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Below are writing links that I’ve posted to Twitter in the last week.

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Tips on cliffhangers: http://bit.ly/kknQxX @juliemusil

What Ju-Jitsu Can Teach Us About Writing: http://bit.ly/krFW5S

Creating the non-stereotypical character: http://bit.ly/kSgmks

5 Fixes for Pop-Culture Pile-Ups: http://bit.ly/ka4aTt

Summer Survival Guide for Writers: http://bit.ly/kwuFOE

4 tips for dissemination of info in your story: http://bit.ly/le8Xkb

Writing Myths Busted: http://bit.ly/mr2Vla @yaHighway

Do You Tell People You Write? http://bit.ly/mTDOF1

5 ways to know your characters before you even meet them: http://bit.ly/kyznnc @jammer0501

When You Feel Like a Nobody: http://bit.ly/lAOle9

What Not to Write–The Submission: http://bit.ly/kRjUD5

Using MS Word to Auto-Outline and Keep Track of Revelations: http://bit.ly/jamI6a @4kidlit

How to Turn Your Dream Into a Plan In 5 Simple Steps: http://bit.ly/j4KZlQ

When your agent can’t sell your book: http://bit.ly/kpVVee

A look at teachers in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/ifxlUC @mkinberg

How To Make a Super 8 Book Trailer: http://bit.ly/lA2dju

When you’re an ind. publishing professional, is the expense of attending BEA worth it? http://bit.ly/kLNGpo

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Dinner tonight – easy as pie! http://bit.ly/kyAsDc

All Stories Are Speculative Fictions: An Inquisitive Supposition: http://bit.ly/jUoaVd

How to Captivate New Readers for Your Blog in 5 Seconds or Fewer: http://bit.ly/lKHOEz

It’s wedding season–and an opportunity for a 1-chapter critique: http://bit.ly/iRZwXX @jhansenwrites

How To Look for a Publishing Job at BEA: http://bit.ly/kIBWv2 @galleycat

Creativity Tweets of the Week — 5/20/11: http://bit.ly/ilfAaZ @on_creativity

How one writer revised her work to prepare for publication: http://bit.ly/kqRdLx

Working Backward to Flesh Out Your Plot: http://bit.ly/lp2tNF

5 things 1 writer has learned about increasing tension in a story: http://bit.ly/lX0bJN

Writing mentors (Ntl. Post): http://natpo.st/jzoeZa

Are MFA programs ruining American fiction? (Salon): http://bit.ly/lNA2eh

10 ways to improve your proofreading: http://bit.ly/mpINbH

Sucker punching writer’s block: http://bit.ly/iJCLMh

Best Articles This Week for Writers 5/20/11: http://bit.ly/k9MAAX @4kidlit

People-Watching with Purpose: 20 tips: http://bit.ly/l0GAVg

How to earn your info dump: http://bit.ly/l6z6TA

Konrath: Tech Talk and the Active Ebook: http://bit.ly/imEbQH

Writing Descriptions: Setting the Scene: http://bit.ly/m5I4SI

A Deeper Understanding of Craft: http://bit.ly/iu5PFr

Figuring Out Your Genre: http://bit.ly/m0zjxx

On Amazon, is fewer than 5 stars a bad review? http://bit.ly/l2k1MW

The Antagonist: http://bit.ly/jqLKAf

Does Your Manuscript Have a Good Hook? http://bit.ly/iTwUOp

Liberty Media Bids $1 Billion for Barnes & Noble (PW): http://bit.ly/lJHixn

5 Things The Great Books Taught @JaneFriedman About Writing: http://bit.ly/lu9724

Genre and Soy Sauce — Finding What You Want: http://bit.ly/lp5v8e

5 Types of Eponyms: http://bit.ly/j6Jnib

Past Tense or Present Tense…or Both? http://bit.ly/kC7IY7

BEA Survival Tips: http://bit.ly/lDpQj8

Common Sense Writing Superstitions: http://bit.ly/mLs893 @Rachel__Graves

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: My Summer Challenge http://bit.ly/jBExzn

A question on multiple lead characters: http://bit.ly/iClM9Z

The 5 Horsemen of Literary Apocalypse: http://bit.ly/jtm5Eb

Is there gold in your backlist? Self-publish and find out: http://bit.ly/lhzCB2

The secret to worldbuilding success: http://bit.ly/ihNQPV

Rock Stars and Writers–Yes, We Really Do Work: http://bit.ly/mK2IAd

Resist the Urge to Explain: http://bit.ly/mnPkBD

Are Teenagers Too Young to Write Good Fiction? http://bit.ly/ieRON2

Amazon and Waterstones report downloads eclipsing printed book sales (Guardian): http://bit.ly/mmd3Ov

An Agent on Interiority vs. Telling: http://bit.ly/kUSxeD

Tips on Copy Editing Your Own Work: http://bit.ly/mmQCR9

What to Do on a Writing Vacation: http://bit.ly/kyDh3I

Why Are We So Obsessed With Our Numbers? http://bit.ly/jB78Bq

How fantasy author @JaniceHardy uses real places as a foundation for her world-building: http://bit.ly/inIwfM

