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 48,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

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• Confidence, Connection & Convergence: Self-Publishing Review 2018: @OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI
• Editing: How to create compelling editing quotations: @LouiseHarnby
• The Fear and Joy of Writing on Proposal: @maryannmarlowe @WomenWriters
• Tokyo’s new Bunkitsu Bookstore With an Admission Fee: @Porter_Anderson @bunkitsu_rpng
• China Bestsellers for November: The ‘Double Eleven’ Sales Boost: @Porter_Anderson

• Tips for Oral Storytelling: @helpfulsnowman

• The Five Biggest New Year’s Resolution Mistakes and How to Avoid Them: @WriteNowCoach
• Trends For Authors And Creative Goal Setting 2019: @thecreativepenn
• Share Your Writing Goals to Increase Chances of Success: @colleen_m_story
• About Those New Year’s Goals: @RachelleGardner

• 9 Mysteries Set in The Immediate Aftermath of WWI: @jpwrites1 @CrimeReads
• How Book Maps Led to One Author’s Love of Fiction: @VaughnRoycroft @WriterUnboxed
• The Good, The Bad, and The Delicious: 20 Unexpected Literary Cookbooks: @knownemily @lithub

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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 48,000 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.

Happy New Year!  Be sure to scroll down for the most popular links I shared in 2018.  :)

• Moscow’s ‘Non/Fictio№ 20’ Book Fair Hosts 400 Events, 300 Exhibitors: by Eugene Gerden @pubperspectives

• 9 Writing Tips for Beginners: @writingcookbook

• 3 Ideas To Inspire Your Writing During The Holidays: @mishy1727 @TheIWSG

• Five Books With Manipulated Memories: by W.L. Goodwater @tordotcom
• Editor Roundtable: Jane Eyre: @TheWritership @StoryGrid
• 8 of the Best Cocktails from Classic Literature: by Alex Day and David Kaplan @SignatureReads
• I Hear Santa’s Sleigh: On The Polar Express and What It Means to Believe: @use_theforce_em
• When Calvin Met Hobbes: Calvin and Hobbes’ Most Memorable Christmases: @EmmanuelNataf @LitReactor

• The One Tool You Need to Write Consistently: @NinaAmir
• Tips for Fitting in More Writing: @createastorylov
• Gave up on NaNoWriMo? Try a gentler, year-round writing challenge: @inkyelbows
• 4 Essential Strategies for Distraction-Free Writing: by Jon Rumens @NaNoWriMo

• How the Grinch Beat Writer’s Block: 4 Lessons from Dr. Seuss’ Classic Christmas: Story by Cassie Lipp @WritersDigest

• The Angst of Trying to Write Better Emails than Gmail’s Smart Compose Autocomplete: @DKThomp @TheAtlantic
• Are You Taking Productive Breaks? @LisaEBetz @A3writers
• Business Musings: Getting To The Stories You Love to Write: @KristineRusch
• 10 Perfect Writer Gifts We Just Made Up: @RL_Maizes @ElectricLit
• Why Is Writing So Difficult? Here Are 3 Reasons Why: by Erin Sturm @thewritelife
• What Do You Do If You’re Constantly Unhappy with Your Writing Life? @losapala
• Write Your Own Touching Holiday Story With a Handy Chart: by Jess Zimmerman @ElectricLit
• Writing at Christmas: @writing_ie

• 7 Tips For Writing Horror Stories: @AlanBaxter @thecreativepenn

• Walking the Line When Submitting to the Christian Market: @RachelleGardner
• How to Write Scientific Fiction: Analyzing Carl Sagan’s ‘Contact’: @DustinGrinnell @WritersDigest

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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 48,000 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

Reedsy has a podcast designed to help new writers learn more about writing and self-publishing a book, “one chapter at a time.”  Find out more here. 

Happy Holidays to all who celebrate.   I will be taking a blog break until I return two weeks from today with all the top tweets from 2018.  I’ll be back on a regular blogging scheduled on Friday, January 4. 

• How to be prolific: @thecreativepenn @beprolifiko
• Teaching Writing: Writing Conferences: What to Do When a Writer Doesn’t Say Much? @LannyBall
• Don’ts for Publishers in 2019: by Richard Charkin @pubperspectives
• Crisis Management For Authors: @cksyme @thecreativepenn
• 7 Things You Need In A Writing Partner: by Gila Green @Writers_Write
• 6 Tips to Manage Your Book Editor: by Dana Isaacson @CareerAuthors
• How Do I Get a Foreword for My Book? by Alex Fullerton @IngramSpark

• British Book Awards Expanded for 2019 in Children’s Books, Small Presses: @Porter_Anderson
• ALDUS Network’s Facts and Figures 2018 Report: Book Fairs in Europe: @Porter_Anderson
• Do Bookstore Events Even Matter? by Dana Kaye @BookBaby

