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.

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.

• The importance of backing up your work: @hmgardner @TheIWSG
• How to Get a Good Author Photo — And Why You Need One: @BrynDonovan
• How to protect your book’s confidentiality (video) : @pubcoach

• 5 Things to Remember When Running Writing Workshops: by Sophie-Louise Hyde @writingcookbook
• Frankfurter Buchmesse 2018 Records a Mild Increase in Attendance: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Aleida and Jan Assmann Presented with German Book Trade Peace Prize in Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• FutureBook Awards 2018 Shortlists Announced at Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Northern Ireland’s Anna Burns Wins 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction: @ManBookerPrize @Porter_Anderson

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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.

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Free: The online Indie Novelist Summit October 17-21.   Experts include Joanna Penn, James Scott Bell, and Janice Hardy.

• Max Boot’s ‘Corrosion of Conservatism’: A ‘Big Book’ for WW Norton at Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @MaxBoot
• Tips for Avoiding Awkward Author Photos: @IndieReader
• Readers Don’t Care Who Publishes Your Book: @writeabook
• Frankfurt: Self-Censorship and Morality in Publishing Today: @rogertagholm @FabricePiault @arpitayodapress

• Wattpad Announces 600 New 2018 Watty Awards in 10 Languages: @Porter_Anderson
• Inger-Maria Mahlke Wins the 2018 German Book Prize: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
• How to Create an Unforgettable Author Visit: @erikaliodice @WriterUnboxed
• US National Book Awards Finalists: This Year Including Translations: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• Top Resources for NaNoWriMo Preparation: @the_writing_pal
• To Nano or Not To Nano: @JennyHansenCA

• Tips for Writing Your First Book: @TCKPublishing

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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

Free Guide for Pre-Nano: Are you thinking about participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Are you getting ready for your next novel? If so, then you might want to visit Fiction University. Janice Hardy is giving away her Plotting Your Novel: Ideas and Structure ebook for free until October 15 just for subscribing to the site (and if you want to learn more about writing, you’ll want to anyway). Check out the details here.

Free Webinar: If you missed How to Survive and Succeed as a Writer (without Breaking Your Heart or Losing Your Mind), there’s a live encore class on Tuesday October 9, 12pm ET.  (Part of the DIY MFA program from Gabriela Pereira).

Master Class Opportunity: The DIY MFA Master Class (a 10-week program) is now enrolling students.  Each weekly module includes video lessons, audio recordings, slides, and worksheets, so you can absorb the material in the way that’s best for you. More about the program here (note that I’m an affiliate for the class) or consider the free class first (here) to see if this would be something up your alley.

• Affiliate Programs for Books: @KathySteinemann
• Alternative Ways to Make Money as a Writer: @LynseyMay @scottishbktrust

• Industry Notes: Man Booker’s Shortlisted Authors, London Book Fair’s Literacy Charity: @Porter_Anderson
• At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’ Conference: Brazil’s Gustavo Lembert: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Accessibility: ‘Frankfurt For All’ and France’s ‘Literary Season For All’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• IWSG Anthology Contest 2018 (free to enter): @TheIWSG
• At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’ Conference: China’s Jiang Yanping: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• 5 Important Parts of a Story: @WritersCoach

• 9 Books on the Complexities of Mother-Daughter Relationships: @vanessa_hua @ElectricLit
• What do you read when you’re writing? It’s complicated: @Roz_Morris
• 7 Novels That Capture the Pain and Chaos of Alcoholism: @laura_june @lithub

• Overcome Distractions and Write: @WriteNowCoach
• When Writing Habits Fall Apart: @katekrake

