Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

5 Ways Writers Can Waste Money: @diannmills @EdieMelson
Writers, Pay Yourself First: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed
How to – and how not to – run an online writing community. And publishing, post- Covid: @Litopia @AgentPete @Roz_Morris
The Ultimate Guide to Content Repurposing: @IndieAuthorALLI
Self-publishing News: What Streaming Means for Your Earnings: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
How Authors Can Make an Income from 1,000 True Fans: @OrnaRoss @thecreativepenn @IndieAuthorALLI
Six Tips for Compilation Submissions: @KatyKauffman28
5 Important Tips for Vetting Community-Specific Publishers: @JohnDoppler @IndieAuthorALLI
3 Keys to Freelance Editing: Position, Package, and Price: @JaneFriedman

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Book Fair bucks the trend and will be in-person from September 18, but at what cost? @thenewpubstd
New Honors for Bibi Bakare-Yusuf in the UK, Walter Mosley in the States: @Porter_Anderson @BibiBakareyusuf @pubperspectives
The UK's Booker Prize for Fiction Announces Its 2020 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @avnidoshi @MaazaMengiste @douglas_stuart @blgtylr @efie41209591 @TheBookerPrizes
The German Book Prize Names Its 2020 Shortlist of Novels: @Porter_Anderson @Buchpreis @pubperspectives
Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces Professional Program Details: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
IPA and Frankfurt Schedule Trend-Driven Events at Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @IntPublishers
Spain's Liber20 Prizes: Elkar Bookstores, Netflix's ‘El Vecino,' and ZendaLibros: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
The US National Book Awards Program Names Its 2020 Longlists: @Porter_Anderson @nationalbook @Rumaan @britrbennett @BuckarooBZ @MeghaMaj @lydia_millet @Doug_D_Stuart @VanessaVeselka @charles_yu @pubperspectives

Conferences and Events / NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo Prep 101 Workshop: @NaNoWriMo

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

3 Tips to Help You Reach Your Writing Goal: @jjbear226 @NaNoWriMo

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

All the books mentioned in “Clueless”: @knownemily @lithub
Reading as a Writer: @RachelleGardner
What We Relate To When We Relate to Books: @JoshMalerman @CrimeReads
What 100 Writers Have Been Reading During Quarantine: @knownemily @lithub
Survivalists as Characters In Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
Five Fantastic Books About Books for the Ultimate Bibliophile: @WF_Writers @BookTrib
9 Books About Being Homesick for A Place That Doesn't Exist Anymore: by Stephanie Soileau @ElectricLit
Seven Reasons Storytellers Should Consume Bad Stories: by Bunny @mythcreants
How reading crime novels improves critical thinking skills: @MargotKinberg
Examples of Agatha Christie's Wit in Her Writing: @MargotKinberg
9 Books Where Women of Color Tell Their Own Stories About Mental Health: @fictionalsejal @ElectricLit

Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation

Time to make fresh tracks: @NathanBransford

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

New Normal, New Writing Habits? by Heather Dyer
Why Write At All? @10minnovelist
Thoughts That Run Through Your Head When You Release A Second Book: @KMAllan_writer
What are your misguided ideas about writers? @pubcoach
“You Can Hide Behind Amazon All You Want, But People Want to Know Who You Are As a Person.”: Evan J. Roberts @DanBlank
How to Stay Focused on Your Manuscript: @MichaelLaRonn
How to Get Your Family On Board With Your Author Career: @dkparsonswriter @SelfPubForm
10 Tips for Eliminating Not-so-Obvious Writing Distractions: @MegDowell
Quarantine Quill: Daily Writing Prompts for Our Pandemic Times: @ParisCritical
How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing: @djpoissant @lithub
“Why I'm a Christian but Not a Christian Author”: @VictoriaGHowell
A Guide for Authors on Recommending Books: @jeffekennedy @sfwa
The Imaginary Things Holding You Back: @MegDowell
On Writing (And Not Writing) Right Now: @choitotheworld @harlingross @repeller
How to Purge the Thousand Story Ideas Running Around In Your Head: @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor
The 3 Acts of a Writer's Life: How Your Age Affects Your Writing: @KMWeiland
How to Finish Writing Your Book: @Draft2Digital
Promote a Love of Reading: 7 Simple Tips for Teachers and Parents: @HellyDouglas @ProWritingAid

Genres / Fantasy

What Makes Epic Fantasy “Epic”? @use_theforce_em @tordotcom

Genres / Miscellaneous

How Many Words Are in a Novel? Here's a Breakdown of 15 Top Genres: @DaveChesson

Genres / Mystery

Crime Fiction Novels Where Secondary Characters in one Novel Take the Lead in Another: @MargotKinberg

