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.

Thanks to those heroes who sacrificed their lives in military service.   I’ll be away  tomorrow for Memorial Day but back on the blog on Friday. 

Infinite Complexity: On Translating David Foster Wallace into Greek:  http://ow.ly/yL9H300z9cf @ScottEsposito @thelithub

Essentials For Self-Publishing Authors: 7 Must-Haves:  http://ow.ly/OpXN300ev6p @KifferBrown @IndieAuthorALLI

13 Tips for the Writing Newbie:  http://ow.ly/Qiw5300d443 @LZMarieAuthor

How to Use Guest Blogging to Promote Your Book: http://ow.ly/Jtgg300d47M @BethJHayden for @janefriedman

8 Writing Lessons from Hamilton: The Revolution:  http://ow.ly/WeXI300d4g1  @robwhart @thelithub               

All About Google+ For Writers:  http://ow.ly/5BR3300d4aC @111publishing

How to Choose a Blog Topic That’s Pre-Programmed for Success: http://ow.ly/Js20300d46d by Jason Gracia

Planning Your Story: What George Lucas Can Teach You (Not) to Do: http://ow.ly/EXUQ300d42Z @KMWeiland

On Translating Stoner in Japan:  http://ow.ly/z4tT300zaYP by Motoyuki Shibata

Why we should be selfish with our time:  http://ow.ly/IF0q300evtm @InkyBites

How the writer edits:  Julian Barnes’s method: http://ow.ly/SzDN300E76x @FreemanReads @thelithub

Turn your Facebook page into a marketing tool:  http://ow.ly/TG82300d3CZ @Bookgal

Writing:  When It’s Not Like a Movie:  http://ow.ly/kSGJ300d3F0 @joeberhardt

The Art of Paying Attention:  http://ow.ly/Opaf300d664 @sarahrcallender

3 Ways That Handwriting With A Pen Positively Affects Your Brain:  http://ow.ly/nRqn300euDo by Nancy Olson @Forbes

Who’s buying books? How are they finding them? Data from @Nielsen:  http://ow.ly/K2VW300FK01 @Porter_Anderson  @pubperspectives

Understanding our writing process:  http://ow.ly/xb63300euVm @DianeMacKinnon

10 Amazing Tools For Indie Authors:  http://ow.ly/H7jw300evbu @PaulTeagueUK @IndieAuthorALLI

How 1 Writer Failed at Promoting a Novel with Amazon Advertising: http://ow.ly/fC6k300GvjX  @ReedsyHQ @eliotpeper

Do Authors Need A Media Kit?  http://ow.ly/ONKt300d49S @111publishing

Conference Collisions: Spread Out Publishing Cons:  http://ow.ly/7D3j300FJS1 @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Can We Support Women in Publishing Without ‘De-Supporting’ Men?:  http://ow.ly/7FQJ300d3NQ @Porter_Anderson

How to Become a Novelist: 10 Top Authors’ Tips: http://ow.ly/toPr300d4eZ @nownovel

10 Can-Do Traits Every Writer Needs: http://ow.ly/w59z300d44Q @LZMarieAuthor

30 Top Book Writing Tips:  http://ow.ly/vuIG300d4e6 @nownovel

Pursuing other agents after an offer of representation falls through:  http://ow.ly/Svfb300d40r @Janet_Reid

At the GrubStreet Writers of Color Roundtable: http://ow.ly/6yMN300E7x9 by Swati Khurana

What is Literary Fiction?  http://ow.ly/acvW300d3hX  @VinitaNangia @timesofindia

Paring Down Your Social Media Presence: http://ow.ly/9dRt300F4jw

Why Write Flash Fiction?  http://ow.ly/iCMO300d3f9 @PBRWriter

The Benefits of Tracking Your Time:  http://ow.ly/twAk300d3jT @RoniLoren

The 6-Month Book: From Concept to First Draft Completion: http://ow.ly/SW6h300eus7 @amiemccracken @IndieAuthorALLI

We Need More Diverse Superheroes:  http://ow.ly/ECZB300d33a @DavidWalker1201  by Maurice Boyer @PublishersWkly

Tips to avoid discussing your WIP with others:  http://ow.ly/YBTd300d3qQ @lyndacloigman

The 16 Most Misleading Book Covers Of All Time:  http://ow.ly/2TeY300EWVm @bustle  @CharlotteAhlin

When a Novelist Becomes an Ultramarathoner:  http://ow.ly/nlSA300E6TG @ahream @thelithub

Here’s Where Innovative Publishers Need to Focus:  http://ow.ly/1JG8300EdO8  @jwikert @bookbusinessmag

Characters whose situations prefigure fates that might await the hero:  http://ow.ly/nGPr300c9J0 @CockeyedCaravan