Running Mind Movies to Bring Life to Your Characters: http://bit.ly/kSkhhm

5 Tips for Working with Hollywood as a Publisher or Author: http://bit.ly/jqwp1D

Characters who grow on you: http://bit.ly/imhEiX

Stir Up Your Setting–REAL Fictional Settings: http://bit.ly/jA6dCZ

Dos and Dont’s for Pitching: http://bit.ly/iEmBjl

Self-editing checklist for POV: http://bit.ly/mCir2O

This Week’s Fail Whale–Tunnel-Vision Tweeter: http://bit.ly/m67jjz

How to explain superpowers: http://bit.ly/kQYqEp

How watching bad 80s movies made one writer cooler: http://bit.ly/miwHCS

When is a writer ‘good enough’? http://bit.ly/mHDwvm @camillelaguire

3 Reasons Why Personally Visiting a Source (or Location) Will Better Your Writing: http://bit.ly/j6jWm4

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Kid-friendly Porcupines http://bit.ly/l3df8X

Tools to Make Scheduling Your Time at BEA Easier: http://bit.ly/lhfiGh

Getting Started: The Hardest Part: http://bit.ly/lGHWNE

5 Ways to Write High-Quality Content – Fast: http://bit.ly/mI2euZ

Does your imagined audience hinder you from writing? http://bit.ly/ikN8Ji

What Is The Point Of Writing A Book If You Have No Online Presence? http://bit.ly/kGVkp1 @bubblecow

Thanks to Diane @TheBookResort for hosting me on her blog: http://bit.ly/luVJxv Finger Lickin’ Dead releases Jun. 7th! http://amzn.to/iRM9Hw

42 LinkedIn Groups for Publishing Professionals: http://bit.ly/kRtmaI @galleycat

10 Comma Cases in Which More Is More: http://bit.ly/kRdXtQ

An example of a fiction synopsis: http://bit.ly/ktI4sm

Facing Rejection? Here Are 5 Key Steps To Handle Them Like a Pro: http://bit.ly/iH00rj

The Physiology of Foreshadowing: http://bit.ly/krWrcW

Writing When Life Explodes: It Can Be Done: http://bit.ly/l8L7nE

The Ultimate Money Guide for Freelance Writers: http://bit.ly/j5Mjuw

Myths Of Creativity in Business: http://bit.ly/ioRepP

How to Write a Query Letter to Publishers – Fiction Manuscript: http://bit.ly/jN509Z

Stir Up Your Setting: Using All 5 Senses: http://bit.ly/jOgQTB

To Do Digital Books Right, Writers Will Learn to Talk Tech: http://bit.ly/jMOy0f

How to Send Visitors Away from Your Website in Two Seconds or Less: http://bit.ly/klD4l8

Battling the Stigma of the YA Writer: http://bit.ly/kvGbjH

Anatomy of Conflict: http://bit.ly/ixuVfb

Targeted Writing: Remember Your Audience: http://bit.ly/l9wo0k

Traditional Publishing, Self-Publishing and Control: http://bit.ly/mgsqes

The Handy-Dandy Survival Guide to Shipping Doomed Couples: http://bit.ly/lWGVph

Orchestrating the Thriller: http://bit.ly/mSdCxn @RavenRequiem13

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Easy, Cheesy Bread http://bit.ly/ieGkbz

Copywriting ABCs: Why Every Piece of Content You Create Must Always Be Converting: http://bit.ly/m8lBDt

Place holders in fiction: http://bit.ly/jWlIUA

8 Things Readers Want From Self-Published Authors: http://bit.ly/m1qJnF @janefriedman

How ‘Not Writing’ Could Save Your Story: http://bit.ly/ij0rXG @storyadaymay

What Disneyland Can Teach Us about World-building: http://bit.ly/l8j2Aw @jamigold

Choosing the Right Stories for an Anthology: http://bit.ly/lYpccO

The 10 Deadly Sins of Pitching: http://bit.ly/jYWL4d

Worldbuilding–Research: http://bit.ly/kfNVc6

The rule of 3: http://bit.ly/mKFiFH

Mix and match characters: http://bit.ly/mAAkel

Writing profanity: http://bit.ly/lbptUP

The 2 most important things to know before hiring a freelance editor: http://bit.ly/iPlphH

Why It’s Good For Writers to Love Then Hate Their Books: http://bit.ly/ipRO7B @jodyhedlund

The best writers are the best readers: http://bit.ly/iSwzS0

3 Reasons Description is Important, 3 Reasons It’s Not: http://bit.ly/lyUN9b @victoriamixon

The word count debut writers don’t need to exceed & word count guidelines for children’s and YA: http://bit.ly/ivPO4b

Is the ebook the new query? http://bit.ly/ihVJNj @annerallen

Stir Up Your Setting–Finding a Happy Medium: http://bit.ly/lSjKoW

429 Television Script Ideas That Sold: http://bit.ly/kKu83i @galleycat

100,000 Reasons Why You Probably Can’t Banish Envy (and May Not Want to): http://bit.ly/mQCo1a

