Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 35,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

On (Not) Closing the Skill Gap:  http://ow.ly/xYdb304Uzxx @Ava_Jae

Be a Gutsy Blogger to Find Your Niche & Voice:  http://ow.ly/vxxa304WTUT @CaballoFrances  @cksyme

Suspects from foreign lands as an element in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/lMYo305bbNF @mkinberg

Using Real-World Places to Inspire Fictional Settings:  http://ow.ly/g7y8304WTvA @SophieMasson1               

5 Rules of Flashback:  http://ow.ly/AV7W304WZI9 @Book_Arch

7 Tips For Researching Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/JL1e304X1f1 @ClaireABradshaw

7  Tips for Writing a Humor-Filled Novel:  http://ow.ly/8KYp304X18R @FishWielder  @WritersDigest

Straying from the Party Line: Anna’s 2 Longstanding Problems in Frozen: http://ow.ly/PZZY304X0sz @CockeyedCaravan

Introducing Horror to Your Little Monsters:  http://ow.ly/WDt5304X0GZ by Thomas Joyce @ThisIsHorror

How to Stay Organized During a Revision:  http://ow.ly/bSoB304WTot @Janice_Hardy  @AngelaAckerman

6 Ways SF/F Characters Avoid Traditional School:  http://ow.ly/CS2E304WZYN @cloudy_vision  @use_theforce_em  @mollytempleton  @nataliezutter

How to Generate an Idea: Tweak Right and Left Simultaneously:  http://ow.ly/cOJs304X0n4 @CockeyedCaravan

10 Things Every Writer Should Know About Amazon Publishing:  http://ow.ly/E62530500tW @CEMcKenzie1  @WritersDigest

The Business of Writing: Pen Names:  http://ow.ly/sLkL30500gv  @KathrynGoldman

‘All in the Curation’: Scaling up Book Club Recommendations: http://ow.ly/3VHz305bcyC @Porter_Anderson with @EllysChoice Nathan Hull

Character Archetypes From A to Z:  http://ow.ly/RbF830501ge @HunterEmkay

Tips for Making Yourself More Promote-able:  http://ow.ly/rr4V30500iC @laurakayeauthor

When Writers Do It Wrong: The Top 10 Ways To Annoy Your Twitter Followers:  http://ow.ly/CFSI30500wR @AnnieNeugebauer

Speaking in Code: Ebook HTML basics:  http://ow.ly/WZiJ30500mj @dkudler

Becoming Stronger Writers: Resources:  http://ow.ly/GZGF30500r8 @AngelaAckerman

Publishing: Germany’s Jens Klingelhöfer: ‘A Great Battle for Customers’ http://ow.ly/pn5T305b9m4 @Porter_Anderson

7 Essential Ways for Authors to Be Newsworthy:  http://ow.ly/D73G304UA32 @BuildYourBrandA

Hurricanes in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/wkql305bbBv @mkinberg

Author Earnings Cites ‘Sudden’ Downturn in Indie Ebook Share:  http://ow.ly/y3Mh305b9uM @Porter_Anderson @authorearnings

Publishing-related podcasts:  http://ow.ly/7fai305b99V @MarkPiesing  @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Celebrating African American History and Culture:  http://ow.ly/1CDH305aSLK @SILibraries @Eclemrush

Tips for making a living as a writer:  http://ow.ly/9Ju4305bnEB

The World Map of Nobel Prize in Literature:  http://ow.ly/gJiV305bgjl @My_poetic_side

Pace and story structure: a blueprint for keeping the reader gripped:  http://ow.ly/D73c305aSvG @Roz_Morris

Passing Time Is The Secret To Improving Your Story:  http://ow.ly/Ob44304UzlC @standoutbooks

How to Rock an Author Festival with a Self-Published Book: http://ow.ly/HX6h304UzZz  @worderella

12 Questions To Help You Create Memorable Characters:  http://ow.ly/TzXl304Uztx by Jack London @WritetoDone

What To Do With Characters Who Don’t Yet Have A Story:  http://ow.ly/g9VK304UzPs by Katymarie Frost @GoTeenWriters

5 essentials for exercising an imagination:  http://ow.ly/KXZH304Uzzl @reallucyflint

