Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Ask Better Questions and Get Better Answers to Grow Your Craft and Career: @jessicastrawser @CareerAuthors
Don’t Do Business with Incompetents: @PassiveVoiceBlg
Should You Use a Book Doctor? @cathychall @womenonwriting

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Frankfurter Buchmesse Online: Publishing Perspectives Talks 2020: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
‘Brazilian Publishers’ Brings Creativity and Content to Frankfurt: @HannahSJohnson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
Bärbel Becker Selects Events at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2020: @HannahSJohnson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
At Frankfurter Buchmesse: A Unique Year in Publishing and Copyright: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @Book_Fair
Frankfurter Buchmesse Opening News Conference: 4,400 Participants: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @Book_Fair
Convention Etiquette: @PhilAthans
BIEF's Stance on the Digital Frankfurt: Wait and See: @oliviasnaije @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
Taiwan and Transmedia at The Arts+: Moving Stories on All Channels: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Frankfurt Events: Riky Stock's Agent Webinar Picks: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives @Book_Fair
Managing a remote writers' room: @MadelineAshby
Frankfurter Buchmesse Draws 148,000 Users from 183 Countries: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives

Conferences and Events / NaNoWriMo

11 Essential Steps to Prepare for NaNoWriMo: @PSHoffmanAuthor

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Resources for Writers in Need of Inspiration: @mike54martin
Are Should Statements Ruining Your Creativity? @katekrake

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Five SF Books That Would Make Great Musicals: @jamesdnicoll
Crime Fiction: Books That Link Generations: @MargotKinberg
Five Pocket-Sized Paperbacks and the Art of Sneaky Reading: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
7 Books That Take Women's Bodies Seriously: @theshrutster @ElectricLit

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

4 things to learn from the daily rituals of great writers: by Anna Giulia Novero @beprolifiko

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

What's Slowing You Down As You Write?

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

The Vital Importance of a Writing Community: @johnpwriter
Four Painful Truths About Writing and Publishing a Book: @laurenlogi @WomenWriters
Setting Your Story Amid a Pandemic: @FoxPrintEd
Staying Positive In Uncertain Times: @brendaAchapman
How to write the difficult second novel. And why it’s difficult: @Roz_Morris
Nancy Cramer: 89-Year-Old Author Makes History by Writing History: @Howard_Lovy @IndieAuthorALLI
How to improve your writing — and your life: @pubcoach
Writers at Risk for the Fall Twindemic—How to Avoid It: @colleen_m_story
Why You Need “White Space” in Your Daily Routine: @jkglei
7 Writing Maxims and What to Do with Them: @LaraEdits
Resources Teachers Can Share With Families: Increase Writing Volume and Stamina at Home for Students: @BethMooreSchool

Genres / Fantasy

How Do I Introduce Alternative World Aspects? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
Guide to Writing Fantasy: @writingandsuch
Special Items to Consider Using in Fantasy: by C.S. Boyack @StoryEmpire

Genres / Memoir

5 Books To Propel Your Memoir Writing: by Gretchen Eberhart Cherington @DIYMFA

Genres / Mystery

Crime Writing: Deadly Poisons: @DPLyleMD @CriminalMischi2
Crime Fiction Books Offering a Chance to Learn Something New: @MargotKinberg
The 5 Pillars Of Thrillers: by Oliver Fox @Writers_Write
Crime Writing: How To Speak Cop: @GarryRodgers1 @killzoneauthors

Genres / Non-Fiction

How To Write Narrative Non-Fiction: @hh_matt @thecreativepenn

Genres / Picture Books

The Birth of a Picture Book: Author, Illustrator and Editor/Art Director Discussion: @kathytemean
Tips for Selling Children’s Books: by Brian Jud @Bowker

Genres / Science Fiction

Beyond Rome: Infrastructure in Ancient Civilizations: @DanKoboldt

Genres / Screenwriting

Screenwriting: Connect Care Commit: The Silence of the Lambs: @CockeyedCaravan
Screenwriting Secrets in Thelma and Louise: @scriptsleuth

Genres / Short Stories

13 Ways of Looking at Flash Fiction: @grantfaulkner @lithub

Promo / Ads

Getting the Most from Amazon Advertising: @IndieAuthorALLI

Promo / Blogging

Pondering Time Zones: Publishing Blog Posts: @Dwallacepeach
Build your Travel Blog Community with Blog Commenting: @BirdsOAFpress

