Twitterific Writing Links

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

Survey: Translated Fiction Outsells English Fiction in the UK:  http://ow.ly/6Oi83009TIq @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

How Crutch Words Are Holding Back Your Writing:  http://ow.ly/4ni9oi by Ian Chandler @write_practice

Classic adventure plot notes:  http://ow.ly/4nia3x @robinrwrites

Writing for Kindle Worlds: the Good and the Ugly:  http://ow.ly/ThMW300crl1 @IndieAuthorALLI  @tobywneal

5 Elements for Crafting a Compelling Story:  http://ow.ly/4nia0n @WillBluntAU

Why Your Business Biography is Killing Sales: http://ow.ly/4ni8Yw  @MilesAllen1

Learning from Literary Short Fiction:  http://ow.ly/4ni9ji @artofstoriesAB    

“Buddy Love” Plot Notes:  http://ow.ly/4niaaH @HeatherJacksonW

Book Signings: Best Tips:  http://ow.ly/4ni8Wn @MilesAllen1

IDPF’s Con at BEA: ‘Is IDPF on the Way Out?’:  http://ow.ly/Q7Bt3009U28 @Porter_Anderson

Are you making these mistakes with your Amazon book description?  http://ow.ly/4ni92X @sandrabeckwith

6 Hard Truths Every Writer Should Accept :  http://ow.ly/4nia1l  @DanaElmendorf

Storyteller’s Rulebook: Give Them a Big Hole to Fill:  http://ow.ly/4ni9Yu @CockeyedCaravan

4 Classic Conflict Types:  http://ow.ly/4njA3l @Janice_Hardy

The Fine Art of Story Resonance:  http://ow.ly/4njCjb @stdennard

Germany’s Inkitt: Using Algorithms to Predict Successful Books:  http://ow.ly/QtXt3009UcB  @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

Battling Tired Tropes: Hate-at-First-Sight Love Stories:  http://ow.ly/4njCr2 @stdennard

Maintaining Passion for a Story:  http://ow.ly/4njCoB @stdennard

Know Your Enemy: Procrastination:  http://ow.ly/4ni9gQ @artofstoriesAB

“The Hatred of Poetry”: Does Poetry Make Us Human?  http://ow.ly/4ni9Il by Ben Lerner @PoetryFound

What Most Antagonists Lack:  http://ow.ly/4nhieF by David Ben-Ami

9 Ways to Include Libraries in Your Book Marketing Plan:  http://ow.ly/4nhjgP @tspoetry  @charityscraig

African Short Stories: Shortlist for 17th Caine Prize Announced:  http://ow.ly/dDbx3009TNv @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

Writers Need An Escape Hatch:  http://ow.ly/4nhhFP @jayewells

10 Dirty Secrets of Publishing:  http://ow.ly/zWY6300crAu @cjlyonswriter  @IndieAuthorALLI 

More on Wattpad Studios: http://ow.ly/NHXy3009Top @Porter_Anderson @AronIsHere

5 Tips for Writing Book Two:  http://ow.ly/4nhhWp @AmyBearce  @DIYMFA

Count Words but Make Words Count:  http://ow.ly/qmxB3009WYO @Lindasclare

Europe’s ebooks ‘stalling even earlier’ than in the US and UK: http://ow.ly/bU3S3009T6s @Porter_Anderson @wischenbart

Do You Harness Your Day? http://ow.ly/4nhjdf @AngelaQuarles

How Can I Get Help Writing a Book? 7 Tips: http://ow.ly/4nhjqY @nownovel

How a Creative Approach to Book Signings Sells Books: @JanetShawgo  @MillCityPress

To Agent or Not To Agent?  http://ow.ly/4nhjvg @MistyMassey

What Are Your Characters Not Saying? http://ow.ly/4nhhTQ @Janice_Hardy

5 Strategies for Prolific Reading:  http://ow.ly/4nhjCp @gyoung9751

Adding a Theme to Our Book:  http://ow.ly/4nhhQz @JillWilliamson

How to Become a Full-Time Writer:  http://ow.ly/4nhiYt @joebunting

Improve Your Writing Skills with 5 Storytelling Exercises:  http://ow.ly/4nhhLf @MarianSchembari

