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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Try “My WKB”–a way for you to list and sort articles,
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.

3 Stages of Merger Reaction: http://bit.ly/TljUDw
@Porter_Anderson @eoinpurcell

Ex-pat characters in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/Tn5DCB
@mkinberg

Tips for effective action scenes: http://bit.ly/TohArF
@JodieRennerEd

Tips for developing your writing style: http://bit.ly/X3Jtvg
@aguiltymind

The Essence of Genre–At The Movies: http://bit.ly/X3WDZn
@camillelaguire

Is There
Ever a Time to Give Up On that Book? http://bit.ly/TNTiX5
@AimeeLSalter

Why is an ebook ever riddled
with typos? http://vrge.co/TNTkxZ
@laura_june

Defining genre: http://bit.ly/TNTohq @noveleditor

After e-literature, there’s no
going back: http://bit.ly/S7ZCwi @salon

Do publishers hate authors? http://bit.ly/Wp8goI
@VictoriaStrauss @Business_Ghost @petermccarthy @Porter_Anderson

Refresher on semicolons: http://bit.ly/TNTxkS

How Dialogue Reveals Character:
http://bit.ly/S7ZNb7 @maria_mckenzie

Romance reader stats from RWA: http://bit.ly/S8051u

The search engine for writers: http://hiveword.com/wkb/search

iBookstore in 50 Countries: A Step-by-Step Listing
Guide: http://bit.ly/QuqeJH @lizcastro @Porter_Anderson

How to speak publisher: F is
for Flat fee: http://bit.ly/TOofu7
@anne_rooney

5 Tactics Bloggers Can Steal
from Fiction Writers: http://bit.ly/S8IhU7
@originalimpulse

5 tips for new writers: http://bit.ly/TOowNB @sierragodfrey

Who Dictates What You Write? http://bit.ly/S8IzKG @write_practice

3 Keys to Storytelling: http://bit.ly/TOoFAM @KristanHoffman

Openings that Orient: http://bit.ly/S8ICWX @fictionnotes

Balancing the Scenes that Make
Up Your Novel: http://bit.ly/TOoJjW
@kristenlambtx

What Does a Character Look
LIke? Are You Sure? http://bit.ly/TOoMw1

9 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block: http://bit.ly/TOoR2N+|+Duolit%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
@WrenDoloro

How (Not) to Be an Awesome
Critique Partner: http://bit.ly/S8INBx
@ava_jae

Things Silent Movies Can Teach
us About Storytelling: http://bit.ly/TOoYLU
@janice_hardy

How to Save a Bundle on Editing
Costs: http://bit.ly/S8J2wm @JodieRennerEd

All about publishing auctions: http://bit.ly/S8J7A4 @sjaejones

Is Traditional Publishing a
Happily Ever After? http://bit.ly/S8JeM1
@LauraHoward78

How to Perfect Your Elevator
Pitch & The Low-Down on Agency Assistant Salaries: http://bit.ly/QX2HRw @breeogden

How To Maintain Steady Book
Sales at Amazon and Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/10q5y6g
@goblinwriter

Help readers keep characters
straight: http://bit.ly/QX36U5 @juliettewade

The Subconscious Storyteller: http://bit.ly/10q6t6L @mooderino

How To Make Google Love Your
Blog: http://bit.ly/QX3qCh @woodwardkaren

Does Facebook Work For Authors?
http://bit.ly/10q7fR8 @mollygreene

Using Conflicts And Setbacks To
Create Narrative Drive: http://bit.ly/XikQvT
@woodwardkaren

iBookstore in 50 Countries: A
Step-by-Step Listing Guide: http://bit.ly/QuqeJH
@lizcastro @Porter_Anderson

Tips for writing humor: http://bit.ly/UNPjLk @joebunting

8 red flag rules for writers: http://bit.ly/WmHEJC @krissybrady

The Search Engine for Writers: http://hiveword.com/wkb/search

“Songwriters on
Songwriting”: Pete Seeger: http://bit.ly/Qv32Ld
@gointothestory

What Writers & Publishers
Need To Know About deviantART: http://bit.ly/Qv371x
@galleycat

