Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigBlog

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.

Why Is The Media Ignoring Author Exploitation By Publishers? http://ow.ly/xsDMq @DavidGaughran

“Do I Have Writing Talent?” You’re Asking the Wrong Question:  http://ow.ly/xmhxG @writerunboxed  @suzannahwindsor           

Editing Etiquette | The Steve Laube Agency:  http://ow.ly/xmj9z

5 Ways to Get to Know Your Character:  http://ow.ly/xmhME @Janice_Hardy

Book Clubs Mean Business http://ow.ly/xmiWI @NicholeBernier

3 Insights That Lead to Successful Publishing Careers:  http://ow.ly/xmix9 @Janefriedman

5 Steps To Reading Critically:  http://ow.ly/xmj14 @woodwardkaren

Self-publishing authors and literary agents – do they mix? http://ow.ly/xmi7u @Alison_Morton

15 Articles on Cover Design for Self-Publishers: http://ow.ly/xmhJz @jfbookman

Will the Hachette/Amazon Battle Encourage Authors to Self-Publish? http://ow.ly/xmi3d @Goodereader

Inside a Screenwriter’s Mind: ‘Vomit Drafts’ and ‘Land of Lost Scenes’:  http://ow.ly/xmit7 @BAHjournalist

Melville had everything a young author could dream of. Then he wrote Moby-Dick and ruined everything:  http://ow.ly/xmhPG @mental_floss

Things a writer wishes he knew about creating characters when he started writing:  http://ow.ly/xmjpB @ChrisAndrewsAU

Marketing & Selling: The Same? http://ow.ly/xmic4

Writing Agreement # 1: Be Impeccable with Your Word: http://ow.ly/xmjBu  @KCraftWriter

How to Use Reader Feedback to Improve Your Writing:  http://ow.ly/xmjg8 @CKMacLeodwriter @CarlaJDouglas

10 Common Types of Writer’Â’s Block (and How to Overcome Them Quickly):  http://ow.ly/xmhqt @NikkiWoods

How to structure your story: tips from Joseph Campbell’s mythology http://ow.ly/xmYGr @nownovel

Writers’ Anxiety: Less Prozac, More Presence http://ow.ly/xmZdZ @bentguy1 @writerunboxed

Creating Archetypal Characters:  http://ow.ly/xmZfv @glencstrathy

So You Want to Write a Cocktail Book… http://ow.ly/xmYqH @dietsch @seriouseats

Writing Warfare in Fantasy: A Guide to the Battle Scene:  http://ow.ly/xmYSW @mythicscribes

What It’s Like to Work for J.D. Salinger’s Agent:  http://ow.ly/xmYyl @NewYorkObserver @kbsmoke

3 Times You Should Stop Writing:  http://ow.ly/xmYmC @EmilyWenstrom

Should Authors Stick To One Genre? An Interview With Linda Gillard:  http://ow.ly/xmZ8S  @joannegphillips

Self-publishing is not revolutionary – it’s reactionary: http://ow.ly/xsDx3 @guardianbooks

Screenwriting: Why Joe Everyman is A Terrible Lead:  http://ow.ly/xgJTS @DrewChial

Creating Stunning Character Arcs: The Resolution:  http://ow.ly/xgJuf @kmweiland

Do Self-Publishing Authors Earn More?  http://ow.ly/xgKqD @OrnaRoss

On Writing Secondary Characters:  http://ow.ly/xgK8m @carlywatters

Simultaneous subplots:  http://ow.ly/xgJ8N @vgrefer

Advice On Writing For Writers From Writers: http://ow.ly/xgKJu @NikkiWoods

4 Signs That You’re Not Writing Enough…and 4 Things You Can Do About It:  http://ow.ly/xgK3p @naturithomas

The Tenured vs. Debut Author Report:  http://ow.ly/xgJ5x @HughHowey @AuthorEarnings

The Straight Dope on Publishers Marketplace:  http://ow.ly/xgJiO @literaticat

What’s in a Pen Name?  http://ow.ly/xgJG2 @John_Wray @newyorker

Author Entrepreneur. Why Being An Indie Author Is A Great Business Model:  http://ow.ly/xgJzE @thecreativepenn

Do Men Receive Bigger Book Advances Than Women? http://ow.ly/xgJcQ @JaneFriedman

Trigger Warnings and the Novelist’s Mind :  http://ow.ly/xgJpD @jaycaspiankang @newyorker

15 Greatest Character Names In American Film History http://ow.ly/xgIYq  @whatculture

Should Writers Compare Themselves to Other Writers?  http://ow.ly/xgJwv @noveleditor

