Category: Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 45,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

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• Simple Tax Preparation Tips For Canadian Authorpreneurs: @lornafaith @LStewartTheBard

• Cundill History Prize 2018 Jurors: Five Historians on History Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• The €100,000 International Dublin Prize Highlights Ireland’s Independent Tramp Press: @Porter_Anderson @TrampPress
• BookExpo and BookCon Announce Preliminary 2018 Attendance Figures: @Porter_Anderson @BookExpoAmerica

• You CAN Write a Publishable First Novel: 10 Do’s and Don’ts: @annerallen

• Radical Noir: 26 Activist Crime Novels: @mollsotov89 @CrimeReads
• Five Books About Fandom: @brittashipsit @tordotcom
• 50 Pulp Cover Treatments of Classic Works of Literature: @knownemily @lithub
• Five Mystery Series with Awesome Detectives: @emdevenport @tordotcom
• 5 Books Set On Extreme Worlds: @mjohnstonauthor
• Should You Read While You Write? @theladygreer

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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 45,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Have you visited the WKB lately?  Check out the new redesign where you can browse by category, and sign up for free writing articles, on topics you choose, delivered to your email inbox!  Sign up for the Hiveword newsletter here.

New Stuff:

There’s a new platform especially designed for writers wanting complete privacy with their pseudonym:  Scrivinor (not to be confused with the writing app).  Founder Dwight Jurling says, “Pen names in Scrivinor are not connected to real-world identities unless writers choose them to be.” He also states: “Scrivinor is an option for writers to self-publish for free, with no obligation.” A nice non-pen name related extra is the ability to collect groups of articles into books.  Check out Scrivinor here.

Authors M.K Tod, Heather Burch, and Patricia Sands announce their 4th annual reader survey.  The survey is designed to discover “reader preferences, habits, and attitudes.”  You can take the survey here and share this link with others: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/68HL6F2

• Plot a Publishing Plan – Step One: @plotwhisperer
• A Niche Market Book Can Be a Plus: @SaveYourLifeMe @BookWorksNYC
• After Your Death, the Royalties Keep Coming, But Where Do They Go? : by Jane Marlow @WomenWriters

• The UK’s Society of Authors Releases Its Shortlists for the Authors’ Awards Slate: 2018 @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• BookExpo and New York Rights Fair Extend Their Partnership, Polling Attendees: @Porter_Anderson @BookExpoAmerica
• The 10th PEN Pinter Award 2018 Goes to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: @Porter_Anderson
• The Rebecca Swift Foundation’s New Women Poet’s Prize Opens for Submissions: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• 8 Novelists Who Should be Getting Paid to Write Reality TV: @LucasWMann @ElectricLit

• On Finding Motivation to Finish Your WIP (video): @Ava_Jae

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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 45,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Have you visited the WKB lately?  Check out the new redesign where you can browse by category, and sign up for free writing articles, on topics you choose, delivered to your email inbox!  Sign up for the Hiveword newsletter here.

• Why You Need to Test Market Your Book Idea…and How to Do It: @WriteNowCoach
• What’s in an Author Name? @MarieMyungOkLee @The_Millions
• Good Advice, Bad Advice: Writing through the “Shoulds”: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed

• 10 Best Packing Tips For Authors: @gailcarriger
• Hay Festival 2018 Sets a Record, Selling 18,000 More Tickets Than in 2017: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• University of Warwick’s Peter Marshall Wins £40,000 Wolfson History Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Cheltenham Literary Festival 2018 Announces Elements of Its Educational Program: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Kamila Shamsie Wins £30,000 Women’s Prize for Fiction: @Porter_Anderson @kamilashamsie

• Increase Writing Quality by Both Filling and Stilling Your Mind: @annkroeker
• The 7 Habits Of Highly Creative People: @constantmusings
• How Designing Covers for My Books Helps 1 Author Write Them: by Johan Harstad @lithub

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