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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

3 Steps to Write an Antagonist You Hate:  http://ow.ly/n2533027zLA @reagancolbert97

The English World’s Richest Prize for Short Story (Open for Submissions):  http://ow.ly/2n25302teCb @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Instill the Joy of Reading and Storytelling in Children:  http://ow.ly/EYuE302lR5q @jemifraser @TheIWSG               

Mastering Different Writing Styles:  7 Tips: http://ow.ly/omus3027AqF @nownovel

Worldbuilding for Realistic Fiction:  http://ow.ly/xXsm3027A2d @artofstoriesAB

5 Must-Dos for the Proactive Author:  http://ow.ly/ElfC3027zCS  @LovettRomance  @DIYMFA

Skipping Time in Your Story:  http://ow.ly/ZKfX3027A77 @artofstoriesAB

4 Mistakes That Can Cost Your Book the Bestsellers List:  http://ow.ly/j7gx302u3WO by C.S. Plocher

Live-in nurses in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/u87P302tfqA @mkinberg

A Simple Approach to Building a Better Email List:  http://ow.ly/LBhX30264lT @storyrally

Crime fiction: sleuths who read about sleuths: http://ow.ly/kRoi302lt9X @mkinberg

Amazon’s team of old-school book reviewers influences readers:  http://ow.ly/BLDn30264nO @gonzalezseattle  @seattletimes

China’s ‘3 Book Program’: Chinese Publishers Are Introduced to International Exports:  http://ow.ly/oZak302te8m @Porter_Anderson @InfoJedi

An in-depth look at what, how, and why books sell:  http://ow.ly/zn493026450 @ElectricLit   @TheLincoln

What a Media Kit is and Why You Need One:  http://ow.ly/p5vG30264qJ @MFlicksAuthors

Marketing into an increasingly annoyed readership:  http://ow.ly/Uo9X30264la @Janet_Reid

Book Distributors Compared:  http://ow.ly/CuLv30264gk @111publishing

The when and how of starting a street team: http://ow.ly/B3lz30264th @kerrylonsdale

Leaving Your Comfort Zone: Reading Out of Genre:  http://ow.ly/JWP230264wp @j_s_brown  @WomenWriters

UK: why are there so many new publishing imprints? http://ow.ly/9Z3u30263Y6 @carmitstead  @GuardianBooks

Taking the Audiobook Plunge? Read This First: http://ow.ly/twiY30264zm @DianeRinella  @AngelaAckerman

What Editors Wish You Knew about Meeting with Them at Conferences:  http://ow.ly/ajUV30264xF @KarenBall1

Amazon Is Quietly Eliminating List Prices:  http://ow.ly/4ON230264ak  @DavidStreitfeld  @nytimes

Newsletters: The Hidden Secret to Marketing? http://ow.ly/kdbu302tivY  @RochelleDCarter  @BwkrSelfPublish

World-Building Tips and Tools:  http://ow.ly/KGig302lQvC @AlexJCavanaugh @TheIWSG

Storytelling About Storytelling: A Swiss ‘Summer of Darkness’ App:  http://ow.ly/VHRX302tdNQ  @anindita @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Subplot Survival 101:  http://ow.ly/CE6Z30254pu  @ClareLangleyH

How to Notify Amazon Buyers about New Content in Your eBook:  http://ow.ly/cbQC30253yC @Martinthewriter

Tips for better dialogue:  http://ow.ly/KdOA30253TF @AuthorKJ

Writing A One-Page Business Plan: 5 Questions A Self-Publisher Must Ask: http://ow.ly/vofs30253v3 @jckunzjr

Not sure how to use your Amazon affiliate links correctly? Ask Amazon:  http://ow.ly/YN3C30253Kd @eNovelAuthors

4 essential elemenst for the first 5 pages:  http://ow.ly/tMtG30254eO @swkehoe

Point of View Confusion:  http://ow.ly/8trL30254s6 @CandaceWillms  @IndiesUnlimited

Lessons Learned: 5 Tips for Episodic Writing:  http://ow.ly/iL8u30253MO @inkylinks

Why Your Readers Are Your Greatest Asset: http://ow.ly/2oAf30253qH @PublishingSpark

6 Easy Steps to Planning Out Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/4alK302543j @LMacNaughton

Tips for recording video and basic equipment needed: http://ow.ly/Bnw830253im @shelleyhitz

