Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig,
@elizabethscraig

Twitterific
is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week.

The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base
search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which
has over 19,000 free articles on writing-related topics. It’s the search engine
for writers.

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view your read articles, and see your search history. Read more about it here: http://bit.ly/S9thqS.
The free My WKB page is here: http://bit.ly/PV8Ueb. And check out Hiveword to
help you organize your story.

Making Money From indie Publishing: A
Guide For the Hopeful, the Optimistic and the Doomed: http://bit.ly/12GlIKO @sarahahoyt

How to Cut the Filler and Tighten Your
Book: http://bit.ly/XYvJxy @kmweiland

Goal-Keeping from the Greats: http://bit.ly/X6oYuN @diymfa

Marketing Your E-Book: Making The Most Of
Your Time: http://bit.ly/TBpt0j

The New World of Publishing: Goals and
Dreams: http://bit.ly/X6p8m1
@deanwesleysmith

Resort settings featured in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/100VtPG
@mkinberg

Grammar: Know the Rules Before You Break Them: http://bit.ly/UYHPYj
@suspense_writer

Cautious and adventurous personality types in crime
fiction: http://bit.ly/13CNfMN @mkinberg

A preview of today’s DBW conference: http://bit.ly/13CPMXk
. Twitter updates: #DBW13 @Porter_Anderson

Top 10 Things One Writer Learned About Social Media
Marketing: http://bit.ly/13DePcB @colbymarshall

The DBW con: kid lit goes digital, issues for trad. pubs,
piracy, more: http://bit.ly/10hxkVc @porter_anderson .Follow con #DBW13

Can You Tell ‘Male Writing’ from ‘Female?’ http://bit.ly/W9lRRg
@Porter_Anderson @MykeCole @TeresaFrohock

A “Dear Abby” Writing Exercise: http://bit.ly/VvjiLP
@LAMysteryWriter

Whoever Told You Editing Was Easy is
Nuts: http://bit.ly/TBpy45 @behlerpublish

Writing Horror: What Makes A Story Scary?
http://bit.ly/UjgGjq @woodwardkaren

The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling
a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains: http://bit.ly/10aEVEE @LeoWid

Writing a better climactic scene: http://bit.ly/10aEDOb @Lindasclare

When to shut down a creative life: http://bit.ly/10aE9HT @emergentpublish

Starting a New chapter: Defeating the
Blank Page: http://bit.ly/WAfqIn
@fictionnotes

Why we don’t write: http://bit.ly/TBNVi8 @write_practice

Great Scene: “Casablanca”: http://bit.ly/X70nGh @gointothestory

Great Character: Buddy (“Elf”):
http://bit.ly/TBO1Gs @gointothestory

Freelancing–the writer’s portfolio: http://bit.ly/X70ul3

Real Life Diagnostics: Using the Journal
Format in a YA Novel: http://bit.ly/TBO9Ge
@janice_hardy

The Structure Of Short Stories: The
Elevator Pitch Version: http://bit.ly/X70Rfv
@woodwardkaren

Writing Religion in Fantasy: http://bit.ly/TBOoAY

Create Your Own Storybook App: http://bit.ly/X7142l @JulieFHedlund

Should you re-query an agency? http://bit.ly/VHqG4A @rachellegardner

Tips for writing a book proposal: http://bit.ly/XyukTJ @GillianMarchenk

Managing Story Conflict: http://bit.ly/VHqVfY @SHalvatzis

Tips for authors for getting their books
into local bookstores: http://bit.ly/XyuI4G
@bizauthor

The Three Building Blocks of the Scene: http://bit.ly/VHr8jc @kmweiland

How Do Authors Reach *Readers*? http://bit.ly/Xyv3UV @annerallen

How to add jeopardy to your story before
the main conflict starts: http://bit.ly/VHrciW
@dirtywhitecandy

Writing Goals Versus Writing Dreams: How
To Get From One To The Other: http://bit.ly/XyvnTJ
@woodwardkaren

How much do ebooks cost to create? http://bit.ly/VHruGH

Trying to place more of your stories in
anthologies and ezines? Use a lower word count: http://bit.ly/XyvKNS
@BryanThomasS

Using the Real World in Fantasy Fiction: http://bit.ly/VHrGWg @fantasyfaction

1 writer reports on a KDP Select
experiment: http://bit.ly/XyvVZx

Lessons From ‘The Godfather’ On Sticking
To Your Creative Vision: http://bit.ly/Ut6nKB
@danblank

e Business of Screenwriting: Withdrawing
screen credit and pseudonyms: http://bit.ly/VZuqNq
@gointothestory

Editing & Critiquing: http://bit.ly/V4uo8r @woodwardkaren

How Writing Helps Us Heal: http://bit.ly/VNSP9w @write_practice

Toothless Writing Goals? Try These Tools:
http://bit.ly/VNSZh3 @Jan_Ohara

Clothes in books: “A black dress,
and a jewel the size of a trouser-button”: http://bit.ly/117SaGF
@clothesinbooks

