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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As ever, this is a great set of links, Elizabeth. I like it that there are a lot on questions of marketing. That’s something that I think is difficult for a lot of authors. I know it is for me.
Margot–For me, too! It’s good there’s so much help out there.
A great list to go through when I get back.
Alex–Enjoy your trip!
LOL – I bet there’s a lot Lucas can teach us NOT to do.
Diane–I think so too…ha!
Thanks for including us again in your great list, Elizabeth. Lots to read here.
Hope you have a great week!
Thanks, Elizabeth. Wow. What a great list this time. This will keep me busy for awhile.
Colleen–Thanks for coming by!