Twitterific and Writer’s Knowledge Base

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As usual, here are writing links that I’ve posted to Twitter for the past week.

My addition this week is an efficient method of locating resources on writing topics when you need them—via the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine and software engineer and writer Mike Fleming’s ingenuity. The links I tweet (which are writers’ blogs, agents’ and editors’ blogs) all are added to the engine to make it easier for you to access the information you’re looking for.

Sympathetic antagonists: http://dld.bz/JqAz

For horror writers–a submission resource: http://horrortree.com/

Writing Theory — The Monomyth: http://dld.bz/Jnjp

The overlooking and discounting of clues by sleuths in crime fiction: http://dld.bz/JqZW @mkinberg

A Proper Break…in life and in Microsoft Word: http://dld.bz/JqrW

Five Strategies For Writers to Deal With Rejection and Critique: http://dld.bz/Jqrw

Four Strategies for Creating Titles That Jump Off the Page: http://dld.bz/JnhV

5 Ways to Set Smothered Verbs Free: http://dld.bz/JnhS

Crafting the Perfect Story, or, I Gush About Veronica Mars: http://dld.bz/JnhK

Goal – Conflict – Stakes. Why You Need All Three: http://dld.bz/Jhp3

Ten Traits of Successful Writers: http://dld.bz/Jhpy

Is The Future Of Print Books Limited Edition Beautiful Art? http://dld.bz/Jnqx

Introducing the search engine for writers–finding resources that Google won’t: http://dld.bz/Hnnn @hiveword

Dos and Don’ts of Opening Pages: http://dld.bz/Jhpv

Website Stats 101 for Authors: http://dld.bz/Jhpq

Nancy Drew and The Case of the Guilty Silence: http://dld.bz/JhnP

The Making of a Novel: Set Decoration (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/Jhn2

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: MY GRANDMOTHER’S MEATLOAF http://bit.ly/hqwZhn @CleoCoyle

8 Rituals to Get You Focused: http://dld.bz/HWbu

10 Biggest Time-Sinks in Science Fiction and Fantasy: http://dld.bz/HWbg

How to Explore New Careers (Without Quitting Your Day Job): http://dld.bz/HWba

Breaking the Rules of Writing: http://dld.bz/HWaS

You *can* edit yourself: http://dld.bz/HWaD

How to determine your character’s motivating need: http://dld.bz/HVZY

Typing vs. Longhand: Does it Affect Your Writing? http://dld.bz/HVZQ

The Process of Creation – Concepts – Themes: http://dld.bz/HVZ7 @JustusRStone

5 writing mistakes one writer has made that he encourages you to learn from: http://dld.bz/JcNs @ajackwriting

Psychology in Writing: Adding Sound Effects to Your Writing: http://dld.bz/HVZz

Rick Riordan’s top 5 misconceptions about writing: http://dld.bz/HVZj

“My Agent is Exhibiting Inappropriate Behaviors. Now What?”: A Five-Step Program for the Anxious and Forlorn: http://dld.bz/HVYc

5 Things I Learned About Writing by Watching Football: http://dld.bz/HMnF

Why I won’t take the bait: http://dld.bz/Jdmb

How to avoid an endless revise: http://dld.bz/HMnv

The blank page–don’t be afraid to make a mess: http://dld.bz/HMmG

Love, Crush, Infatuation… Do your YA characters know the difference? http://dld.bz/HMm5

An agent on the agent-author relationship: http://dld.bz/HMeG

Word count for the fantasy genre: http://dld.bz/HH9K

To Advertise, Promote or Market Your Book? http://dld.bz/HMmd

How writers avoid getting stuck with a story that feels like a bad marriage: http://dld.bz/HHB6

3 problems with writing a series: http://bit.ly/f8KWmr

The Essential Code for Aspiring Bloggers: http://dld.bz/HMkW

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Crusted Beef Tenderloin Crisis with a Happy Ending http://bit.ly/eJSugk @CleoCoyle

The art of good writing (Financial Times): http://dld.bz/HHCz

When your editor isn’t great to work with: http://dld.bz/HH2Y

Somebody Loves You: What To Do When An Agent Says Yes: http://dld.bz/xt8j

100 Mostly Small But Expressive Interjections: http://dld.bz/HMkS

Seven Tips for Submitting: http://dld.bz/HMkk

The Very Basics: Ten Things All Writers Need To Do: http://dld.bz/HMkd

Why Every Writer Should Complete More Than One Book: http://dld.bz/HMjG

An agent on unlikeable characters: http://dld.bz/HH98

Three problems with writing a series: http://dld.bz/HHCC

Tips for freelancers on setting fees: http://dld.bz/HHCv

Literature maps: http://dld.bz/HHCh

Need resources on POV, voice, characterization? The writer’s search engine: http://dld.bz/Hnnn @hiveword