Do Americans Hate Foreign Fiction?  http://ow.ly/yrpT300z90R @anjalienjeti @thelithub

7 Bad Excuses for Putting Off Writing:  http://ow.ly/ZCQi3009X1q @JerryBJenkins

5 Tips For Writing Cross Genre: http://ow.ly/Oc1Y300d324 @thecreativepenn

How To Write A Book When You Have A Full-Time Job:  http://ow.ly/Hasy300d3mV @gregdybec @EliteDaily

What’s your writing persona?  http://ow.ly/wDsY300d3tw @LZMarieAuthor

Character Archetypes: “The Wizard of Oz”: http://ow.ly/sJf33009XuL @GoIntoTheStory

Sell More Books with Audible Clips (video):  http://ow.ly/X0Xa300aqy3 @MichaelLaRonn

3 Legs of Fiction Writing:  http://ow.ly/d3zc3009WTY @Lindasclare

5 Unusual Strategies to Capture Readers:  http://ow.ly/Bgss3009XdW @kikolani

5 Ways to Prevent Back Issues for Writers and 8 Exercises to Help:  http://ow.ly/33qj300Bwcj @colleen_m_story

Contemporary Innovators of the Short Story: A Reading List:  http://ow.ly/O89j3009X9l  @Rebecca_Schiff  @ElectricLit

High Concept Defined:  http://ow.ly/Ys7k3009WX3 @Lindasclare

6 Ways To Tell the Difference Between a Supportive and Toxic Writer:  http://ow.ly/DELn3009Xh7 @DCampoamor  @WritersDigest

A Translator on the Challenge of Genderless Characters: http://ow.ly/fLek3009b5M @StefHayes1 @TheAtlantic

Greek writers revolutionizing poetry in the age of austerity:  http://ow.ly/BO2u3009aW6  @martabausells @elenistefanou

4 Tips To Craft a Killer Novella:  http://ow.ly/o6cI3009WRk  @EM_Denning

Writing Lessons From Benjamin Franklin:  http://ow.ly/9u7G3009XkM @hodgeswriter

5 Ways to Use Dialogue to Spice Up The Middle of Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/orRh3009Xx0 @MartinaABoone

20+ Social Media Hacks and Tips From the Pros: http://ow.ly/B8lp3009XYA  @LisaDJenkins @SMExaminer

Bolder and Brighter Book Covers: Right Now, It’s All About Yellow: http://ow.ly/ox8d300z7U7 @lucy_feldman @WSJ

How to Save the Cat:  http://ow.ly/MFPE3009XV9 @briannehogan @CreativeScreen

Beating Block and Fostering Flow:  http://ow.ly/fiP0300eukG @thebookwright @IndieAuthorALLI

The Magic of 20 Minutes: http://ow.ly/AVvI300p3QV @michaelnobbs

Against Neutrality, Capital Letters, and Easy Translation:  http://ow.ly/wswz30085xn @dclarkwithane @worldlittoday

Elements of journal plots: http://ow.ly/QKXm30084hN @HeatherJacksonW

The Man Who Made the Novel:  http://ow.ly/11oL30085Uc  @adellewaldman @NewYorker

12 Steps From Inspiration to Finished Novel:  http://ow.ly/YxJF300eucQ @SueJohnson9 @IndieAuthorALLI

Cutting the Fat from Your Story:  http://ow.ly/u4n6300871q @RayneHall

Did Melville’s Illicit Romance Float ‘Moby-Dick’? http://ow.ly/YVjI300yZzD @Brenda_Cronin @WSJ

The Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Newsletter and Email List:  http://ow.ly/efV330086BM @patflynn

A Writer Hopes to Write Himself Out of Crushing Despair:  http://ow.ly/qqbG300z1lA @amzoltai

“Why I Quit Being a Writer”:  http://ow.ly/r0PM30086Ul by Jaime Clarke @thelithub

The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels:  http://ow.ly/Rmp130085YX @adellewaldman @NewYorker

How (and When) to Develop Multiple Streams of Writing Income:  http://ow.ly/anrL30086F7 @aliventures

Elements of gothic fiction:  http://ow.ly/f0y330084fa @RobinRWrites

Interview with @mark_haddon on banned books, hate speech and childhood memories:  http://ow.ly/Pnf830084sI @danpjsheehan

Why 1 Writer Reads Her Goodreads Reviews:  http://ow.ly/lov730086I0 @theladygreer

How To Use Audio as an Author For Book Sales and Marketing: http://ow.ly/5fTl30086mH @thecreativepenn

Curation in a world with too many things to read: http://ow.ly/muUx300woeL  @MarkPiesing with Michael Baskhar @pubperspectives

How to Find and Inspire Your Super Fans:  http://ow.ly/C5zM300eu0i @Bookgal @IndieAuthorALLI