How Writers Can Bring Setting to Life through Personification:  http://ow.ly/w41p30253Bg @CSLakin

Metrics Are Worthless…So What Should You Focus on Instead?  http://ow.ly/ExNZ30252By @Bookgal

How to write effective book titles:  http://ow.ly/92fX30253b8  @Peter_Rey_

5-Minute Book Marketing for Indie Authors:  http://ow.ly/GeJm30252sg @Bookgal

How To Use Snapchat To Build Your Unique Readership:  http://ow.ly/rOlq30252p6 @K8Tilton

The Platform Building Step You’re Probably Missing: from Fix My Story http://ow.ly/SsWb30252mA

Turn your Book into an Audiobook in 6 Steps:  http://ow.ly/rELc3021P7i @clairedeluana

Tune in to the @ReedsyHQ  live chat on FB each Wed. at 3p ET (now). http://bit.ly/28TpYzb . Today’s topic: blogging

5 Tips to Keep You from Being Overwhelmed:  http://ow.ly/4XD63021OD6 @CSLakin

Writing Crime Fiction in the Era of Black Lives Matter:  http://ow.ly/RvIn302qxOq @RachelHowzell @BillLoehfelm and Henry Chang @lithub

Book Promoting: Is $1.99 The New 99 Cents?  http://ow.ly/KdQI3021Oic @Martinthewriter @IndiesUnlimited

6 Reasons to Power Up Your Productivity as a Writer:  http://ow.ly/eHOz3021O5I  @AGHackney

Indie Authors: Book Promotion Tools and Tips:  http://ow.ly/7qEW3021JkW @sabsky

What Should You Put in Your Email Newsletter?  http://ow.ly/5Qvp3021Jga @kikimojo @JaneFriedman

Book Promotion: Do This, Not That:  http://ow.ly/ivSs3021J3y @PamelaBeason @JFbookman

When an Internet Skeptic Takes to Twitter:  http://ow.ly/EEIA302lHYH @svenbirkerts @lithub

Tips for Author Blogs:  http://ow.ly/d9vA301YAQO @krgpryal  @WomenWriters

Writing in 2nd person POV: http://ow.ly/Ghfw301YBnb @LindaKSienkwicz  @WomenWriters

Character Thoughts: Direct and Indirect Interior Monologues:  http://ow.ly/3j7s301YBxa @FictionNotes

Making your Character Shine From Page One:  http://ow.ly/Ru6o301YBSm @winellroad

5 Secrets of Complex Supporting Characters:  http://ow.ly/eKpD301YBZo @KMWeiland

Book Marks: The book review aggregator:  http://ow.ly/zmvt301YB0k @lithub

Symbolism & Setting:  http://ow.ly/fSDz301YBAY @KristenLambTX

5 helpful hints for writing at night:  http://ow.ly/pFst301YCdM @pubcoach

23 Ways to Defeat the Sagging Middle:  http://ow.ly/FsKn301YBtI @FictionNotes

How To Track Your Word Count & Set Writing Goals:  http://ow.ly/tKkq301YALW @SukhiJutla

Use Minor Characters to Flesh Out Your Protagonist:  http://ow.ly/6tAV301YC7N @KMWeiland

How to Create an Internal Mindset Conducive to Writing:  http://ow.ly/G9hM301YClR @AnneJanzer  @JaneFriedman

Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature:  http://ow.ly/yX2Q302lHKg @GabbyBellot @lithub

How to Use Whatsapp in India: http://ow.ly/9I8P302kHNQ @ritesh_kala @IndieAuthorALLI

Tools to Manage Metadata:  http://ow.ly/DSBb302lFg0

Overcoming Book Signing Fear:  http://ow.ly/ynat302lJOm @ChrysFey @TheIWSG

4 strengths of fish-out-of-water stories:  http://ow.ly/aJJx302lsDh @LaurelGarver @jemifraser

How Publishers Abuse Termination Fees:  http://ow.ly/1yPf302ltg2 @PassiveVoiceBlg @victoriastrauss

US French Embassy Releases Its 2016 Translation Report:  http://ow.ly/P5xw302kmkY @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

How Writers Can Bring Setting to Life through Personification:  http://ow.ly/hvkF301YAbN @beccapuglisi

Dictating a Book? Tips for Editing the First Draft: http://ow.ly/uMpP301YyWl @CKmacleodwriter