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

How to Make Book “Sales Copy” Feel Like a Simple Conversation: by Stephanie Chandler @NonfictionAssoc

Promo / Book Reviews

Amazon Book Reviews: How To Get Book Reviews on Amazon For Free: by Patrick McNulty @SelfPublishing7

Promo / Miscellaneous

Survey results on Writer Promo Activities: @WordDreams
Promote your book with a roundup article: @sandrabeckwith

Promo / Social Media Tips

5 Basic Rules of Social Media: @CaballoFrances

Promo / Websites

Two ways to create an effective author website: @DanBlank

Publishing / Miscellaneous

De Gruyter Launches S2O Model to Bring Open Access to Humanities: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
PEN America, Penguin Random House Partner on ‘Book the Vote': @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
A Closer Look at Writer Beware: Writers' Watchdog Group: @victoriastrauss @sfwa
Bernardine Evaristo to UK Publishing: Hire More Diverse People: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
Which Generation Reads The Most? @Lachybe @ProWritingAid
As Frankfurt Week Winds Down: The Rentrée and the Pandemic: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives @Book_Fair
Publishing Perspectives Talk: ‘Digital Format Adoption and the Pandemic': @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Akoss Ofori-Mensah: The Pandemic's Impact on African Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @Bodour @IntPublishers @DubaiCares @pubperspectives
Nitasha Devasar: The Outlook for Educational Publishing in India: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Québec City Publisher Antoine Tanguay and his ‘Cabinet of Curiosities': @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
Frankfurt Report: Italian Book Market Narrows Its COVID Losses: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
Canada's Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Copyright Case Appeals: @Porter_Anderson @AccessCopyright @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

How to Publish with KDP: @harmony_kent
Self-Publishing? Avoid These 7 New-Author Traps: @ZaraAltair

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

10 Things All Writers Must Learn About Rejection: @MegDowell

Publishing / Process / Legalities

Claiming the Royalties You Deserve: by Juli Saitz @AuthorsGuild
How to Fight E-book Piracy: @AuthorsGuild



How to Create and Manage a Pen Name: @elawilliams_ @DIYMFA

Publishing / Process / Translation

Amazon Crossing's Liza Darnton on Translation: ‘Wildly, Unabashedly Interested': @Porter_Anderson @LizaDarnton@pubperspectives

Writing Craft / Characters / Arc

Characters First, Plot Second? @Weifarer

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

One Way to Write About a Millennial Protagonist? Don't Settle on a Single Form. @emjaneunsworth @lithub
5 Questions To Ask Your Characters: @10minnovelist
8 Basic Lies Our Fiction Characters Believe: @AneMulligan @EdieMelson
Mourning in Fiction: Accessing the Shadows: @cyallowitz
Traveling Beyond The Hero's Journey: by Laurie Schnebly Campbell
How To Develop Strong Characters Children Will Relate To: @RachaelCooper22 @Writers_Write
How To Make Your Next Villain A Coward: @10minnovelist

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

Gaps in Your Writing: @JillWilliamson
Avoid Embarrassing Submission Mistakes: @holly_schindler

Writing Craft / Dialogue

How to Use Snappy Zingers to Write Effective Dialogue: by J. D. Edwin

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

Tips for Figurative Speech: by Deborah Lyn Stanley

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Assertive Writing: @apexjason @apexmag
Becoming a Sensitive, Responsible Fiction Writer: @LiveWriteThrive
Taking Stock with a Writing Self-Evaluation: @danieldelill @FloridaWriters1
4 Reasons to Ditch “There Is” and the Like in Stories: @ZoeMMcCarthy
Looking Back at the First Act: @christinadelay

Writing Craft / POV

Third person omniscient vs. limited vs. head jumping: @NathanBransford

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

Working with an Outline: @winonakent @mike54martin

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Why Structures Like The Hero’s Journey Don’t Work: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

Take A Long View on Research: by John Gilstrap @killzoneauthors

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

Place as Character: by Niki Kantzios @FloridaWriters1

Uncategorized

Editing Your First Draft: From Garbage to Greatness: by Katie Pavel @ProWritingAid Katie Pavel

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