Twitterific
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.
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Kobo exec @mtamblyn on the impossible task of curating 4 million titles & what should scare authors: http://dld.bz/ddsPz
6 Tips for Writing With a Chronic Illness: http://dld.bz/cUFtD @jessbaverstock
A Man Writing Female Characters: http://dld.bz/cUFtE @JonSprunk
All the links I shared last week: http://dld.bz/cUGrJ . All the links I’ve ever shared (searchable): writerskb.com
Top Five Highs and Lows of Publishing: http://dld.bz/cUFtv @mpax1
Thoughts on beginning a novel: http://dld.bz/cUFtq @sharonksouza
5 Tips for Trying to Write When the Kids Are Home: http://dld.bz/cUGsk @WeBlogBetter
15 Common Places That Can Inspire Your Creativity: http://dld.bz/cUGsn @TheWallenWay
10 Mistakes Authors Make That Can Cost Them a Fortune (and how to avoid them): http://dld.bz/cUGsx @bookgal
On Becoming a Professional Amateur: Character Acrobatics: http://dld.bz/cUGsz @bookviewcafe
You Know You’re a Writer If…: http://dld.bz/cUGuS @sara_sans_h
Book cover archive: http://dld.bz/cUGuW @raquelbyrnes
9 Odd Stories Behind Book-Inspired Music: http://dld.bz/cUGve @kimber_regator
Poetry Profiles: Copper Canyon Press: http://dld.bz/cUGvj @nytimesarts
Freelance Editor Rates To Guide Your Work: http://dld.bz/cUGvn @galleycat
The top 3 rules of social media for authors: http://dld.bz/cUGvv @chrisrobley @bookbaby
The Effective Use of Flashbacks: http://dld.bz/cUGv8 @marygkeeley
The Highly Underrated Gravatar – Why You Need One and How to Get It: http://dld.bz/cUGv9 @writerplatform
How to Work Faster in Microsoft Word With Hidden Features: http://dld.bz/cUGvX @kingbobsley
How To Sell Books With Amazon Reviews: http://dld.bz/cUGwk @selfpubreview @cattosko
How To Summon Creative Presence: http://dld.bz/cUFt8 @OrnaRoss
Ellipses Use: http://dld.bz/cUKm5 @EditorJamieC
Tips for surviving revisions: http://dld.bz/cUKnz @AlexJCavanaugh
10 Writers Who Couldn’t Get Published Today: http://dld.bz/cVuXT
7 Time Management Hacks: http://dld.bz/cVuXZ @thebookwright
Adverb abuse: http://dld.bz/cVQMv @EditorJamieC
All about perma-free and ranking at Amazon: http://dld.bz/cVQQ4
Nonfiction writing–find your readers before writing the book: http://dld.bz/cVQQC @GLeeBurgett
Rewarding our readers—freebies for our mailing list: http://dld.bz/cVQQM @ladyanakina
Avoiding social media overwhelm: http://dld.bz/cVQQW @uriel1998
How to Find (and Compile) Proofreading Errors on a Kindle: http://dld.bz/cVQRj @byondpapr
Marketing with promo cards: http://dld.bz/cVQSm @WTDiscover
14 Ways to Tick off a Writer: http://dld.bz/cVQSv @rebeccamakkai @pshares
5 things 1 writer wishes he’d known before going indie: http://dld.bz/cVQSH
How Writers and Bloggers Can Use the Rule of 5 To Become Discoverable: http://dld.bz/cVQSS @ninaamir
Pluck Great Advice from Abundant Information by Experimenting: http://dld.bz/cVQSZ @LeslieLSanders
Should you self-publish or not? http://dld.bz/cVQUj @kristeneperron
Forget the Finish Line, Enjoy the Publishing Process: http://dld.bz/cVTpw @DIYWriting
Sudden immersion as part of a writing process: http://dld.bz/cVYqM @RichardLSutton
A Lesson About Leaving Negative Reviews: http://dld.bz/cWa8q @davastewart
Alternatives to GoodReads: Riffle, LibraryThing & BookLikes: http://dld.bz/cWdmY @CaballoFrances
How To Design and Crowd Test your Kindle Cover: http://dld.bz/cWdu6 @EBindery
Getting Book Reviews: The Methods Award-Winning Authors Use: http://dld.bz/cWduA @jimhbs
Freebie Strategies for Indie Authors: http://dld.bz/cWduU @sabsky
5 Steps to Blogging Mastery for Fiction Writers: http://dld.bz/cRdQ2 @writerplatform
Rafflecopter – An Easy Tool for Author Giveaways and Launch Parties: http://dld.bz/cWdvp @BiblioCrunch
Simple Solutions to 10 Common Writing Roadblocks: http://dld.bz/cQBYn @LeslieLSanders
47+ Places to Submit Your Free KDP Select Promotion for Your Kindle eBook: http://dld.bz/cWdww @trainingauthors