How NOT to dictate your book:  http://ow.ly/F40B301YxUc by Wendy Jones @IndieAuthorALLI

A Look at How Horror Author @peterstraubnyc   Crafts His Opening Chapters:  http://ow.ly/QqrV301Yzii by Tina L. Jens @BlackGateDotCom

6 Ways to Set Up Scrivener for Writing:  http://ow.ly/roPK301Yz6x @CKmacleodwriter

4 Steps to Break Grammar Rules with Style:  http://ow.ly/OigW301YAif @Julie_Glover

6 Ways to End a Book in a Series:  http://ow.ly/jpaf301YzZh @RobinRWrites

Brushing up on character mannerisms by braving public spaces: http://ow.ly/6xhx301YzNr @joannaslan

Radio Tips for Indie Authors:  http://ow.ly/iYLb301Yyte @RachelAmphlett  @IndieAuthorALLI

How to Choose a Domain Name for Your Author Website:  http://ow.ly/mC8M301YA76 @JFbookman

3 Tactics To Make You A More Productive Writer:  http://ow.ly/jVZ1301YA3k @sacha_black

Crime fiction featuring the dark side of fashion design:  http://ow.ly/sWqu302kAU6 @mkinberg

When You Don’t Want to Write:  http://ow.ly/OLx4301VR7f @msheatherwebb

#NEABigRead: Stepping Up Its Game for Diversity, Relevance:  http://ow.ly/YKrZ302kmqj @Porter_Anderson @amystolls @NEABigRead

Conflict in every scene? Disasters in every act? Yes and no: http://ow.ly/KUS2302kAJu @Roz_Morris

Links I shared last week:  http://ow.ly/fPI4302kmLq .All the links I’ve shared (30K+, free and searchable): writerskb.com @Hiveword

Romance Writers of America Discuss Sales, Globalization, and Diversity Challenges:  http://ow.ly/VVXF302km9C @Porter_Anderson @rwa

Adverbs Are Overwhelmingly, Indisputably the Best Part of Speech:  http://ow.ly/lPOU301VQ4c  @colindickey

Rentrement of Compulsion: How to Write a Rondeau (Infographic) http://ow.ly/j5Tc301VQm9 @lwlindquist  @tspoetry

A Less Lonely Way to Get More Writing Done:  http://ow.ly/MuSy301VRiS @Janice_Hardy

A Tale of Two Writers:  http://ow.ly/DEBg301VRps @storyfix

In Defence of Clichés:  http://ow.ly/XQs2301VPM4 @JoEberhardt

How One Writer Overcame Fear and Got a 2nd Chance:  http://ow.ly/6oDL301VRdp  @thereallisakerr

When Marcel Proust Was an Anxious Debut Novelist:  http://ow.ly/K30U3027tRf @lithub  @billcart67

The Fabulist and Fantastic Edges of Contemporary Southern Women€s Poetry:  http://ow.ly/oP6F302xhXc @ElectricLit by Stacey Balkun

There is more to war poetry than mud, wire and slaughter:  http://ow.ly/EdIU3027ttg by Andrew Motion @GuardianBooks

Write a Nonfiction Book: Your 5-Minute Plan:  http://ow.ly/K1yA302brD8 @angee

How to Create a Book Cover Using Canva:  http://ow.ly/CGKV302xhr6 @lornafaith

How to Write an Email Sequence to Keep Readers Hooked:  http://ow.ly/rwxP302brJy @HennekeD

Education in Storyworlds:  http://ow.ly/hFgN302brPf by A.D. Shrum

A Story Opening To Avoid:  http://ow.ly/uv7t302bBJP @angiehodapp @agentkristinNLA

Breakdown Boards:  http://ow.ly/lSsM302bBNh @SPressfield

The Polish book market:  http://ow.ly/qknp302tf17 @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Writer’s block: 3 ways to get over it: http://ow.ly/FxBa302bBP4 @redswanmedia

Ultralight Lit: Choosing What to Read on a Long Hike: http://ow.ly/STFs302dcdg @robmoorstuff  @Powells

Tips for creating an effective website:  http://ow.ly/YRnK302ddzZ @DanBlank

10 Tricks for Getting Your Book Reviewed by a Book Blogger:  http://ow.ly/ux6H302ddDd @BakerviewConsul  for @annerallen

4 Ways to Make Your Writing More Interesting:  http://ow.ly/XSsp302dd9C @Rachel_Aaron