• 6 Iconic Literary Road Trips in the US To Inspire Your Inner Creative: @WomenWriters
• 10 Creative Writing Exercises for Beginners and Writers: @TCKPublishing

• 8 Books about Family Money: @bykathywang @ElectricLit
• 11 Modern Classics of Conspiracy Noir: @DwyerMurphy @CrimeReads
• George R. R. Martin Might Never Finish A Song of Ice and Fire, and That’s OK: @Rosserford @BNBuzz
• A Reading List of Books Published Posthumously: @JRRamakrishnan @ElectricLit
• 9 Great Medical Thrillers—Chosen by a Physician: @LydiaYKang @CrimeReads
• 8 Modern Gothic Mysteries to Read Now: @wendywebbauthor @CrimeReads

• 6 Ways to Deal with Your Inner Critic: @writingthrulife

• Why You Should Stop Calling Yourself An ‘Aspiring Writer’: @Bang2write
• 5 Lessons From a Lost Novel: @KMWeiland
• Three ways to get the most out of your writing community: @TheLeighShulman
• A Reading List for Combating Impostor Syndrome: @natasha__young @ElectricLit
• Writer Wellness: Handling Reviews and the Sedentary Lifestyle: @allisonmaruska @colleen_m_story
• Writer Confidence: Do You Self-Reject? @JamiGold
• How To Stop Being An Unhappy Writer: @Bang2write
• Tips for Making the Writing Life Less-Stressful:

• History for Fantasy Writers: Millers: by E.L. Skip Knox @mythicscribes

• Plausible Scares: Blending the Real and Unreal in Horror Fiction: @DustinGrinnell @WritersDigest
• 5 Horror Techniques from the Writers of “Hereditary”: @mindofkyleam @ProWritingAid
• How Horror Changed After WWI: @monstersamerica @lithub

• 10 Essential Elements to Include in Your Gothic Novel: @CareerAuthors

• Make Your Mystery Suspects Suspicious: @ZaraAltair
• Why Investigative Reporters Become Mystery Writers: by Steven Cooper @CrimeReads
• Your Sleuth in First Person Point of View: @ZaraAltair
• Sidekick – The Sleuth’s Mirror: @ZaraAltair
• The Sleuth Triumphant – Confront the Killer at the End of Your Mystery: @ZaraAltair
• Developing a New Cozy Series: Nuts and Bolts:
• The Detective Closes In – Begin the Final Act of Your Mystery: @ZaraAltair
• Defining a Cozy Mystery: @vickidelany @KillerNashville
• On The Many Visions of Voyeurism in Crime Fiction: @ClaireFuller2 @CrimeReads
• Where to Hide the Body: Setting in Murder Mysteries: @eawright @WomenWriters
• Crime Fiction: Using Moles for Inside Information: @mkinberg
• Planted Evidence as an Element of Crime Fiction: @mkinberg

• Enliven Your Nonfiction Writing: @AnneJanzer @NonfictionAssoc
• 8 Tips for a Marketable Nonfiction Book Proposal: @melanievotaw @NonfictionAssoc

• Children’s Books Get More Political and More Progressive: @jpinsk @TheAtlantic

• The Origin of Clinch Covers on Romance Novels: by Jessica Avery @BookRiot

• How to Use Paid Promotions to Launch Your Book: @kikimojo

• How to Write a Great Blog Post: A Beginner’s Guide: @crsmihai

• The Plus Side of Negative Reviews: by Craig Tuch @pbackwriter

• Staying Afloat in the Roiling Sea of Books: @jamesscottbell

• 7 Ways To Market Books For Children: @kareninglis @DavidGaughran
• Being Published: Publicity: @emma_darwin
• Have You Pre-Sold Your Book? @JFbookman
• 7 Ways to Write Book Promotion into Your Novel: @Bookgal

• Build Your Writer Platform: Create a Strategic Plan to Grow Your Writing Career: @KimberleyGrabas

• How to Use Instagram Stories for Your Author Platform: @EJWenstrom @DIYMFA
• How Authors Can Get the Most Out of Twitter: @ReedsyHQ

• Popular BookTube Channels for Possible Author Promo: @ReedsyHQ

• Amazon Literary Partnership Is Accepting 2019 Applications in ‘A Writer’s Life Cycle’ @Porter_Anderson @nealthompson

• AAP StatShot Monthly Report for October: A Rare Rise for Ebooks: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• UK Trade Associations Call for Professional Behavior in a Diverse Industry: @Porter_Anderson @MerylHalls @lizzykremer
• Luiz Schwarcz Tackles Brazil’s Bookselling Emergency: ‘The Gift of Books’: @Porter_Anderson
• Jorge Herralde of Spain’s Anagrama on Latin America and Being Adaptable: by Adam Critchley @pubperspectives
• Industry Notes: Bologna Round Table in New York; New ‘Handmaid’ Images in Milan: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Denmark’s LEGO Has Licensing Partnership With USA’s Chronicle Books: @Porter_Anderson
• Publishers Applaud Appeals Court Opinion in ‘Capitol Records v. ReDigi’ Copyright Case: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• 5 Things to Know about Being Published: @nicolamorgan @TheIWSG