7 Elements of an Effective Landing Page
Designed to Increase Your Mailing List: http://bit.ly/117RMIb
@karencv

The Psychology of Rejection &
Criticism: http://bit.ly/VNTjwq
@markmcguinness

9 Tips For Finishing That Novel: http://bit.ly/117SN37 @annastanisz

How to Edit Your Own Writing: http://bit.ly/117T2Lq @cbmcmillan

Writing Worldbuilding Into Our Books: http://bit.ly/119bgMG @davidbcoe

Why we need beta readers: http://bit.ly/VOGNN4

Dealing with Rejection: http://bit.ly/119bALt @avajae

Effects Of Stress On Creativity: http://bit.ly/119bPpM @TheArtofMind

A writer reports on using CreateSpace: http://bit.ly/VOH42u

Male Authors, Discover Your Feminine
Side: http://bit.ly/119pjSq
@turndog_million

Problems for writers as readers: http://bit.ly/VOP83o @suzanne_writer

When Your Schedule Changes And Writing
Suffers: http://bit.ly/VOPbMw @yahighway

Fight your censor: http://bit.ly/119qt0b

Keeping track of your characters: http://bit.ly/119ra9E

How you should treat edits on page
proofs/pass pages: http://bit.ly/VOQ4Vt

Mistakes with metaphors: http://bit.ly/U0vEtV @robdyoungwrites

Character Development: What Do They Want?
http://bit.ly/XHWJ9M @ava_jae

Blending Sex and Suspense: http://bit.ly/U0vPFD

How to Choose a Creative Writing Course: http://bit.ly/XHX3Fy

The InfoDump Scene: http://bit.ly/U0warJ

Tips for using dashes: http://bit.ly/U0whDN

Promotional Techniques for Authors: http://bit.ly/U0wxCK @ashkrafton

Finding the Balance Between Action and
Character: http://bit.ly/XHXFLq
@janice_hardy

Stupid Characters vs. Stupid Decisions:
They’re Not the Same: http://bit.ly/UWYegU
@ava_jae

16 villain archetypes: http://bit.ly/UWYoF2 @tamicowden

Know the Dramatic Question of Your Story:
http://bit.ly/ZsqAi5 @cockeyed_caravan

What’s the Most Important Moment in Your
Character’s Arc? http://bit.ly/UWZ512
@KMWeiland

Writing bloopers to avoid: http://bit.ly/ZsrLy8 @Lindasclare

3 Reasons Why You Need a Mailing List as
an Author: http://bit.ly/Zss3oM @fcmalby

The Business of Screenwriting: Anatomy of
a Deal: http://bit.ly/UWZnoN @gointothestory

6 Effective Ways to Inspire Yourself: http://bit.ly/UWZqkh @write_practice

9 ways to shatter genre boxes: http://bit.ly/13ltLfp @io9

Learn to Use Keyboard Shortcuts Like a
Ninja: http://bit.ly/VndFA1 @kingthor

5 things to remember about writing: http://bit.ly/13lurBu @theresastevens

Scene-stealing Antagonists: http://bit.ly/Vneede

Art first, commerce later: http://bit.ly/13luEVh @kristinerusch

Write badly: http://bit.ly/VnfXiH @selfpubreview

Dialogue Tags Are Annoying: http://bit.ly/13lvdhH @mooderino

7 Great Book Dedications: http://bit.ly/Vngml2 @johannthors

An agent on the year of self-pub: http://bit.ly/13lvuBs @sarahlapolla

Romance novels that read more like
categories: http://bit.ly/WFQWLo
@heroesnhearts

Finding Your Audience and Branching Out: http://bit.ly/WFR8tT @booklifenow

*Is* Writing Creative? http://bit.ly/TNwMSR @lilylefevre

Attracting Reader Responses on Your Blog:
http://bit.ly/WFRtwB) @auntyamo

Semicolons: http://bit.ly/WFRNM4
@WriteJoMichaels

Striving to Be a Better Writer by Writing
More: http://bit.ly/TNx4sU @karencv

10 Elements of Reality Not Allowed in
Fiction: http://bit.ly/WFS5T1

Should novelists be bloggers? http://bit.ly/TNxmQq @jfbookman

Fantasy: Manipulating the Mythos: http://bit.ly/WFSKnr @rmriegel

Blogs For Writers: http://bit.ly/13kAlDX @woodwardkaren

Dramatic Situation Vs. Dramatic Scene:
Win the Fight Against Poor Form: http://bit.ly/XojFal
@cdrosales

WIP feedback: When, How Often, How: http://bit.ly/13kAx63 @fictionnotes

How Music Affects the Writing Process: http://bit.ly/XojVGn @KMWeiland

Kobo Becoming a Player for Self-Published
Ebook Authors: http://bit.ly/13kAY0h
@goblinwriter

YA–beyond wizards and vampires, to sex: http://nyti.ms/13kBj33 @nytimes @leslieNYT

5 Ways to Optimise Your Facebook Author
Page: http://bit.ly/XokM9V @fcmalby

Starting a Podcast: What You Need to Know
to Succeed: http://bit.ly/13kBwTH
@smexaminer