How 1 Writer Edited 1200 Pages in 12 Weeks:  http://ow.ly/r7gC304UzDp by Fae Rowen

Participating in NaNoWriMo? Start Planning Now:  http://ow.ly/C3mR304Uzgj @besscozby  @DIYMFA

6 Writing Tips from Jonathan Franzen:  http://ow.ly/fumq304UznX @monicamclark

One Author’s KDP Select Report:  http://ow.ly/3fvK304Uzj6 @johnhartness

5 Reasons Your Revision Isn’t Working:  http://ow.ly/TS2n304UzL1 @Janice_Hardy

Simple Steps for Building an Email List:  http://ow.ly/ULPg304UA5i @booklybooks

How to get in the mood to write daily: 9 tips: http://ow.ly/Q1h6304UzWE @nownovel

Hidden Choices: Time Management For Writers:  http://ow.ly/lz6O304SPQT @TheBookDirector

Creating a Site Map for Your Website:  http://ow.ly/ugsS304SIDO @JMNeyGrimm

5 Types of Awkward Wording to Avoid:  http://ow.ly/pIzm304SHyC @writing_tips

Copyright Infringement: Those Cute Kitten Pix May Cost You:  http://ow.ly/lsOR304SIgg @HelenSedwick  @BookWorksNYC

Revising for Pace:  http://ow.ly/YTQJ304SH6b @Lindasclare

Mastering the Art of the Scene:  http://ow.ly/Cqsu304SGvm @jennienash

Build A Visual Strategy for Your Author Brand:  http://ow.ly/Fqyb304SI8i @KimberleyGrabas

How to Become a Novelist in 10 Easy Steps:  http://ow.ly/56bD304SHmH by Nell Zink @lithub

A Guide to Choosing the Right Price for Your Book : http://ow.ly/go3j304SI2e from Fix My Story

Beware of Self-Publishing Predators:  http://ow.ly/IgcP304SHVg @mybookshepherd

Use Mini-Goals to Achieve Big Writing Goals:  http://ow.ly/OSae304SHc2 @SukhiJutla

Nailing That 10-Scene Foundation for Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/Xvpv304SGXd @CSLakin

How Publishers Can Cure “Ugly Sample Syndrome”:  http://ow.ly/YLeT304PYoT @robeagar

Is This Character Introduction Scene Working?  http://ow.ly/abUI304PYOE @Janice_Hardy

‘How My Grandfather Went From the Pulitzer Prize to Complete Obscurity’:  http://ow.ly/APqu304PXOF @tomshroder  @lithub

What Authors Need To Know About the Publishing Industry Today:  http://ow.ly/WPUq304PYEI @jamesscottbell

Getting Ready to Launch a Book? Start with These 5 Questions:  http://ow.ly/1CWZ304PYAG @Andrea_Dunlop  @JaneFriedman

On Writing Racist Characters:  http://ow.ly/BeeP304PZ1n from Writing With Color

Perks and Pitfalls of Twitter Pitches:  http://ow.ly/mEGR304PYkM @jeribaird11

The 5 Pillars Of Rapid Email List Growth:  http://ow.ly/x3uR304PYdW @adamjayc

How to Leverage the Power of Someone Else’s Platform:  http://ow.ly/32PA304PYa4 @kikimojo

Query FAQs: http://ow.ly/8TZc304PYJN @DGLM

6 Ways To Publish A Book:  http://ow.ly/OHPT304PYW8 @JaneFriedman  @Writers_Write

To Leave Your Mother Tongue is to Love It More:  http://ow.ly/JzTw304PY61 by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough @lithub

Finish That Novel by Fixing Fatal Flaws:  http://ow.ly/aykd3053YK9 @Janice_Hardy @annerallen

Until You Know How To Market Your Books, Don’t Pay For Book Marketing:  http://ow.ly/iFnC3053WOB @OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI

The Ideal Novelist’s Degree:  http://ow.ly/Tw2g3051mfg @p2p_editor

The UK book industry today: 3 important points:  http://ow.ly/Z1iA3053Wso @pubperspectives @Porter_Anderson @rebecsmart

10 Short Stories for the International Day of the Girl:  http://ow.ly/QIZD3053Wce @KaitGetsLit @lithub

Create Your Writing Career Business Plan:  http://ow.ly/4EyY304LxJ0 @JanalynVoigt