• When You Can’t Think What to Write About: @ClaireFayers

• 3 Ways to Make Your Book Memorable: by Jeffrey Eaton @murderbecomes

• How to Start a Local Writing Group: @shaylaleeraquel
• Why Writers Need Confidence—5 Ways to Boost Yours: @colleen_m_story
• 4 Ways Travel Can Enrich Your Writing: @thecreativepenn
• On Taking a Writing Retreat for Solitude When Your Biological Clock is Ticking: @emjsmith
• How to Finish Writing Your Book By Abandoning It Well: @JeffGoins
• 10 Animals Who Have Broken Into the Library: @erinkbart @ElectricLit
• How Wilkie Collins found sensation in ordinary life: @samjordison @GuardianBooks
• Beating Burnout – A Writers Guide: @TheMerryWriter
• 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers: @TeddyWayne1999 @lithub
• A Librarian’s Life: “Buddy, the Library Isn’t a 7-Eleven”: @Kristen_Arnett @lithub
• 3 Steps to Bring Clarity to Help You Finish Your Book: @lornafaith
• 100 Reasons Libraries are Better than Amazon and Starbucks: @DrunkestLibrary @5minlib
• “Why I Have to Write, Even While Working Full-Time”: @KarisRogerson @LitReactor
• The Weirdest Libraries Around the World: by Brianne Alphonso @ElectricLit
• Writing and the Creative Life: The Mundane and the Marvelous: @GoIntoTheStory
• Why You Should Pull Out the Manuscript Under Your Bed: @KelseyBrowning @RomanceUniv
• The Hack’s Guide to Buying a Writing Desk: @BillFerris @WriterUnboxed
• What to Do When Journaling Makes You Feel Worse: @writingthrulife
• 5 Ways to Restart a Bad Day: @BrynDonovan

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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

If you’ve ever dreamed of seeing your name in print but don’t know how to get there, register for this free video series, Stop Dreaming, Start Doing: https://bit.ly/2OJGJBi  . It’s produced by Gabriela Pereira, creator of the DIY MFA blog and program for writers.  As a note, I’m an affiliate for Gabriela’s workshop.

• 2018 Reader Survey Report: Popular Genres and the Popularity of Print: @MKTodAuthor

• 6 things every author can do to captivate an event audience: @BetsyGFasbinder @sandrabeckwith
• 10 Essentials to Pack for a Three-Week Writing Retreat: @ZoeMMcCarthy
• National Book Foundation Announces ‘5 Under 35’ Honorees: @Porter_Anderson @nationalbook
• IlluSalon’s Global Illustration Award: At Frankfurt Pavilion October 10: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• How To Reduce Shame When You Don’t Meet Your Writing Goals: @pubcoach

• Diving into Graphic Novels without Drowning: @rfishewan @DIYMFA
• “Seven Books I’ll Never Read”: @AdamOPrice @parisreview
• Reading Fearlessly in Troubling Times: by Chaitali Sen @ElectricLit
• 8 Classics of Suspense and Isolation: @ericrickstad @CrimeReads
• The Wind in the Willows Isn’t Really a Children’s Book: by Peter Hunt @lithub
• Five Books About Unconventional Pirates: @seesarawrite @tordotcom
• 5 Books About Women Who Make A Fuss: @eklages @tordotcom
• Six Works of SFF Short Fiction that Defy Convention: by Thea James @tordotcom

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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:

Mystery writer Margot Kinberg is planning a special salute to women writers for International Women’s Day on March 8, 2019.  For more information on how to participate, check out this post on writer Sue Coletta’s site.

Thanks to Madeleine D’Este for our interview at Write Through the Roof, where we discussed outlining, influences for my mystery writing, and tips for developing a writing habit: On iTunes:  https://buff.ly/2ILPeNb  On Stitcher: https://buff.ly/2Ap1VVp 

And thanks to Kelly Santana-Banks for hosting me at her blog last week.  I share my top-8 tools for writers. 

• Business: Over Capitalization and Hamster Wheels: @KristineRusch
• How to Shift From Hobby Writer to Pro Writer (Podcast): @Honoree @createastorylov
• How Traditionally Published Authors Can Repackage and Self-Publish Their Backlist: @jesslourey @JaneFriedman
• Diversifying as an Author: @SpunkOnAStick
• The Ins-and-Outs of Contests and Your Book: @FrugalBookPromo
• How to Refocus Your Author Business: @IndieAuthorALLI
• How to Prevent Amazon From Deleting Your Reviews: @IolaGoulton @BadRedheadMedia

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