Writing Dreams and Nightmares:  http://ow.ly/4nhhE7 @Ava_Jae

Romance Novels: Why You Need to Go Beyond the Tropes:  http://ow.ly/4nesEE @willvanstonejr

In Defense of Grown Men Crying: Writing as Exploration: http://ow.ly/P5h23009bd4 @LeeMartinAuthor @thelithub

The fine art of literary hate mail:  http://ow.ly/zr2m30087so @NewRepublic by William Giraldi

Which Publications Pay Freelance Writers (and How Long it Takes to Get Paid):  http://ow.ly/YA0p3009dQ1 @manjulamartin

Noir Is Protest Literature: That’s Why It’s Having a Renaissance: http://ow.ly/4neAcT @nicholas_seeley

5 tips for street teams:  http://ow.ly/C7be300832X @Danika_Stone

Sidekick Archetypes:  http://ow.ly/4nezT2 @kylieday0

What is the theme of all great novels? http://ow.ly/4neAuy @CalebPirtle

The art of the story hinges on orphans: http://ow.ly/78wh30087bw @mikesmariani  @Hazlitt

5 Fight-Writing Tactics:  http://ow.ly/4nesjZ @blairmacg

Things Daredevil Teaches About Writing: http://ow.ly/4nesXY from She Who Writes Monsters

Shaken but Not Stirred. The Racy Side of Sexpionage:  http://ow.ly/4nezFo @BishsBeat

Publishing Exhaustion:  http://ow.ly/4nezKT @CEMcKenzie1

Infiltrating Literature’s Secret Societies:  http://ow.ly/4neApD @TobiasCarroll  @thelithub

Mapping Character:  http://ow.ly/4nezOM @AlmitraClay

How to create a memorable character:  http://ow.ly/4net2N @Peter_Rey_

Why Are There So Many Novels About Famous Writers? http://ow.ly/4neAk5 @hellermcalpin  @thelithub

Foreword Vs. Preface Vs. Introduction: http://ow.ly/4ndKhi @jckunzjr

5 Ways Authors can be Tweeps, not Twits:  http://ow.ly/4ndKfx @heatherdgilbert

What to Post on Social Media Plus 38 Examples:  http://ow.ly/4ndKcW @CaballoFrances

The Joys (and Perils) of Literary Tourism:  http://ow.ly/4ndD7Z @laura_jbarnett @thelithub

5 tips to keep bullying at bay in your blog comments:  http://ow.ly/4nbLXt @cksyme

Using Crime Fiction to Present Fully Formed Muslim Characters: http://ow.ly/ehdS3002k6G @AusmaZehanat @GraffMarni @thelithub

10 Pages You Should Include in Your Author Website: http://ow.ly/4nesdy  @shelleyhitz

6 Ways to Set Up Scrivener for Writing:  http://ow.ly/4nessg @ckmacleodwriter

The Cycle of Action-Reaction in Novel Scenes:  http://ow.ly/4nesma @CSLakin

Amazon Themes and Keywords: Optimizing Your Book Page: http://ow.ly/4nerWf @Bookgal

Use KindleSpy for Genre Competitive Analysis:  http://ow.ly/4nbKGt  @worderella

When you don’t agree with your editor:  http://ow.ly/4nbJLx @DeborahJay2

Anton Chekhov: A Post-Modernist Ahead of His Time:  http://ow.ly/3wpr3002jvT @thelithub by Peter Constantine

3 Groups of Words or Phrases to Edit in Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/CaO430057bk @lornafaith

Why Fiction Needs More Women Scientists:  http://ow.ly/rM6930055NF @EileenPollack @thelithub

How Mapping Alice Munro’s Stories Helped One Writer: http://ow.ly/4nbLbH by Elizabeth Poliner @thelithub

“The population of Japan is…a third of the US, but the book market is comparable:”  http://ow.ly/PXCO3002fPl Alvin Lu and @Porter_Anderson