Know Your Genre: Tips and Secrets from the Experts for Writing Bestselling Genre Fiction: http://ow.ly/xgK0R @RuthHarrisBooks

“Dying Clues” in Crime Fiction:  http://ow.ly/xqGOX @mkinberg

How To Market A 99 Cent Ebook Sale On The Cheap:  http://ow.ly/xn6iy @mollygreene

Beyond the shoot-em-up: how gaming got killer stories: http://ow.ly/xeEAB @SimonParkin

10 English Words And Phrases That Folks Use Incorrectly:  http://ow.ly/xeE4d

Symbols for Writers: the Snake:  http://ow.ly/xeL6u @CherylRWrites

Tips For Writing Action http://ow.ly/xeENw @joecraiguk

What to do when you feel out of touch with your creative energy: http://ow.ly/xeDX4 @gointothestory

How to Make Word Behave Like Scrivener http://ow.ly/xeLfB @byondpapr

Owning Our Words: Gatekeepers and Gender in Children’s Books http://ow.ly/xeEtf @KateMessner

Alice Hoffman: 5  tips to help you write your novel :  http://ow.ly/xeKEz @salon

When to Consult a Medical Expert for Our Writing:  http://ow.ly/xeKz8 @JordynRedwood

The War Of Art:  http://ow.ly/xeLaj @write_practice

The internet isn’t harming our love of ‘deep reading’, it’s cultivating it:  http://ow.ly/xeEIT @stevenpoole

Writers Sometimes Make Up a New Word. Here Are Some of the Best:  http://ow.ly/xeEnN @bluepencil2

The three ages of becoming a writer:  http://ow.ly/xeKZX @roz_morris

‘I am not accessible’ :  http://ow.ly/xeKQh @haleshannon

7 Tips for Writing Better Sex Scenes:  http://ow.ly/xeLyr @wordsprof

Some Hollywood Advice for Shakespeare:  http://ow.ly/xeE9T @kaskew

Walking Away from the Stress of the Big Release: http://ow.ly/xmEDf

9 Poems To Change Your Mind About Poetry:  http://ow.ly/xbKDo @_RobbieBlair_

Do your characters exist beyond FADE OUT?  http://ow.ly/xbKvq @gointothestory

The retailer-publisher chill:   http://ow.ly/xmdQF @Porter_Anderson @DavidGaughran @author_sullivan

Author Tips and Tricks: http://ow.ly/xbL91 @AuthorKSBrooks

How To Pick The Right Genre For Your Novel (And Why Your Sales Depend On It):  http://ow.ly/xbKrN @writetodone

Despair, Depression– Give up or Fight back?   http://ow.ly/xbKMy @SR_McKade

How Not to Begin Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/xbLCg  @jawlitagent

Help with accents and dialects: http://ow.ly/xbM6y

Underlying themes in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/xmcDj @mkinberg

Treating Your Writing Like A Full-Time Job:  http://ow.ly/xbLqV @Jen_328

10 Truths for Self-publishers:  http://ow.ly/xbKZi @AP_Fuchs

Using Photographs to Tell Your Story: http://ow.ly/xbKTL @cateartios

8 tips to get the most out of attending a writers’ conference:  http://ow.ly/xbMmd @michellerafter

What Makes a Good Book Marketer?  http://ow.ly/xbKm2 @selfpubreview

The Writer’s Force – A Word on Depression:  http://ow.ly/wXLOg @MikkiKells

How to Show a Character’s Internal Journey:  http://ow.ly/wXL9v  @jamigold

7 Famous Authors Who Were First Published After 50: http://ow.ly/wXL0L @phildiederich

Nonfiction: How to Write Good Sales Copy for the Back of Your Book:  http://ow.ly/x9xg8 @NonfictionAssoc

The 15 Principles Of Highly Successful Authors:  http://ow.ly/x9vgb @thatwritergirl

How To Write A Terrific Murder Mystery: http://ow.ly/x9u8Y @woodwardkaren

Nonfiction: How to Write a Competitive Title Analysis:  http://ow.ly/x9vjG @NinaAmir

How to Use a Sprint Journal:  http://ow.ly/x9wXM @ramonadef

Sentence Writing 101 – Excision:  http://ow.ly/x9v0r @Massim0Marin0

Tips for stripped-down writing:  http://ow.ly/x9vsB @NakedEditor

Publishing: Rules are Rules (except when they aren’t)  http://ow.ly/x9vIi @rchazzchute

2 Plot Tips for Tying Character Motivation to Theme:  http://ow.ly/x9uKZ @plotwhisperer

BEA’s new Author Hub schedule:  http://ow.ly/xjcLY  @Porter_Anderson #BEA14

15 Things to Know About Book Events:  http://ow.ly/x9uss @jennymilchman @btmargins

The Psychological Benefits of Writing:  http://ow.ly/x9woE @GregoryCiotti

The Subplot – Not Second Place, but Side by Side:  http://ow.ly/x9vAI @AnthonyEhlers