Are Self-Publishing Authors
Killing the Publishing Industry? http://bit.ly/WkcdL7
@passivevoiceblg

Popular Marketing Mistakes:
Cannibalism: http://bit.ly/YatzQ2

13 Ways to Find New Readers for
Your Books: http://bit.ly/TgHYnV
@BookMarketer

How To Get Your Book Reviewed: http://bit.ly/TgIbY5 @bookmarketer

Why Indie Authors Should Have A
Facebook Interest List: http://bit.ly/YaubFj

The importance of genre zines: http://bit.ly/YauxMf

How To Record Your Own
Audiobook: Setting Up A Home Studio: http://bit.ly/Yaxb4E
@woodwardkaren

After “The End” – The
Epilogue: http://bit.ly/TgK8DS @THahnBurkett

Why and how to blog a book: http://bit.ly/Yaxw7h @ninaamir

The bookstore brain: http://nyr.kr/TgKgDv @pageturner

Synopsis writing tips: http://bit.ly/YaxLze @lynnettelabelle

How authors write: http://bit.ly/TgKOJr @jason_pontin

10 Vonnegut-Centric Sites: http://bit.ly/Yayr7Q @deadwhiteguys

People vs. persons: http://bit.ly/TgKXws @writing_tips

“Whatever you have to do
to finish it, finish it”: http://bit.ly/YayEYv
@gointothestory

Can sci-fi be a happy place? http://bit.ly/TgLcHV

How to Realize Your Dreams Even
If You Don’t Know How to Get There: http://bit.ly/Yaz69k
@JWhite

Publisher: a new role in data
herding: http://oreil.ly/TgLqiq @JennWebb

Soft-boiled vs hard-boiled
mysteries: http://bit.ly/YazqVu
@SouthrnWritrMag

Semicolons: A Love Story: http://nyti.ms/TgLVce @nytimes

How To Buy Your Author Domain
Name: http://bit.ly/YaA8lz @authormedia

You may want to stop pursuing
publication if…: http://bit.ly/TgNMOd
@rachellegardner

Have We Already Reached
“Peak E-book?”: http://bit.ly/YaCLnx
@pubperspectives

21 Unexpected Places To Find
Your Writer’s Muse: http://bit.ly/TgNUNF

How to Get Your Book Noticed in
Today’s Changing Marketplace: http://bit.ly/YaCReO
@StinaLL

Tips for handling publishing’s
waiting game: http://bit.ly/TgO2N7 @aswinn

How To Get Honest Book Reviews:
http://bit.ly/TgOb3b @woodwardkaren

How to Attract Customers With
Pinterest: http://bit.ly/TgPfUL @smexaminer

12 Days of Book Sales: A Dozen
Holiday Book Promotion Ideas: http://bit.ly/TgPn6M
@duolit

Top 10 Wolves in Fantasy: http://bit.ly/YaJ8az @dk_stevens

Tips for your endings: http://bit.ly/YaJePd @livewritethrive

Characters–5 defining
characteristics of Alarm personalities: http://bit.ly/TgRYO6
@jeanniecampbell

Using an “Otherworld”
as inspiration for our writing: http://bit.ly/YaJvSq
@GeneLempp

Romance–examples of books
where friends fall in love: http://bit.ly/TgSfAq
@MirandaKennealy

50 Ultimate Genre Match-Ups: http://bit.ly/YaK7HI

Screenwriting–Planning Action
Sequences: http://bit.ly/TgSBHp
@gointothestory

How To Build Your Business And
Your Blog: http://bit.ly/YaKtOl
@thecreativepenn

Adaptation is Translation: http://bit.ly/TgSGLb @amazonbooks

15 Idioms for Periods of Time: http://bit.ly/YaKF0b @writing_tips

4 Writing Fears, Debunked: http://bit.ly/10sIJ2L @ava_jae

13 Ways to Know You Have the
Right Idea For Your Book: http://bit.ly/TgZKYi
@writersdigest

Romance writing–5 Fictional
Small Towns with a Difference: http://bit.ly/10sJ0md
@Janga724