3 steps to hosting a giveaway: http://bit.ly/Xol6p6 @TweetTheBook

Why Do We Bother?: The Quest for
Accuracy: http://bit.ly/13kBRFW @davidbcoe

7 Ways Twitter is a Writer’s Endless
Holiday Party: http://bit.ly/WHGbus
@NinaBadzin

All about book trailers (and resources
for making your own): http://bit.ly/10ygukI
@PBRWriter

Whys & Hows of Co-Writing a Novel: http://bit.ly/UxZFSJ @LauraHoward78

Ebook pricing: http://bit.ly/ZOPXR0 @goblinwriter

8 Books for Writers: http://bit.ly/WfHKxI @raimalarter

“People forget years and remember
moments.” http://bit.ly/12YXJGS
@gointothestory

Smooth Out Your Novel’s Scene Writing: http://bit.ly/10pUvhd @Lindasclare

Designing character interviews that
really matter: http://bit.ly/VUGgu6
@juliettewade

The benefits of long-writing: http://bit.ly/10pULfU @woodwardkaren

3 Cheap Promo Ideas for Self-Published
Authors: http://bit.ly/10pVa1W

Exploring Tortured Heroines in Romance
Novels: http://bit.ly/VUHeq1 @heroesnhearts

How 1 writer used Kickstarter to reboot a
series: http://bit.ly/10pVAoY
@tobiasbuckell

Turning Passive Plots into Active Plots: http://bit.ly/VUHsgT @susanjmorris

7 Ways to Add Subplots to Your Novel: http://bit.ly/10pW7rh @BrianKlems

Different Characters, Different Beliefs: http://bit.ly/VUHYvA @mooderino

Stephen King Gives Screenwriting Advice: http://bit.ly/10pWkdN @galleycat

Writing across the media: http://bit.ly/VUIcCX @tordotcom

“Platform” Doesn’t Have to Be a
Four-Letter Word: http://bit.ly/10pWHVN
@AuthorTedFox

5 Famous Authors Who Became Infamous: http://bit.ly/VUIxFJ @jtjarzemsky

Why 1 writer decided not to self-pub his
stories: http://bit.ly/10pXmXd @jamietr

Do You Follow Yourself Around The Web? http://bit.ly/VUMo5x @novelrocket

13 Types of Writers’ Blogs – Pros and
Cons: http://bit.ly/10q182S @VeronicaSicoe

Unleashing the Internal Editor: A
Self-Editing Checklist: http://bit.ly/VUMytG
@jodyhedlund

An index of helpful writing guides for
writers: http://bit.ly/10q1eaV

How To Measure Your Writing Success: http://bit.ly/VUMIkF @originalimpulse

Some questions for interviewing your
characters: http://bit.ly/10q1qaa

Successful Query Letters for Literary
Agents: http://bit.ly/VUMVEB @galleycat

Protect Your Wrists: Exercises for
Writers: http://bit.ly/10q1wOR @jamigold

Tips for breathing life into your
fiction: http://bit.ly/UHCC5t @JanalynVoigt

The Universality Is in the Details: http://bit.ly/10qj51l @livewritethrive

4 Simple Ways to Track Your Book
Marketing Progress: http://bit.ly/UHCHWZ
@duolit

How To Give Your Story a Better Middle: http://bit.ly/10qjctT @storyfix

Fun With Foreshadowing: http://bit.ly/UHCSl9 @cockeyed_caravan

TED Presentations from Writers: http://bit.ly/10qjmBh @galleycat

The Value of Google+ As A Writer’s
Platform: http://bit.ly/UHCVgI
@woodwardkaren

The Intersection of YA and Dystopian: http://bit.ly/10qjwZs @lkhillbooks

How to Embed a Twitter Tweet Into Your
Blog Post: http://bit.ly/UHD3g1 @jfbookman

Your Optimal Creativity Time May Be the
Opposite of Your Optimal Cognitive Time: http://bit.ly/TJN91k
@lifehackorg

Assume Reader Resistance: http://bit.ly/TJN7qo @mooderino

The Cure For Perfectionism: http://bit.ly/10qkZik @woodwardkaren

Don’t Hide Your Harlequins: In Defense Of
Romance: http://n.pr/X5gwtQ @howtowriteshop
@npr

The Importance of Knowing Your Ending: http://bit.ly/V4MYyX @yahighway

Retellings vs. fanfiction — where do you
draw the line? http://bit.ly/X5gGl6
@wordforteens

5 Ways Writers Should Approach Criticism:
http://bit.ly/V4Nr4c @cerebralgrump

Tips for running a blog tour: http://bit.ly/X5gYIz @beth_barany

4 Comments

Margot KinbergJanuary 20, 2013

Elizabeth – These links are, as ever, fantastic. No question that we need beta readers!! That was the first link that really caught my eye and I know there’ll be others.
Alex J. CavanaughJanuary 20, 2013

Great links! Need to check out writing bloopers.
Clarissa DraperJanuary 21, 2013

It’s sad that you only get two comments. You deserve a lot more thanks.
Julie MusilJanuary 22, 2013

Your writing links are the BEST! Thank you so much for doing this. Honestly, I could stay on this post for days, just clicking and reading and learning.

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