In the UK, A ‘Settling Down Rather Than a Reversal’ of Digital Reading:  http://ow.ly/pQcj300wnRD @Porter_Anderson @benedictepage

The most common words in poetry:  http://ow.ly/rYBg300wiZh by Joanne Jeffries and Julian Yanover @My_poetic_side

The Power of Sitting Still:  http://ow.ly/WUhB300p3Ib @michaelnobbs

If You’re a Writer You May be an Empath:  http://ow.ly/Hvza300uSCc @p2p_editor

Plots with closed settings: http://ow.ly/JRI73006jZN @RobinRWrites

Creating Your Main Character:  http://ow.ly/5A193006kjj from The Writing Hole

Disorganized? How One Freelance Writer Uses Trello to Track Her Ideas:  http://ow.ly/77N83006koM @decorcione

Turning your FB page into a marketing tool: http://ow.ly/zOna3006klb @Bookgal

What Children’s Publishers Want:  http://ow.ly/uKUX3006k3o by Jill Roman Lord

How to Make the Magic in Your Story Magical: http://ow.ly/RPNb3006kpY @RidethePen

5 of the Most Creative Monsters:  http://ow.ly/VYo73006kcQ @GarthJennings

Happy ending plots: http://ow.ly/lq2w3006jUf @HeatherJacksonW

4 Mistakes to Avoid When Using Mailchimp:  http://ow.ly/bxDe3006kgy @sacha_black

5 Tips For Indie Book Promotion:  http://ow.ly/7vZQ3006kxX @HelenScheuerer

The Multiple Personalities of Omniscient 3rd Person: Spotlight on “Head-Hopper” : http://ow.ly/HNJO3006kCW by Tina L. Jens @BlackGateDotCom

A digital content strategist on archiving projects for major magazines:  http://ow.ly/26BD300uftD @erinlcox @pubperspectives @MattDellinger

5 Illogical Design Choices in Spaceships:  http://ow.ly/kvWZ30057st by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

What it Takes to Run a Small Press: ‘A Lot of Lonely Labor’:  http://ow.ly/CRho300ub13 @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

Tips for local book marketing:  http://ow.ly/IawO300etTa @DebbieYoungBN @IndieAuthorALLI

Building Your Facebook Fan Page:  http://ow.ly/aPdT3002aRs @JAHuss

Stroll your way to a more satisfying creative life:  http://ow.ly/fT7I300p3Cg @michaelnobbs

Inbox Zero: A Tried and True Secret (video):  http://ow.ly/NiNi3002btk @Schmittastic

Setting as a Vehicle for Conflict:  http://ow.ly/q9dA300ty1G @beccapuglisi

Writers share their personal turning points and best book promo advice:  http://ow.ly/LH0Q300u6QD @SpunkOnAStick @DancingLemurPre

How cultures can impact crime fiction: http://ow.ly/IYD9300u6n7 @mkinberg

Top 100 Short Story Ideas:  http://ow.ly/zOK53002bne @joebunting

5 Tips on Turning Pro for Writers from Steven Pressfield:  http://ow.ly/WOKg30057kp  @lornafaith

Jane Austen’s Ivory Cage:  http://ow.ly/97Hr30056pP @MikitaBrottman @TheAmScho

How to Promote a Memoir:  http://ow.ly/XqsI300skZU @sorenarded @ReedsyHQ

Virginia Woolf on how affection for an author is based on more than their stories: http://ow.ly/4Tz6300562V  @voguemagazine

The 5 Most Common Mistakes I See in Beginners’ Manuscripts:  http://ow.ly/sSvW3002bq0 @JerryBJenkins

How to become a children’s book illustrator: 7 secrets for success:  http://ow.ly/b4Pg300p5rc @2dscumptious @publishingtalk

How To Use Audio as an Author For Book Sales and Marketing:  http://ow.ly/GcTo3002aUU @thecreativepenn

How to Deal With an Unending Shift in Priorities:  http://ow.ly/sc3E3002aHC @monicaleonelle

A Non-Designer’s Guide to Creating Engaging Images for Social Media:  http://ow.ly/CbkK3002bkc @RoyBoss  @buffer

How to Launch a Book: http://ow.ly/mBYS30029Sx @JAHuss

Entire Originality Workshop Now On YouTube:  http://ow.ly/q6XE30029YH @DeanWesleySmith

Book Plot vs. Character Arc and How To Reconcile the Two:  http://ow.ly/r2lG3002a1u @monicaleonelle

15 Ways to Boost Your Social Media Marketing in Under an Hour:  http://ow.ly/jrgd3002abG @Ashread_  @buffer

A Description Mistake to Avoid: http://ow.ly/nQmY30029Pr @JerryBJenkins

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