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.

One question to make your novel sell: does it turn? http://ow.ly/VpPE304kVwd @kseniaanske

Your Online Writing Portfolio: Must-Haves and More:  http://ow.ly/DeYV304kRvj @MerylWilliams

47 Tips Writers Need When Their Creativity Goes AWOL:  http://ow.ly/VyTb304kUN5 @LauraJTong

5 Questions to Test Your Story Concept:  http://ow.ly/DPEl304kVsH @GoIntoTheStory

In Praise of the Micro Landscape:  http://ow.ly/MBOa304kR1B @angpalm  @lithub 

The Most Neglected Resource for Reviews: YouTube:  http://ow.ly/78AA304kR8P @AndyPeloquin

How to Get the Most Out of Your Sequel Scenes:  http://ow.ly/RUt9304kR6h @KMWeiland

Braiding Your Book:  http://ow.ly/ygJS304kUz0 by Laurie Schnebly Campbell

Craft Your First Story With This Creative Writing Reference Chart:  http://ow.ly/CaAT304kVkv @LordRavenscraft

Why the doppelgänger motif is so popular:  http://ow.ly/SMSX304lTJm @alanglynnbooks @lithub

What Do We Mean When We Say Women’s Fiction?  http://ow.ly/tjRy304lTXM  @lithub @lizkay09

The Novelist ( @rabihalameddine   ) Whose Twitter Feed Is a Work of Art:  http://ow.ly/xHfr304JxOB  @JonathanBlitzer  @NewYorker

13 Things Learned From Completing Draft Two of a Novel:  http://ow.ly/x7yV304nE7f @sacha_black

Does This Third-Person POV Suspense Opening Work? http://ow.ly/FS1V304nDf7 @Janice_Hardy

3 Problems with Parenthesis:  http://ow.ly/kwfp304nEgq @writing_tips

4 E’s of an Effective Critique Group:  http://ow.ly/4ZIJ304nEcm @lisajlickel

5 Blog Post Mistakes:  http://ow.ly/kknR304nDn1 @allisonmaruska

The Ultimate Blogging Checklist:  http://ow.ly/5XEf304nE3A @Writers_Write

On the Irresistible Pull of Tidal Metaphors:  http://ow.ly/bNbz304nCZ3 by Hugh Aldersey-Williams @lithub

Is “Show Don’t Tell” a Universal Truth or Colonial Relic?  http://ow.ly/AM0j304nCGK @poddar_namrata  @lithub

7 Key Elements To Include In Your First Chapter: http://ow.ly/7fO9304nDSm @ClaireABradshaw  @WritersEdit

Ratchet Up Your Novel’s Tension: http://ow.ly/Bn57304nDIy @KelsieEngen

Perfecting First Person POV:  http://ow.ly/VMlv304nDDe @AJHumpage

Writing Scenes for Your Story’s Goals:  http://ow.ly/YRpv304nD6s @Lindasclare

A Writer Looks Back at His First Novel:  http://ow.ly/N3cD304nJPN @leverus @lithub

Creating Mood In A Scene Using Light and Shadow:  http://ow.ly/GmMT304oTse @angelaackerman

Is too much pre-writing immobilizing you?  http://ow.ly/oa9i304Jh8G

How to Guest Blog Successfully: An Interview with Sara Pence:  http://ow.ly/UBtA304jHoF @LisaTener

Should a writer have children?  http://ow.ly/wpt6304kV4L  @nevalalee

Working With Cover and Interior Designers:  http://ow.ly/qgZp304kRjJ @JFbookman

New Amazon Guidelines Work to Curb Review Fraud:  http://ow.ly/6txa304Ghco @LorcaDamon @Goodereader

12 Book Marketing Tactics:  http://ow.ly/MgX1304jGVn @Rachel_Aaron

Covers Can Make or Break a Book:  http://ow.ly/OKRh304jGOW @DarrenDBeyer

The Only 5 Ingredients You Need for Story Subtext:  http://ow.ly/I5z1304jGtY @KMWeiland

Using Dialogue to Build Conflict:  http://ow.ly/Zvcw304jGr9 @Eileenwriter  @WomenWriters