Using visualization to drive creativity: http://dld.bz/HHBR

Tightening Your (Manuscript’s) Belt: a Checklist for Eliminating Unnecessary Prose: http://dld.bz/HH4Q

A Responsibility to Creativity: http://dld.bz/HH3z

Before You Decide to Pursue an MFA: 7 Essential Tips: http://dld.bz/HHzS

The importance of knowing what trips us up as a writer: http://dld.bz/HSmP

Managing coincidence in our stories: http://dld.bz/HHz4

Are You a Renaissance Soul? Use It to Your Advantage: http://dld.bz/HHBy

The 6 Essential Steps to Writing a Killer Press Release: http://dld.bz/HHAU

How to Make Your Writing Resolutions Stick: http://dld.bz/HHAC

9 Ways to Encourage People to Comment on your Blog: http://dld.bz/HHAc

“I Know Why Real Writers Have Cats”: http://dld.bz/HHBm

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Ahhhh, New Orleans! http://bit.ly/i9SFE8 @CleoCoyle

Gifts to accessorize books and e-readers (Chicago Tribune): http://dld.bz/HAmk

Definitions of Speculative Fiction (or why spec fic is specific): http://dld.bz/HAj3

Point of View: Stories Are About *people*: http://dld.bz/HAkP

Tips for encouraging kids to read: http://dld.bz/HMQr

On keeping your day job: http://dld.bz/HAk7

Bold Predictions: Half of US Publishers Expect E-books to Be Dominant Format by 2014: http://dld.bz/HMpg @pubperspectives

Mystery Writer’s Guide to Forensic Science–Linguistic Fingerprinting: http://dld.bz/HAkb @clarissadraper

For freelancers–How to Organize Your Assignments, Research, Interviews & All the Rest: http://dld.bz/HAjC

How to Write Your First Novel in Under 4 Weeks: http://dld.bz/HAj5

Not Everything Can Be Made Up When Writing Fiction: http://dld.bz/HAjv

What to ask an agent: http://dld.bz/rgEn

Showing & Telling in Scenes & Dialogue: http://dld.bz/HAhT

A query and some query lingo: http://dld.bz/HAhu

13 ways to start a novel. http://j.mp/hVYNBs

How Writers Can Use Dropbox Apps: http://dld.bz/HAhq

Book Contracts 101, Part 8 (Payment of Royalties): http://dld.bz/HAhg

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The (Back) Story of Our Lives: http://dld.bz/HAhc

A day in the life of an agent: http://dld.bz/H4RA

A Golden Rule for writers: http://dld.bz/HFjW

Your protagonist must have a goal: http://dld.bz/HAha

The heart, mind and murder test for writers: http://dld.bz/HAgR

7 Tips for Tweeting Links that Get Clicked: http://dld.bz/HAgM

BBC to provide answer to Charles Dickens’ final mystery (Guardian): http://dld.bz/HAg3

Hawk Roosting at the Library of Congress: http://dld.bz/HAjN

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Mushroom and Rice Casserole http://bit.ly/foeuU7 @CleoCoyle

‘Hunger Games’: Why Kids Love Disaster, Distress and Dystopia (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/H9ur

Characters: What Are They Good For? http://dld.bz/HxuP

Tips on effective use of hashtags: http://dld.bz/H9rB

A writer with a round-up of agent advice on Twitter for the week: http://dld.bz/H9qW @HeatherMcCorkle

Does Your Novel Fall Victim to the Protagonist/Goal Switcheroo? http://dld.bz/H9qr

Need ideas to jump start your project? The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations: http://dld.bz/H5Qq

A Writer’s Shortcut to Stronger Writing: http://dld.bz/H5PB

An agent on how to write a book proposal: http://dld.bz/H5NB

How to Prevent Reader Boredom in Your Novel: http://dld.bz/H5Np

You’ve Written a Novel. Now What? http://dld.bz/H4Sg

A day in the life of an agent: http://dld.bz/H4RA

Why being unpublished is great: http://dld.bz/H4MF

Tall, Dark & Handsome: How Much Do You Need to Describe Your Characters? http://dld.bz/H4JG

Introducing the search engine for writers–finding resources that Google won’t: http://dld.bz/H5FX

Subjective Point of View: expressing judgment with adverbs and verbs: http://dld.bz/H4H4

A glossary of copyrights for writers: http://dld.bz/H4G4

5 tips for being a good book reviewer: http://dld.bz/H4hk @camillelaguire

The 3 Traits of a Writer—and Why You Can’t Succeed Without Them: http://dld.bz/HxtY

An interesting look at how crime fiction sleuths cope with the stress that murders create: http://dld.bz/H4es @mkinberg

Another post in the interesting series “Understanding Screenwriting”: http://dld.bz/HxtM

Clean Out Your Inbox Week: http://dld.bz/HxtA

Breakdown of “The Mist” to help explain the story structure concept: http://dld.bz/H3kB