It’s All in the Verbs:  http://ow.ly/MNOF304LyjA @JodieRennerEd

Stuck on Plot? Start at the End:  http://ow.ly/1373304Lxwf @Janice_Hardy   @JamiGold

The Introvert’s Guide to Writers’ Conferences:  http://ow.ly/SKkt304Ly9P @laurabenedict

Series Beginnings:  http://ow.ly/QiqM304Lyfv @Kid_Lit

Use Internal Conflict to Create Plot:  http://ow.ly/o0j5304Lxyn @Janice_Hardy

How to Write an Irresistible Love Triangle:  http://ow.ly/9o1S304LxV4 by Whitney Carter

“I Wrote a 150,000-Word Pulp Novel in a Month to Win a Bet”: http://ow.ly/FXtu304LxX2  @StanleyDonwood

Learn to write better with 4 free completed writing craft series: http://ow.ly/LzLa304LxMK @JanalynVoigt

How to Write a Story Without an Outline:  http://ow.ly/MB8s304LxTC  @vrcraftauthor

First Drafts: Plotter? Pantser? Somewhere In Between? http://ow.ly/20yR304LyhD @RuthHarrisBooks

Manuscript Editing: How to Cut Words:  http://ow.ly/Kve3304Lxu6 @Janice_Hardy  @nownovel

Are you a Dabbler? Why it’s Not a Dirty Word:  http://ow.ly/rBLh304G4pr @CreativeKatrina

7 Ways To Tell If You Have Too Much Plot In Your Story:  http://ow.ly/dFbB304G5a6 @Writers_Write

Loyalty as an element in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/imGz3051mmE @mkinberg

Picture Books and Translation: Do Consumers Balk at ‘Foreign’ Books?  http://ow.ly/pCzr3051hUf  @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

Free publishing courses, delivered to your inbox each morning:  http://ow.ly/Qvt23051HId @ReedsyHQ

Publishing is All Business…or is It?  @NinaAmir With the Creative Aspects of the Writing Business: http://ow.ly/3esL3051bLB

The 7 habits of highly effective writers:  http://ow.ly/uLeM304G8jl @pubcoach

Goal-Setting Strategies for Writers: http://ow.ly/eNRa304G4t2  @annkroeker

5 Key Questions with Award Winning Author @KMWeiland :  http://ow.ly/Kw183051hJc @TheIWSG

Tips for Author Events:  http://ow.ly/VIox3051iq3 @authorterryo

8 Tips for Editing Other Writers’ Work (While Remaining Friends):  http://ow.ly/a3Ig304G55v @KMWeiland @aliventures

6 Podcast Episodes That Will Make You a Better Writer:  http://ow.ly/vwIV304G4aA @GiveMeYourTeeth

Writing Tips: Carry a Notebook:  http://ow.ly/FD9O304G8m1 @WritingForward

Why Your Standing Desk Isn’t Doing You Any Good:  http://ow.ly/mBEr304G4Fx @colleen_m_story

Writing To Find The Hero In Ourselves:  http://ow.ly/u7de304G4QU  @cpbhaven

How to Start a Novel in Third Person: 7 Tips:  http://ow.ly/a26Z304G4cx @nownovel

Free email courses for writers from industry experts and @ReedsyHQ : http://ow.ly/68QF304Orzc

5 Types of Parallel-Structure Errors:  http://ow.ly/LfJ7304G4z8 @writing_tips

Getting started again with your book:  http://ow.ly/6O2j304G5eS by Marcia Peterson @womenonwriting

Mood Writing Worksheet:  http://ow.ly/N2Or304DLIP @EvaDeverell

25 Online Destinations to Spark Your Writing Inspiration:  http://ow.ly/B8mD304DLku @IndieReader

7 Common Mistakes To Avoid In Your First Chapter: http://ow.ly/eP9Z304DKKu @ClaireABradshaw

10 Ways to Fry Your System:  http://ow.ly/7ff7304DKbI @wendypmiller

Why You Should Give an Indie Press a Chance:  http://ow.ly/DThK304DM30 @MissConstance21  @DIYMFA

Evaluating An Offer: 12 Questions to Ask an Agent:  http://ow.ly/9kY2304DK2O @standoutbooks