• How to Capture Alternating Plot Lines on a Book Cover: by Donna Cheng @lithub

• Copyright Clearance Center’s Michael Healy: South Africa’s Copyright Bill: @Porter_Anderson @copyrightclear
• The Importance of Copyright Savvy: @KristineRusch

• Pen Name Generators and 5 Steps to Choose a Cool Pen Name: @DaveChesson

• Make Your Characters Memorable: Tips: @JordanDane @killzoneauthors
• 3 Redemptive Character Types: @SeptCFawkes

• Evoking Emotions in Readers in a Masterful Way: @LiveWriteThrive

• Tips for Writing Fight Scenes: from Sandy Dragon

• Adding Beats: Meaningful Actions that Move Your Story Along: @SueBEdwards
• How to Write Better Dialogue: from Warrior Writers

• Writing by Intuition: @SeptCFawkes
• Inciting Incident: Definition, Mythbusting, and Examples: @ReedsyHQ

• How to Fix a Plot Hole in Your Novel (From 14 Writing Experts): @writingcookbook

• Creatively Smart Ways to Come Up With Your Book Title: @DaveChesson

• Writing Subplots that Sing: @Lindasclare

• 4 Tips to Balance Research and Writing: @DanKoboldt @NaNoWriMo

• How Does the Catalyst Beat Vary According to Genre? (podcast): @savethecat

• Radical Revision: when the going gets tough, writers get radical: @RuthHarrisBooks
• 10 Ways You Can Improve Your Work With Critical Reading: by Rebecca Langley @standoutbooks

• Unveiling your characters: Physical description with style: @LouiseHarnby

• Four Tips for Moving Between Fiction and Nonfiction Writing Voices: @kayladeanwrites @DIYMFA

• The Pitfalls of Emotional Body Language in Your Writing: by T.D. Storm
• What’s Wrong with Adjectives and Adverbs? @WritingForward
• 5 Ways Language Can Act Like A Character: @jcwalton24 @DIYMFA

• How to Introduce a Character – Fill-in-the-Blanks Worksheet & Tips: @EvaDeverell

The Top Writing Links From Last Week Are On Twitterific: Click To Tweet

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 48,000 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.

• 5 Tips for Writing an Introduction for Another Writer’s Book: @Sara_HeartStory @DIYMFA
• 7 Lessons Learned from Writing for Publication: @_HannahHeath
• Managing Deadlines: @EricaVetsch
• The 7 Deadly Sins of Editors (According to Novelists): by Steven James and Pam Johnson @WritersDigest

• School Visit Resources: @sarahlynnereul
• The FutureBook’s Breath-Holding Conference: Waiting for Clarity: @Porter_Anderson @TheFutureBook
• Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces RightsTech: Europe for April: @Porter_Anderson @themediawonk @nedsherman
• The UK’s Sunday Times/PFD Award Names Adam Weymouth Young Writer of the Year: @Porter_Anderson @adamweymouth

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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 48,000 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.

Quick note–thanks, as always, for your comments and for reading the blog! I’m going to be offline until Wednesday so I’ll be slow to respond to comments on this particular post.  :) My next post will run on Friday.

• How to prepare your book file for a fiction editor: @LouiseHarnby

• At Guadalajara International Book Fair: 300 Spanish Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• The UK’s Costa Book Awards Shortlist: Half Debuts, £35,000 in Prize Money @Porter_Anderson @CostaBookAwards
• Industry Notes: Norway’s ‘Bookstore Award,’ the UK’s SpecSavers Winners @Porter_Anderson @Simonstranger
• The National Book Awards’ 2018 Ceremony: Five Categories: @Porter_Anderson @AcevedoWrites @Justafknminute
• Aspen Words Longlists 16 Titles for 2019 Prize in Issue-Driven Fiction: @Porter_Anderson @adriennebrodeur @AspenWords
• Colombia Kicks Off Hay’s 2019 International Festivals: @Porter_Anderson @hayfestival_esp @pubperspectives
• FutureBook Live 2018: ‘Putting a Rocket Up the Book Trade’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• The UK’s 2018 ‘Building Inclusivity’ Conference: A Safe Place for Discussion: @rogertagholm @pubperspectives

• 7 Emotions You Will Feel After Publishing Your First Book: @ScottMa96624306 @theindiepubmag
• How to Write a Book in 6 Steps: @ReedsyHQ

• 6 Books About Women With Superpowers: @caiemmons @ElectricLit
• A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1900s: @knownemily
• How to Get Back into Reading: @writingcookbook

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