Why we love reading to cry:  http://ow.ly/4nbLpD by Lindsay Lynch @thelithub

What Level of Editing Do You Need?  http://ow.ly/4nbJB4 by Jessica West @K8Tilton

How to Give Your Facebook Page Likes a Quick Spike:  http://ow.ly/4nbIgv @cksyme

Mastering Metadata: the Key to Marketing Your Books:  http://ow.ly/4nbKKE @carlaking

Building Your Author Mailing List:  http://ow.ly/4nbIjv @pbackwriter

To Swear Or Not To Swear in Our Books:  http://ow.ly/4nbKDl @RobinStorey1

Turning a feature film script into a novel:  http://ow.ly/4nbKQa @Meinertzhagen  @ElectricLit

Handling The Pressure Of Being An Indie Author:  http://ow.ly/4nbKuc @ShadowChaosFox

Should you convert your Facebook profile to a page?  http://ow.ly/4nbJnU @cksyme

Crafting Serial Fiction: http://ow.ly/4nbJsV @mlgardnerbooks

5 Top Snapchat Tips for Marketers:  http://ow.ly/4n6ofe @Ashread_

The links I shared last week:  http://ow.ly/bVvR3002gxg All the links (30K+ free and searchable) I’ve ever shared: writerskb.com

Why rural lives and literature are in crisis:  http://ow.ly/uxaE3002jKn @thelithub by Matthew Neill Null

Why Are Subscription Services Outside the US Succeeding? http://ow.ly/5oN33002fJQ @pubperspectives @Porter_Anderson

Two Body Language Ninja Moves:  http://ow.ly/L3OI3003Hod @p2p_editor

5 Comparisons Not To Make For Your Book:  http://ow.ly/4n6nId @ChuckSambuchino

How to Price Self-published Books: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself: http://ow.ly/4n6msE @DebbieYoungBN

Garage sales in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/SSOr3002cVT @mkinberg

Is literature a dying animal?  http://ow.ly/AHNf3002jVT @GuardianBooks by Edna O’Brien

Pros and Cons of Changing Genres:  http://ow.ly/iQFu3002gtJ

What NOT to Say to a Publisher:  http://ow.ly/uxJE3002g8m @DancingLemurPre @SpunkOnAStick

A Global Update on ‘the State of Copyright’:  http://ow.ly/5rkl3002fhU @MJHealy @Porter_Anderson

What 1 author learned at the London Book Fair: http://ow.ly/4n6n9b  @SukhiJutla

Advice on handling criticism:  http://ow.ly/aT2S3002cNa @pubcoach

How to be a Good Critique Partner:  http://ow.ly/5voU3002c0f @LyndaRYoung @TheIWSG

Writing Motivation Comes From a Sense of Control:  http://ow.ly/4n6nPj  @Wordstrumpet

Why authors need a mailing list:  http://ow.ly/4n6njh @SukhiJutla

Getting to The End: How to Finish a book:  http://ow.ly/4n6o3q  @KAMcCleary

How an Agent helps 1 Writer Succeed as a Hybrid Author: http://ow.ly/4n6n2d @srjohannes

The Writer’s Guide to Building an Email List:  http://ow.ly/4n6nG7 @KimberleyGrabas

A Simple System for Great Character Creation:  http://ow.ly/4n6nVz @Rachel_Aaron

Want to Write a Novel? How to Get Started:  http://ow.ly/4n6o8c @aliventures

Set Up Your WordPress Blog in Under 15 Minutes: http://ow.ly/4n6nCS @KimberleyGrabas

Top 4 Editing Tricks for Creating a Seamless Narrative:  http://ow.ly/4n6nqV @KMWeiland

Creating Tension: Change It Up:  http://ow.ly/4n3zoc @ShanDitty

8 Things That Will Derail Your Writing Goals the Fastest:  http://ow.ly/4n3ApX @EdieMelson

Motherhood vs. Art: There Is No Wrong Choice: http://ow.ly/bXfS3000xBO @ndianaolde @thelithub