How to Write Dialogue Unique to
Your Characters: http://bit.ly/TgZWXt
@marcykennedy

No Reader Left Behind: http://bit.ly/10sJmta @kristinerusch

Striving to Be a Better Writer
by Writing More: http://bit.ly/Th00X1
@KarenCV

An Agent On Using Flashbacks in
Writing: http://bit.ly/10sJIjw @kid_lit

8 Ways Authors Turn Off
Potential Readers: http://bit.ly/Th0ble
@novelrocket @cerebralgrump

Should Authors Stalk Review
Sites? http://bit.ly/10sKblL @jodyhedlund

Add a Pinch–or a Pound–of
Poetry to Your Prose: http://bit.ly/Th0kFb
@janice_hardy

Remember to celebrate your
successes: http://bit.ly/10sKA7K

Does Amazon KDP Select Drive
Away True Fans? http://bit.ly/Th0r3J
@woodwardkaren

A beat sheet for romance
writers: http://bit.ly/10sL0en @jamigold

Beware of Simon & Schuster’s Archway Pub.: http://bit.ly/X4Ne3N
@Porter_Anderson @VictoriaStrauss

Scholarly writing: Open Access
— What Do Authors Really Want? http://bit.ly/Th0ywh
@scholarlykitchn

A refresher on hyphens: http://bit.ly/10sM2Xw @writing_tips

How to Write Scary: http://bit.ly/Th125w @4YALit

Choosing A Theme for Your
Author Blog: http://bit.ly/10sMG7F

Script To Screen: “The
Rocky Horror Picture Show”: http://bit.ly/Th16lC
@gointothestory

Richard Burton and the Writing
Process: http://bit.ly/10sMPYv

Are You Skimming Your Story’s
Potential? http://bit.ly/Th1bWu @KMWeiland

Criminal behavior info for
crime writers: http://bit.ly/10sN7yH
@KarenCV

5 WordPress Plugins for
Increased Writing Productivity: http://bit.ly/S1ZQ6W
@lifehackorg

Swearing in YA Fiction –
Authentic? Or Gratuitous? http://bit.ly/Tl2ua1
@AimeeLSalter

Idea-Stealing: How Not to Let
Your Fear Stifle Your Creativity: http://bit.ly/S1ZZr7
@diymfa

10 things editors look for in
non-fiction: http://bit.ly/Tl2E1g
@rachellegardner

World Building & Story
Creation: Use What You Know: http://bit.ly/Tl2Hdq
@woodwardkaren

Timing your book’s launch date
for maximum impact: http://bit.ly/S20ame

7 Narrative Writing Tips: http://bit.ly/Tl2QO1 @thewritermama

Websites for Indie Authors: http://bit.ly/S20jGj

Writers’ most common submission
mistakes — and how to avoid them: http://bit.ly/Tl2VBk
@MidgeRaymond

3 Ways to Grow Your Author
Newsletter: http://bit.ly/S20npy
@authormedia

How to Motivate Yourself to
Actually Achieve Your Goals: http://bit.ly/Tl33Ri
@lifehacker

Why do agents ask for only a
few chapters? http://bit.ly/S20wsW
@mooderino

If Self-Publishing Books Is SO
Easy, Why Do Self-Pubbers Work So Hard At It? http://bit.ly/Tl3c7g
@badredheadmedia

The Business of Screenwriting:
Low-budget filmmaking: http://bit.ly/S20DVz
@gointothestory

Empathy. It’s Where Characters
Are Born: http://bit.ly/S21jtV
@DanceOfRomance

How To Write When You Don’t
Have The Time: http://bit.ly/Tl3NFU
@booklifenow

Are writers too insulated from
their readers? http://bit.ly/Tl3Phb
@CerebralGrump

A Successful Author Builds a
Team: http://bit.ly/103yQHy @danblank

When you hit the brick wall
while writing your story: http://bit.ly/TOtBYG
@YAOTLBlog