Genres / Non-Fiction

How Travel Writers Self Publish: @BirdsOAFpress

Genres / Science Fiction

Science Fiction: Surveillance Technology and Privacy: @DanKoboldt

Genres / Screenwriting

8 Types Of Opening Scenes To Make Your Screenplay Stand Out: @CreativeScreen

Promo / Book Reviews

Getting Book Reviewers to Read Your Book: @dhaupt3 @lisadaily

Promo / Book Signings and Launch parties

How to Plan a Successful Book Launch in 6 Easy Steps: @ReedsyHQ

Promo / Connecting with Readers

Finding Your Book’s Target Audience and Benefits and Filling a Need: @SpunkOnAStick @TheIWSG

Promo / Metadata

How to Choose the Smartest Book Categories for International Amazon Markets: @DaveChesson

Promo / Miscellaneous

An Author Platform Case Study: @DanBlank
Spoilers Won’t Spoil Your Book Promotion. How to Use Them to Pull Readers In: @sharonbially @WriterUnboxed

Promo / Newsletters

The Ultimate Guide to Mailing Lists for Authors: Mailing List Strategy: @IndieAuthorALLI
Best Email Services for Authors: @DaveChesson

Promo / Social Media Tips

4 Ways to Get in Front of More People on Instagram: @socialeyescomm @SMExaminer

Promo / Video

How to Create a Free Book Trailer Using Adobe Spark: @ChrysFey
Authors and Zoom: @ThDigitalReader @annerallen

Publishing / Miscellaneous

PRH Announces the Release of Barack Obama Memoir, A Promised Land: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Behind the Scenes: Producing Audiobooks in Quarantine with PRH Audio: @RealDanZitt @PRHDigital
John Sargent Set to Depart as CEO of Macmillan on January 1, 2021: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
I’ve written a book – what now? @Roz_Morris
DW Books: A News Network's YouTube Resource for Readers, Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Norway's Beat Technology Partners With Germany's Skoobe on Audiobooks: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Sharjah World Book Capital Leads Beirut Library Restoration Aid: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
International Insights: Big Bad Wolf: @thenewpubstd @IndieAuthorALLI
China's Digital Publishing Innovation Forum : ‘Digital Inheritance': @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
International Insights for Indie Authors: Africa: @thenewpubstd @IndieAuthorALLI

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

Amazon Self-Publishing: [9 Step Guide] How to Publish on Amazon: @JAGunnoe @SelfPublishing7

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

Top Children's Book Agents Accepting Submissions in 2020: @ReedsyHQ
Are Editors Responding to Submissions During Coronavirus? @denisemassar @JaneFriedman

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

How To Read Between The Lines of Your Rejections: @lisabubert @LitReactor

Publishing / Process / Legalities

Guide to Copyright for Authors: and https://t.co/uWbeYeRPV5 @MichaelLaRonn

Writing Craft / Beginnings

3 Tips for Writing the Opening Paragraph of Your Novel: by Anusuya Mukherjee @NaNoWriMo

Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists

The Villain is the Hero’s Nemesis: @SPressfield

Writing Craft / Characters / Arc

6 Tips to Create Character Arcs over a Series: @JJMarsh1 @damyantig

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Writing Minor Characters: @Lindasclare
Creating Unforgettable Characters: Your Primary Character(s): @TheKerryEvelyn @FloridaWriters1
How To Write Soul-Deep Characters: @RoseannaMWhite @GoTeenWriters
How to Write Character Development: Anil's Ghost: @nownovel
Female Character Tropes That Rock: @_HannahHeath

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

Emotions: Bringing Them to the Page through Gestures, Movement, Facial Expressions, and More: @writeabook

Writing Craft / Dialogue

How To Write Dialogue: 7 Steps: @themaltesetiger
Dialogue Tags and You: @HowellWave @StoryEmpire

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Aristotle and the Writing Craft: by Staci Troilo @StoryEmpire
“How Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Taught Me to Write”: @LucieBritsch @lithub
Writing Tips from Chuck Palahniuk, Writer of Fight Club: by Keith Cronin @WriterUnboxed
Story Grid Scene Analysis: “Something Borrowed”: @abigailkperry @DIYMFA

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

Hummingbird Symbolism and Spiritual Meaning: @BrynDonovan

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

5 Keys to a Satisfying Denouement: @SeptCFawkes
How to spice up relationships in novels: @NathanBransford
Writing Fiction: Chapter Lengths: @Lindasclare

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

The Art of the Constructive Critique: by Lucia Tang @ReedsyHQ

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

7 Ways to Spice Up Your Description: @10minnovelist
Settings: How to Make Yours Realistic: @mindofkyleam @ProWritingAid

Writing Craft / Synopses

How to write a synopsis if you hate writing synopses: @Roz_Morris

Writing Tools / Apps

Digital Pubbing – 176 Resources and Tools to Market and Launch Your Book: @sabsky
A Review of “One Stop For Writers”: @KrystalNCraiker @AngelaAckerman @beccapuglisi @ProWritingAid

Writing Tools / Books

A “Choose Your Own Adventure” Guide to the Best Books on Writing: @ChadRAllen

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