Query Letters: The Extras:  http://ow.ly/uJGH304jGvU @AnnieNeugebauer  @WriterUnboxed

5 Rules For Success At Crowd Funding:  http://ow.ly/uubk304jGFV  @111publishing

The Power of Pods: Ask Your Friends to Lead a Mini-Brigade on Your Behalf: http://ow.ly/lDSD304jGSt @RobertTWilder

How to Avoid Book Publishing Blunders:  http://ow.ly/DFYA304jGAU @mybookshepherd

Goodreads for Authors:  http://ow.ly/e9zQ304jGNA @CaballoFrances

A Key to Using Twitter That Most Authors Overlook:  http://ow.ly/qONl304jGI2 @losapala

Pitch Your Novel Perfectly: 6 Tips:  http://ow.ly/ldc2304jGxF @SusanSpann

Hunting Down Story Holes Using a Novel Journal: http://ow.ly/GwGi304jGvi @AngelaAckerman

The Lost Art of Custom-Illustrating Your Favorite Books:  http://ow.ly/SxWL304iKL1 @lithub  @Amy_Stewart

Agatha Christie on how her lack of education and boredom led her to write: http://ow.ly/qzZ8304iKJQ @austinkleon

Why Is the Basic Marble Notebook Still So Popular?  http://ow.ly/Jnsy304iKI9 @UpperEastRob

The 3 Biggest Obstacles for INFP Writers:  http://ow.ly/FoO4304jHje @losapala

Does ‘The Bestseller Code’ Divulge its Secrets? http://ow.ly/zDnn304EIT4 @ThadMcIlroy

A Leader in Canadian Writing Takes Stock of Self-Pub:  http://ow.ly/RR04304EJ9l @CarlaJDouglas @pubperspectives @MerilynSimonds

Writing Authentic Settings And Keeping A Series Fresh:  http://ow.ly/1Phq304EIAb @tobywneal  @thecreativepenn

14 Quotes From Censored Authors:  http://ow.ly/20AC304DKj8 @SignatureReads @TomBlunt

Writing Groups 101:  http://ow.ly/KLKc304iL83 by A. Howitt @mythicscribes

3 UK Book Market Challenges (Including: ‘Too Many Titles in a Small Space’):  http://ow.ly/tW82304z3Ua @Porter_Anderson @JasonCoopr

What Is Lost in a Nation That’s Reading Less Literature? http://ow.ly/QBUY304iKVo @derekberes

Writers: Listen To Miss Frizzle:  http://ow.ly/M08c304iL3F @mikemartinez72

The Importance of Storytelling in Turbulent Times:  http://ow.ly/aoNQ304iKTK  @VaughnRoycroft

Ursula K. Le Guin: How I Started Writing:  http://ow.ly/t1So304iKOH @ursulaleguin  @parisreview

How to Chose Your Next Read When You’re Sick:  http://ow.ly/dmRz304iLgU @wutheringreads  @BookRiot

Write What Your Family Knows:  http://ow.ly/vj7y304iL9F @AuthorJuliaDay

This is How Literary Fiction Teaches Us to Be Human http://ow.ly/vzM5304iKQp   @SignatureReads @TomBlunt

Beware of attention residue when you’re writing:  http://ow.ly/7OW9304iL6N @pubcoach

7 Variations on the Epistolary Novel:  http://ow.ly/1ei8304BYTk @jrc2666

From Passive Voice To Active Voice: How To Spot It and How To Change It:  http://ow.ly/qu21304i5jd @MiaJouBotha

Change as an element in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/hlZ5304z2B8 @mkinberg

Margins Be Damned: 4 Books with Inventive Formats:  http://ow.ly/u8wD304i54v by Molly Livingston @SignatureReads

Making a Series Bible Using Excel: http://ow.ly/u6BM304z1YP @HeidiHormel @TheIWSG

How to Start a Blog in 2016: http://ow.ly/7Qhh304BByG @BlastYourBlog

A Quick Tip for Finding Repeated (and Weak) Words:  http://ow.ly/7XhB304i5c9 @Janice_Hardy

Authors: Here’s All You Need to Grow Your Email List:  http://ow.ly/Pow3304i5ao @EmilyWenstrom

