Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

ALLi Downgrades Amazon ACX/Audible's Rating to “Caution”: @IndieAuthorALLI
Why editors and proofreaders should be using audio: @LouiseHarnby
The Ultimate Guide to Leveling Up Your Author Business: @IndieAuthorALLI

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation's 2020 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Craig Brown's ‘The Beatles in Time' Wins the Baillie Gifford Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
The Costa Book Awards Announce their 2020 Shortlists: @Porter_Anderson @CostaBookAwards @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

How Star Wars Led to an Amazing Creative Shift (Podcast): @SteveSansweet @DanBlank
Letter Writing as a Powerful Prompt: @Book_Arch @JaneFriedman
Five Field Trips For Your Senses: @10minnovelist

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

From Cozy to Cold-Blooded: Famous Authors as Sleuths: @avonlea79 @DIYMFA
Five Badass Vampires From Literature and Pop Culture: @rahdieh @tordotcom
The Worst Holidays in Literature: @carrievmullins @ElectricLit

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

What are Successful Authors Doing? (And how can you be more like them?) @ferol @WrittenWordM

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Constraints and Creativity for Writers: @writingforward
As a Writer, Always Have A Question: @PeggySueWells @EdieMelson
Living With Anxiety: by Alison Levy @WomenWriters
7 Tips to Deal with Writer Woes: @SarahSallyHamer @EdieMelson
Five Tips to Feel Better About Writing Angst: @HowellWave @StoryEmpire
9 Top Tips To Become An Organized Writer: @AntonyJohnston @Bang2write
Advice For Writers: @AneMulligan @SouthrnWritrMag
Is anyone listening? @DanBlank
The Importance of Choosing What’s Enough in Our Lives: @bethvogt @EdieMelson
A Writer's Gratitude Journal: @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors
Surviving Your Editorial Letter: @HankPRyan @CareerAuthors
Mental Models For Writers And The Empowered Indie Author: @thecreativepenn @MichaelLaRonn
Why Things Haven’t Been Working Out For Your Writing: @Bang2write
Author Interview with L.N. Mayer: The Dark Side of Imagination: @Howard_Lovy @IndieAuthorALLI
Why emotional white space is part of good writing: @gooddirt
The Holidays Are Here: How to Take Care of Yourself: @cinapelayo @LitReactor
From a 25+ Year Career in Education to Her First Book, with Valerie Bolling: @valerie_bolling @DanBlank
David Grossman calls on writers to bear witness to pandemic: @alisonflood @GuardianBooks
48 literary social media accounts you should be following: @RasheedaSaka @lithub

Genres / Dystopian

Dystopia as Clickbait: Science Fiction, Doomscrolling, and Reviving the Idea of the Future: by Christopher Brown @tordotcom

Genres / Horror

Too Young for Horror? @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor

Genres / Memoir

2 Methods for Structuring Your Memoir: @GuerillaMemoir @JaneFriedman

Genres / Miscellaneous

Book Marketing Tips from 10 Travel Writers: @BirdsOAFpress

Genres / Mystery

Crime Fiction: Sending Signals to Readers that Something Bad is About to Happen: @MargotKinberg
The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life: @lisaunger @CrimeReads

Genres / Science Fiction

How the new diversity is transforming science fiction’s future: @TashaRobinson @Polygon

Genres / Young Adult

People With Chronic Illness Are Missing From YA Fiction: @pennyjoelson @diversebooks

Promo / Miscellaneous

Knowing Your Readers Is Key to Book Marketing for Self Published Authors: @Bookgal
+127 of Best Free and Paid Book Promotion Sites and Submission Tools: @DaveChesson
Marketing Your Book is Like Flirting, Dating and Getting Engaged: @WatersAuthor @10minnovelist

Promo / Social Media Tips

Online Etiquette for Writers: @EdieMelson @SouthrnWritrMag
Should You Hire a Social Media Assistant? by Barbara Linn Probst @JaneFriedman
Effective Social Media for Your Best Book Marketing Campaign: @Bookgal

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Tips for Judging a Writing Contest: Questions to Ask and Ways to Stay Organized: @TheIWSG
IPA Elects Bodour and Pansa: Its First Female Leadership Team: @Porter_Anderson @Bodour @karinepansa @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
Germany's Bertelsmann/PRH To Buy Simon & Schuster for US$2.175 Billion: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
How to Get a Book Deal in 2020: 6 Steps for Success: @ReedsyHQ
International Authors' Organizations Not Satisfied in #Audiblegate Dispute: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / News / Amazon

How Audible-ACX Returns Policy Penalizes Authors: @victoriastrauss

Publishing / News / Data

NPD: One in Four Books Is Purchased in the USA During the Holidays: @Porter_Anderson @npdgroup @pubperspectives

Publishing / News / International Publishing

France's Intermarché Offers Bookstores Its E-Commerce Network: @jaroslawadamows @pubperspectives
Surveying the Coronavirus' Impact on the International Book Business: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @IntPublishers

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

Effective comps in your query: @Janet_Reid

Publishing / Process / Formatting

How to format a manuscript: @NathanBransford

Publishing / Process / Legalities

Fictional characters quoting real people: @Janet_Reid

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Writing Predictable/Unpredictable Characters: @Lindasclare
Writing Older Characters: @evmysterywriter @killzoneauthors
A Character-Creating Exercise That Will Make Your Story Stand Out: by Natalie Gertsenberger @NaNoWriMo

Writing Craft / Conflict

When Writing About Concealed Weapons: from How to Fight Write

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Looking For Your Story’s Heart? Try To Write Its Headline: by PJ Parrish @killzoneauthors
The Secret to Organic Storytelling: by Arielle Haughee @FloridaWriters1
8 Types of Characters to Include in Your Story: @JerryBJenkins
5 Ways Paragraphing Supports Story: @kcraftwriter @writerunboxed
The Right Way to Write an Autistic Character: @fodderfigure @ElectricLit
Five Tips for Writing About Family Dynamics: by Erin Tyler @DIYMFA
Vivid Verbs: Where to Find Them: @mindofkyleam @ProWritingAid
Story Structure: 7 Narrative Structures All Writers Should Know: @ReedsyHQ

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming

The Parts of Naming Your Main Character: @mike54martin @KevinPThornton

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

A Complete Guide To Antecedents: by Krystal N. Craiker @ProWritingAid

Writing Craft / Revision

Editing Fiction: When to DIY and When to Outsource: @alexa_whitewolf @writingcookbook

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

Critiquing a friend’s book… how do you tell them it doesn’t work? @Roz_Morris

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

Setting of a Story: What Is It? And How to Write It: @ReedsyHQ

Writing Craft / Word Crafting

Evocative Words Generate Emotion: by Ann Gordon @RMFWriters

Writing Craft / World-Building

Hard Or Soft Worldbuilding: Which Is Right For You? by Oliver Fox @Writers_Write

Writing Tools / Apps

How to Get Rid of Repeats in Your Manuscript with ProWritingAid: @ProWritingAid

Writing Tools / Resources

A Free Writing Course from @RL_Stine :
Should a Fiction Writer Use a Thesaurus? @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors

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