How music affects your productivity:  http://ow.ly/x8VjV @GregoryCiotti

Why do we write?  http://ow.ly/x9u4a @momentumbooks

How to Be a More Concise Writer: http://ow.ly/x9wgZ @ErinMFeldman

The Author’s Public Face:  http://ow.ly/x9v8u @megmims

Amazon v Hachette: Don’t Believe The Spin:  http://ow.ly/xgIUF @DavidGaughran

Author Platform: Here’s What All the Fuss Is About:  http://ow.ly/x6Llq @thewritelife

Tips for Cleaning up a Manuscript: http://ow.ly/x6LfN @noveleditor

Is Dialogue Really That Important?  http://ow.ly/x6LbJ @screencrafting

How to handle disagreements with your editor:  http://ow.ly/x6I0L @rachellegardner

Who is Goliath in Publishing?  http://ow.ly/x6JBK @HughHowey

The Responsibilities of a Small Press Author:  http://ow.ly/x6J58  @AlyConnerBrown

3 Things to Know About Exposition & Telling:  http://ow.ly/x6J8h @victoriamixon

5 Things Filmmakers Should Stop Doing Right Now:  http://ow.ly/x6IhI @vidandfilmmaker

Product Review: Scrivener: http://ow.ly/x6Luv @chris_shultz81

When can novelists break the rules?   http://ow.ly/x6IVV @wendylawton

Working a Paranormal Element into Mysteries:  http://ow.ly/xgzYk @MarsaliTaylor

7 Free-to-Enter National Writing Competitions:  http://ow.ly/x6JKo @writersdigest

What tools did famous authors use to write their popular books? http://ow.ly/x6Iq0 @chrisrobley

Out of the Woods:  http://ow.ly/x6JU5 @Kathy_Crowley

Good Online Author Etiquette for Blogging, Twitter, Comments:  http://ow.ly/xg2n1 @alexjcavanaugh

5 Techniques To Develop Your Short Story Into A Novel:  http://ow.ly/x6LEG @writersrelief

Embracing The Imperfect with Annie Lammott: http://ow.ly/x6JXF @ornaross

5 Lessons In Creativity And Crime Writing From Jo Nesbo:  http://ow.ly/x6Jm9 @fastcompany @JessGrose

Book Boss Jane Friedman Talks Tech, Ebooks and Why Content Still Rules: http://ow.ly/x6Ixs @JaneORIM @forbes

Keys to Revising Your Script for 1st Time Screenwriters:  http://ow.ly/x2X81 @screencrafting

Don’t Ever Do It For the Money: A Conversation with an Agent:  http://ow.ly/x2XmG @EdanL

Writer’s Resource: Create a calendar (with moon phases) for any month in history:  http://ow.ly/xfdyx @sarawhitford

Story Arc in a Nutshell http://ow.ly/x37KX @lihauthor

Will the Agency Model Survive?  http://ow.ly/x2XCz @passivevoiceblg @PublishersWkly

How To Write a Book from Start to Finish: http://ow.ly/x2XGR @joebunting

An Agent on Posting your work for online crits: http://ow.ly/x2XXk @janet_reid

Elizabeth Spann Craig

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Elizabeth writes the Memphis Barbeque series (as Riley Adams) and the Southern Quilting mysteries for Penguin and writes the Myrtle Clover series for Midnight Ink and independently. She also has a blog, which was named by Writer’s Digest as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers. There she posts on the writing craft, finding inspiration in everyday life, and fitting writing into a busy schedule.

7 Comments

  1. Margot KinbergJune 1, 2014

    Elizabeth – Thanks, as ever, for these links. I’m really interested in the set of links here that address the different aspects of the e-revolution in reading and writing.

    1. Elizabeth Spann CraigJune 1, 2014

      Margot–It’s an interesting topic…and a great one for us to all keep on top of, too. Thanks for coming by!

  2. Julie MusilJune 1, 2014

    Wow, so many great links this week. I just sat her for an hour reading through some great posts. Another interesting one from Author Earnings. Thanks, Elizabeth!

    1. Elizabeth Spann CraigJune 1, 2014

      Julie–That’s a fascinating post, isn’t it? Love how Hugh Howey is shining a light on that area.

  3. Julie MusilJune 1, 2014

    Oh, and the one from Anne Lamott about imperfections made me laugh! Awesome stuff.

    1. Elizabeth Spann CraigJune 1, 2014

      I loved that one, too! :)

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