Don’t sabotage your writing
career: http://bit.ly/XinKAY
@jameswatkinscom

3 things your editor needs to
know: http://bit.ly/TOsDvn @wherewriterswin

10 Indisputable Signs That
You’re a Writer: http://bit.ly/103wBE1
@ava_jae

Beware The False Compliments
That Are Killing Your Writing: http://bit.ly/XilZnd
@fuelyourwriting

How to Win in Amazon’s KDP
Select Program: http://bit.ly/XilxFI
@tweetthebook

How To Attribute Artwork
Licensed Under The Creative Commons: http://bit.ly/ZMXX2d
@woodwardkaren

Do publishers hate authors? http://bit.ly/Wp8goI @VictoriaStrauss
@Business_Ghost @petermccarthy @Porter_Anderson

3 Stages of Merger Reaction: http://bit.ly/TljUDw @Porter_Anderson
@eoinpurcell

Revealing Your Novel’s Theme: http://bit.ly/S64lxi

Why today’s writers need a garret: http://bit.ly/X4zaHp
@Porter_Anderson @edcyzewski

Guide to Book Launch and
Advance Sales Strategies with CreateSpace and Lulu: http://bit.ly/RbGIGE @jfbookman

Showing emotions instead of
telling them: http://bit.ly/RbGRd0
@novelrocket

Do You Admit To Being A Writer
In Public? http://bit.ly/S656qg
@thecreativepenn

Establishing a Writing
Schedule: http://bit.ly/S65sgw @MaryKnapke

The journey to publication can
feel like a storm: http://bit.ly/S65HIr
@lydia_sharp

Character Emotion: Is It
Written All Over Their Face? http://bit.ly/RbHq6E
@angelaackerman

A Better Way to Engage Your
Readers: Go Responsive: http://bit.ly/S66klc
@nickthacker

5 Ways to Make Google Calendar
Work For You: http://bit.ly/ToLAr2
@lifehackorg

Freelancers: 8 Rules You’ll
Need to Become An Editor’s Go-To Writer: http://bit.ly/ULZ3HQ
@problogger

Writing To Music: Knowing Your
Characters: http://bit.ly/ToLPCq
@woodwardkaren

How libraries buy mysteries: http://bit.ly/ULZC4i

Your Must-Have Book Checklist:
From Idea to Publication: http://bit.ly/ToM3cX
@KMWeiland

Tips for writing disasters: http://bit.ly/UM0iqv @Dianapfrancis

5 Ways To Get Your First Draft
Material Out Of Your Head And Onto The Page: http://bit.ly/ToMgNb
@thecreativepenn

Scriptwriting–Great Scene:
“American Beauty”: http://bit.ly/UM1eep
@gointothestory

Backlists:Authors Discover the 1978 Copyright Act: http://bit.ly/TnYi61
@jeffjohnroberts @Porter_Anderson

Why Are We Running as Fast as
We Can to Stay in the Same Place? http://bit.ly/UM1B8F
@annerallen

Sound Effects In Your Writing: http://bit.ly/ToPal1

Using book structure to create compelling stories: http://bit.ly/V9Urve
@suspense_writer

The importance of moments of normalcy to crime fiction: http://bit.ly/RnPC3V
@mkinberg

Amazon Doubles Down on Exclusivity: http://bit.ly/RoRYPT
@MarkCoker

6 Comments

Margot KinbergDecember 2, 2012

Elizabeth – Thanks as ever for these really helpful links! And I love that title: How to Speak Publisher – very clever.
Terry AmbroseDecember 2, 2012

Holy moley! Now that’s a list! Thanks again for letting me guest the other day!
Terry
Alex J. CavanaughDecember 2, 2012

Scrolling through and saw one on Rocky Horror Picture Show. That was unexpected!
Jemi FraserDecember 3, 2012

Thanks! I’ve missed a lot during nano. Off to check out a couple for now! :)
Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley AdamsDecember 2, 2012

Margot–Isn’t it? It’s a whole series of posts with different publishing terms.

Terry–It was my pleasure!

Alex–Ha! I know. :) Slipped that one in there. Related to screenwriting…sort of!
Clarissa DraperDecember 3, 2012

Thanks again for the wonderful links!

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