Writing the Crime Scene: Dead Bodies:  http://ow.ly/Dmry304fp0E @repokempt

Latest Ukrainian Ban of Russian Book Imports Under Consideration:  http://ow.ly/hvIF304z3nq by Eugene Gerden @pubperspectives

3 Ways Essential Oils Make It Easier To Be Creative: http://ow.ly/28t1304i5mu @colleen_m_story

Becoming a Writer in Your 40s, 50s, and Beyond: http://ow.ly/IJBF304jHha @losapala

10 suggestions to overcoming writing obstacles:  http://ow.ly/OfWw304i5Ia by Jill Roman Lord

A Pop-Up Strategy: The Autoresponder Series:  http://ow.ly/6BnC304i5E5 @JaneFriedman

The 5 Most Common Mistakes Writers Make When Seeking Book Reviews:  http://ow.ly/KDWu304i5pt @CSLakin

The Balance Between Hooking Readers and Setting up the Story: http://ow.ly/VRXI304i5eM @Janice_Hardy

5 Fictional Vegetarians Who Defy Stereotypes:  http://ow.ly/351s304i5wG @kwistent  @lithub

The Great Gatsby as a Crime Novel: http://ow.ly/57lj304z2ua @mkinberg

20 Book-Title Hacks for Any Genre:  http://ow.ly/VN3g304AMeX @DavidHSafford

5 things 1 writer didn’t expect when she released her first novel:  http://ow.ly/YXhz304ALJw @Roz_Morris

Balancing the main story and character subplots:  http://ow.ly/Vwu2304z39w @mike54martin

5 Ways to Have an Awful Book Cover:  http://ow.ly/jdSQ304cv8J @AuthorKSBrooks

A 6-Step Guide to Creating a Book Fair:  http://ow.ly/STMX304z1JN @DemiStevens19 @TheIWSG

Want to Sell More Books? Give Consumers What They Want: http://ow.ly/jLmw304cu5N @KristenLambTX

A new species of poetry: The making of Lyrical Ballads:  http://ow.ly/25c2304fowJ by Jonathan Kerr @WordsworthTrust

5 Ways to Be a More Mindful Writer:  http://ow.ly/wXB9304foh2 @deborahsosin

How to Write a First Draft:  http://ow.ly/hThX304fp6L @hodgeswriter

The Secret To Overcoming Perfectionism In Your Writing:  http://ow.ly/dWul304fopn @patverducci

What Does Silence Mean in the Age of Digital Noise?  http://ow.ly/xw1g304fo72 by Laurence Scott @lithub

A Quick Lesson in the Writing Process:  http://ow.ly/lBNk304fpd5 @JerryBJenkins

A Writer’s Guide to Hacking the Reader’s Brain (in 5 Steps):  http://ow.ly/viob304fnJO @LisaCron  @SignatureReads

Why Do Creative People Burn Out?  http://ow.ly/idK7304fnXA @MegDowell

Athens Named World Book Capital as 118-Year-Old Bookstore Closes:  http://ow.ly/4OUU304z3vz @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Thoughts on trigger warnings:  http://ow.ly/yigd304fosy by Colleen Hoover @PassiveVoiceBlg

10 Books Featuring Subversive Women:  http://ow.ly/FG6T304fpiM @Ginsburgmelissa

7 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Finding Time To Write:  http://ow.ly/Dw0V3049YYW @colleen_m_story

Boost Book Marketing with These 5 Apps: http://ow.ly/PA2L304cu34 @CaballoFrances

4 Ways to Use Video to Promote Your Blog Posts: http://ow.ly/Sd5M304cuwT  @Soffi_Propp  @SMExaminer

How Secretive Are You About Your Writing Projects? http://ow.ly/3NHV304cuKd @annkroeker

How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips: http://ow.ly/rOZF304cuNL by Rebecca Solnit @lithub

What If You Couldn’t Write? http://ow.ly/dAST304cuiT @KBullockAuthor

7 Different Ways Fantasy Has Used Language as Magic:  http://ow.ly/qsi7304cuU9 by Bailey Miller @tordotcom

Why book covers should reflect our author brand:  http://ow.ly/PVD5304cu8y @authordesigner  @IndieAuthorALLI