Ghirardelli Mocha Challenge Winner shares his $1500 prize-winning #recipe: http://goo.gl/uUj5y #chocolate #barista #coffee

5 Ways Facebook’s Discussions App Will Make You a Better Blogger: http://dld.bz/Hxt3

Twitter – Time to get Social: http://dld.bz/Hxuy @JustusRStone

Internet Broadcasting is the Next Big Wave: http://dld.bz/HsV6

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Welcome Ghirardelli’s Mocha Challenge Winner: Jason Dominy Shares His $1500 Prize… http://bit.ly/emmu2m @CleoCoyle

What’s In A Title? Everything: http://dld.bz/HsVz

The Art of A Short Story: http://dld.bz/HsVA

A Post for Procrastinators: http://dld.bz/HtcR

Can You Hear Me Now? Developing Your Voice: http://dld.bz/Htcu

Is Schmoozing the New Way Into Traditional Publication? http://dld.bz/HsYX

Typos–how much do they matter? And a list of grammar resources for writers: http://dld.bz/HsYS

A lit agent with writers’ conference tips: http://dld.bz/HsX7

Forget Google. Here’s a new search engine…for writers: http://dld.bz/Hnnn @Hiveword

Boozing the Muse: http://dld.bz/HsVe @lauramunson

Formatpalooza–the emailed query: http://dld.bz/HvKJ

8 Keys to Blogging Success: http://dld.bz/HsUU

Reasons Why your Submissions didn’t get Published: http://dld.bz/HsUe

How To Use Facebook Advertising To Market Your Book: http://dld.bz/HsTJ @thecreativepenn

Crafting Outlines That Work for You: http://dld.bz/HsTu

Why You Should Read the Type of Stories You Write: http://dld.bz/HsTn

The Process of Creation – Concepts – Scenes: http://dld.bz/HsSV @JustusRStone

7 things one writer has learned about writing: http://dld.bz/HnDe

Signal words: http://dld.bz/HnmT

One writer says, “Careful, or you’ll end up in my novel.”: http://dld.bz/HnmS

8 tips for creating a unique personal brand: http://dld.bz/HnmD

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Rigatoni with Chicken Thighs and Sausage http://bit.ly/hSyayu @CleoCoyle

Top 10 dead bodies in literature (Guardian): http://dld.bz/HdsT

In the moment dialogue: http://dld.bz/HdsQ

Why Writers Should Go To Writers’ Conferences – It’s Not What You Think: http://dld.bz/HdsN

Making use of your Kindle–some tips: http://dld.bz/HdsC

So You Want to Start a Book Blog: Pre-Blogging Advice: http://dld.bz/Hdsm

Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 1/21/11): http://dld.bz/HnmH

Famous literary mentoring: http://dld.bz/Hdrr

The week in tweets–Twitterific: http://dld.bz/Hh8e

Ten Steps to Writing Your Memoir in 2011 (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/Hdrk

Is deep reading becoming a thing of the past? http://dld.bz/Hh7H @CCTimes

The tone of your story: http://dld.bz/HdqY

Trail Blazing With Your Plot: Planting the Clues and Hints in Your Story: http://dld.bz/Hdq9

Finding creative balance–making room for writing in your life: http://dld.bz/Hdqv

3 fixes to make your first novel fly: part 3 – don’t be linear: http://dld.bz/Hdqg @dirtywhitecandy

Max Your Dreams: http://dld.bz/Hdqf

Going with the Flow of Your Reader’s Early Training: http://dld.bz/HbnV @TheNoteProject

The Top 20 Passwords Of All Time (That Need To Be Avoided): http://dld.bz/HdrE

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Welcome, Guest Hannah Dennison http://bit.ly/fkKvI8 @CleoCoyle

Make your book unique by making it twist: http://dld.bz/GVXw

How Querying Agents Is Like the American Idol Auditions: http://dld.bz/GVWn

Writing a Young Narrator: http://dld.bz/GVUw

Beware of Agent Solicitations: http://dld.bz/GVUq

When Is a Story Worth Writing – Part Two: http://dld.bz/Hbhg @JamiGold

What Happens to Your Blog When You’re Dead? http://dld.bz/GVSk

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.

6 Comments

  1. Margot KinbergJanuary 30, 2011

    Elizabeth – Ah, more wonderful resources! As always, thanks :-)(And thanks for including mine)

  2. Jemi FraserJanuary 30, 2011

    Love the database and the links – awesome! Thank you! :)

  3. Alex J. CavanaughJanuary 30, 2011

    I’ll definitely check out the time-sinks.

  4. BluestockingJanuary 30, 2011

    Love the writer’s database. Already seen some use from me this week!

  5. Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley AdamsJanuary 30, 2011

    Thanks so much, y’all! Hope the links are useful. :)

  6. Anne R. AllenJanuary 30, 2011

    What a great list. Thanks for including two of my posts. Now I’d better get clicking. Lots I haven’t read.

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