Ebook Marketing: Boxed Sets are Gaining Exposure and Sales: http://dld.bz/cWdw9 @jimhbs
Not About The Money: 10 Other Indie Author Motivations: http://dld.bz/cWdwF @EBindery
Best Unkept Book Marketing Secret of the Indie Author: http://dld.bz/cWdyw @JenniferDiaries
If fragmented is how we read now, then how should we write? http://dld.bz/cWdy6 @byondpapr
Mavens, Reviewers, Readers and Buyers: http://dld.bz/cWdyC @bookbuzzr
Manage Your Author Marketing Platform with 4 Easy Steps: http://dld.bz/cWdyF @CaballoFrances
Cover Art for Self-Publishers: http://dld.bz/cWdyP @LeslieLSanders
Emotional Barriers in Fiction: Intro to Emotional Channels: http://dld.bz/cY5TS @NakedEditor
Snark is a Dead Scene: Why It’s Time For Writers to Try Something New: http://dld.bz/cY5Ua @jaceycockrobin
Focused on Fiction: Five Storytelling Tips: http://dld.bz/cY5V5 @postaday
Are you a writer or an author? http://dld.bz/cY5V7 @ladyanakina
The Myth of Daily Word Count: http://dld.bz/cY5V9 @cerebralgrump
The most powerful marketing for a storyteller are the stories themselves: http://dld.bz/cY5VW @storyrally
Are Travel Writers Obsolete? http://dld.bz/cY5Wh @TravelandEscape
10 Tips to Staying Focused When Writing a Novel: http://dld.bz/cY5Wu
Workspace Porn: The ground they walk on: http://dld.bz/cY5W3 @MFAVN
4 Reasons Authors Should Embrace Their Writing Mistakes: http://dld.bz/cY5W7 @vgrefer
6 Keys for a Writing Retreat: http://dld.bz/cY5Yh @SandraMartini
4 Reasons to Write the Hell Out of (What’s Left of) 2013: http://dld.bz/cY5Ym @pshares @goldenthis
9 Ways Writers Can Use Pinterest: http://dld.bz/cY5Yq @pronounced_ing
Why the Writing of Breaking Bad is So Good: http://dld.bz/cY6bJ @GreenLensMedia
Why Writers Should Practice Short Fiction: http://dld.bz/cY6kN @TheIndieChicks
Are There Books Too Private to Publish? http://dld.bz/cY6kU @bookriot
3 Things You Should NOT Do with Your NaNoWriMo Novel: http://dld.bz/cY6md @changeitupedit
Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work: http://dld.bz/cY6mh @neatorama
Turning the Cogs: Content Farming: http://dld.bz/cY6mt @WritersEdit
15 good reasons why we shouldn’t write for a living: http://dld.bz/cY6mz @colin_falconer
Make your blurbs count: http://dld.bz/cY6m4 @GiveMeYourTeeth
Why 1 writer is grateful that her novels failed: http://dld.bz/cY6mE @NinaBadzin
Yes, being a good writer still matters: http://dld.bz/cY6mT @bizjournalism
Tips for a better author bio: http://dld.bz/ddtAq @janefriedman @writerunboxed
Best Practices for Getting Published: http://dld.bz/ddtAr @ajfinnegan
How to choose a writing style: Social validation, creative expression, or both? (Personality test for writers): http://dld.bz/ddtAw
Brand Yourself: How would you sum up your life in just 6 words? http://dld.bz/ddtHs @FirebrandTalent
What one writer learned from carving teeth: http://dld.bz/ddtH4 @KMWeiland
Publishing industry faces serious challenges, but is hardly ‘spiraling down the drain’: http://dld.bz/cVaRc @Porter_Anderson @MikeShatzkin
Great Scene: “Shakespeare In Love”: http://dld.bz/cUPPx @gointothestory
50 Synonyms for Control: http://dld.bz/cUPPt @writing_tips
Why autobiography is cursed by an unreliable narrator: http://dld.bz/cUPPU @guardianbooks
1 writer’s list of writing mistakes: http://dld.bz/cUPRJ
10 great meals in literature: http://dld.bz/cUPRX @TelegraphBooks
Can’t Take a Research Trip? No Problem: http://dld.bz/cUPSz @carrieturansky
4 Ways to Reveal Your Character’s Personal Boogie Man: http://dld.bz/cUPTg @niniehammon
Top 10 Clever Google Search Tricks: http://dld.bz/cUPTH @WhitsonGordon
Basic Instinct: http://dld.bz/cUPTX @bang2write
Track Changes is your friend: http://dld.bz/cUPUc @EditorJamieC
Writing When You’re Tired: http://dld.bz/cUPU5 @jamesscottbell
10 Promotion Pitfalls to Avoid: http://dld.bz/cUPU7
Build Your Own Bestseller: 3 Formulas: http://dld.bz/cUPPN @noreenmalone
8 Rules For Writing in Bed: http://dld.bz/cUPUF @writersdigest
POV Issues in a Romance Opening: http://dld.bz/cUPUA @janice_hardy
