your Pace When Writing: @AnneJanzer

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

Harness your fears: @NathanBransford

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Showing High Schoolers That Yes, Structure is Essential: @mattcarton @nickripatrazone @lithub
Giving Away Your Creative Power (and How To Get It Back): @sconneryphd @DanBlank
Featured Writer on Wellness: Milana Marsenich: @milanamarsenich @colleen_m_story
How Does Social Media Impact Your Writer's Life? @katekrake
Writer Anne Lamott to Hold A Workshop for Beginning Writers:
10 Signs You’re Ready to Start Sharing Your Writing With the World: @MegDowell
12 Signs Your Writing Is Going to Get Better (Eventually): @MegDowell
What Self-Isolation Has Taught 1 Writer About Writing: @swetavikram @WomenWriters
What Makes a Writer? @CindyDevoted @EdieMelson
It's Okay to Make Mistakes: @Margo_L_Dill

Genres / Fantasy

Prophets, Preachers, and Parasites in Fantasy: @DanKoboldt

Genres / Horror

10 Horror Novels You Should Not Try to Reinvent Unless You Are Awesome, Brave, and a Little Stupid: @AmongTheZombies @LitReactor

Genres / Memoir

How to Write a Powerful Memoir in 5 Simple Steps: @JerryBJenkins

Genres / Miscellaneous

How Folk Customs Have Been Used in Fiction: @csmaccath

Genres / Mystery

Why Funerals are Essential Elements in Cozy Mysteries:
Firearms Evidence: A Top Six “How-To” List: @LeeLofland

Genres / Screenwriting

Top 10 Struggles Screenwriters Go Through In The Industry: @Weissbourd @Bang2write
How to Use Dashes and Ellipses in a Screenplay: @GoIntoTheStory

Promo / Ads

Starting Ads for the First Time: @pbackwriter @SelfPubForm
Using BookBub Ads to Generate Steady Book Sales: @PatriciaMcLinn @BookBub

Promo / Metadata

How to Create an Amazon Book Series Page: @ricwol @WrittenWordM

Promo / Miscellaneous

5 Quick Fixes For Making the Most of “Author Central” (and Why it Should be a Top Priority): @Bookgal @IndieReader
How to Start Heart-Centered Book Marketing: @BethBarany @BadRedheadMedia
How to Use Amazon’s Affiliate Program to Energize Your Marketing: @geniuslink @BadRedheadMedia

Promo / Newsletters

How To Move More Than One Email List From Mailchimp to Mailerlite: @KarenBanes

Promo / Platforms

The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make Building Their Brand: @writerplatform @BadRedheadMedia
How Big a Platform Do I Need to Land a Book Deal? @ChadRAllen

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Simon & Schuster's Mary Trump Book Temporarily Blocked by Restraining Order: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
What is a holiday read? A bookseller and an author-publisher discuss: @Roz_Morris

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Comic Con Africa 2020 will be online. Aims to “break the internet”: @thenewpubstd
Authors in the Coronavirus Crisis: The European Writers' Council Report: @Porter_Anderson @CouncilWriters @nina_george @pubperspectives
CBC's ‘Canada Reads' Sets New Dates: A Shortlist Narrowed by Passion: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coming Thursday: A ‘New Italian Books' Digital Introduction With English: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
South Africa's Ramaphosa Sends Copyright Amendment Back to Parliament: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

5 Literary Agents Reveal the 9 Pitching Mistakes Authors Make: @iBushraRahmani @CSLakin
How to find an agent: @pubcoach

Publishing / Process / Book Design

How to Design a Book | Free Online Self-Publishing Course: @IngramSpark
It’s All in a Font: How Font Choice Affects the Mind: @RafalReyzer @JFbookman

Writing Craft / Chapter Endings

Tips on Connecting Chapters: @writingandsuch

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Do Your Characters Take on a Life of Their Own? @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

How Your Protagonist’s Motivations Influence Your Story’s Themes: @Sara_HeartStory @DIYMFA
Guide to Writing The Hero: @writingandsuch

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

Common Writing Mistake: Worrying About Originality: @KelsieEngen
6 Things in Harry Potter that make NO sense: @_HannahHeath

Writing Craft / Drafts

Write Your First Draft: Strategies for Finishing Your Book: @Amy_Stewart

Writing Craft / Humor

How Do I Add Humor to My Writing? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Rise of Skywalker — Held Back by Damage Control? by Derek Chuff @mythicscribes
5 Key Lessons Writers Can Learn From Other Artists: @jessicastrawser @CareerAuthors

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

When You Just Want to Be Good at Writing Already: @MegDowell
How to Heist Your Novel: A Writer’s Guide: @emteehall @tordotcom
Weave exposition naturally into the story: @NathanBransford
People Need to Walk Away From Your Story Feeling Something: @MegDowell
Not-so-still Life: Writing from an Inanimate Object’s Point of View: by Katherine Quevedo @sfwa

Writing Craft / Pacing

Momentum and Pace—Giving Readers a Satisfying Ride: @FoxPrintEd @LiveWriteThrive

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

6 Plot Development Questions to Build Your Story: @nownovel
The Puzzle-Piece Plotting Method: Using What You Know to Build What You Don’t: @JustinAttas @JaneFriedman

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

How Much Research is Enough? @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Beats

How to Improve Our Story with Action Beats: @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept

How To Develop Strong Fiction Ideas: @storyfix @thecreativepenn

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

Participial Time Warps: @SeptCFawkes

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

The Effectiveness of Conference Critiques: @BookEndsJessica

Writing Craft / Series

How to Write a Book Series: @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ

Writing Craft / Tropes

Tropes: How to Make Them Credible, Not Cliché: @sarahjrexford @A3writers
Character Archetypes: The Shadow: by C.S. Boyack @StoryEmpire

Writing Craft / Voice

How to Find and Hone your Author Voice: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed

Writing Tools / Apps

Scrivener Layouts: @aprildavila
What is the Best Story Outlining Software? @DaveChesson
“Why I Switched from Scrivener to Dabble”: @KyleRbrtShultz

Writing Tools / Miscellaneous

Tech Tips for Writers : 10 Favorite Mac Shortkeys: @WordDreams

Uncategorized

Crime Writing: Plainclothes Officer Survival Tips: @LeeLofland wkb44

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