Craft an Exceptional Elevator Pitch: http://bit.ly/kZCNlC @Bookgal

5 Mixed-Up Malapropisms: http://bit.ly/jd1ENr

Crime fiction examples of tightly linked series and series that are more loosely connected: http://bit.ly/jyAdi0 @mkinberg

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: (Low Fat!) Strawberry Shortcake Muffins from Cleo Coyle http://bit.ly/jW1YNH

Amazon Book Sales Page Tips: http://bit.ly/k0P7yd @thecreativepenn

10 Reasons To Love & Embrace Platform-building: http://bit.ly/mNe9Kw

Why Writers Need Writer Friends: http://bit.ly/kvgNAg

Gardening and writing–filling the well by following the love: http://bit.ly/ilizet

Ready to query but don’t know where to start? http://bit.ly/fYkgJA

15 Tips for Accomplishing More in Less Time: http://bit.ly/mfxG6B

Dealing with Discouragement: http://bit.ly/jK6YU7

Social Media for Unpublished Writers: http://bit.ly/kQuuHj @cheshirescribe

7 Weekly Book Marketing Goals You Can Adopt Today: http://bit.ly/kluqZD

Can Writing Be Taught? http://bit.ly/iewWnq @2bwriters

Show vs Tell: http://bit.ly/isnMOV

The Secret Ingredient of Original Stories: http://bit.ly/k1f8Mq

Stir Up Your Setting–Making Setting a Character: http://bit.ly/jSxbu0

21 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have a Clue: http://bit.ly/jBq91Q

10 Simple Ways to Double the Speed of Your Writing … Right Now: http://bit.ly/mHEz8B

Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 5/13/11): http://bit.ly/j2pTAy

You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order: http://bit.ly/mFpLae

You don’t have to have a book to be a writer: http://bit.ly/ihKUcq @Harrison314

An agent explains what’s in a publishing contract: http://bit.ly/l0Q5Bt

How to Create Characters That Are Believable and Memorable: http://bit.ly/lUW9xv

When it Makes Sense to Have Multiple Blogs: http://bit.ly/jcqTJo

Wait! Don’t Query Too Soon: http://bit.ly/jKIdQ3

An agent on starting a novel in the wrong place: http://bit.ly/lafnAA

The Right Tools for Planning a Writing Group: http://bit.ly/jFzAkS

An agent rants about prologues: http://bit.ly/kmdR5Q

Are you over-editing? http://bit.ly/mdUiHX @juliemusil

Use Manuscript Markers for Your 1st Draft: http://bit.ly/kqXu3r

The Ultimate Guide to Twitter Marketing: http://bit.ly/mmj9uD

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Cardamom Pound Cake http://bit.ly/lSCzU1

Beginning In Media Res: Some Options: http://bit.ly/kqGf3S

Shrugging and Pursing: http://bit.ly/kdSDQr

What NOT to Write: The Query Letter: http://bit.ly/iSc0or

That duck in the T-shirt is a boy: The gender divide in children’s lit: http://natpo.st/inReKc

How to Turn a Blog Post into a Press Release: http://bit.ly/myqDn6

Fiction and Empathy: http://bit.ly/l3uKIX @wordrunner

How to Avoid Writing-related Panic Attacks: http://bit.ly/jw48JX

Writer’s Knowledge Base — Search 8000+ articles on : http://bit.ly/dYRayA

Beyond the First Draft—The Query Letter: http://bit.ly/jEN1uh

How Science Fiction Movies Can Help You Write Novels: http://bit.ly/jtu75I

Worldbuilding, part 1: It’s not just for science fiction anymore: http://bit.ly/iWvGwG

How to Revise (When You’d Rather Just Drink): http://bit.ly/mS4QAI

Twitterific–my week in tweets: http://bit.ly/mvgje5

One important reason for a day job: http://bit.ly/lmKFVm

Against Professionalism: http://bit.ly/maJOFq

Characterization is important–character is key: http://bit.ly/lS4jhz

Why Doesn’t Your Blog Click? http://bit.ly/lyGoZd @hopeclark

Tips for selling more books on the Kindle: http://bit.ly/kSR0Xk

One writer’s process: http://bit.ly/lPhPmJ

Short writing tips from a variety of published authors: http://bit.ly/k2Lfiz

On nature and nurturing your inner Gladys Kravitz: http://bit.ly/lln0BF

Advice to teens wanting to publish: http://bit.ly/ljhbkY

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Kate Carlisle’s Weeknight Taco Casserole http://bit.ly/j7oVmV

Plot Devices and Other Stupid Things: http://bit.ly/igpzuy

How to Build an Email List: Rich Man, Poor Man List Building: http://bit.ly/libkdP

Stereotyping people by their favorite author: http://bit.ly/mEGeV7

Like With Like = Great Story Flow: http://bit.ly/lGnT9i

Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character: http://bit.ly/j5Ub1E

Writing Beautiful and Unique Snowflakes: http://bit.ly/lyXHnr

Putting the Character into Characterization: http://bit.ly/lIq8cT

What to do with short stories: http://bit.ly/jpCfjS

Sign up for the monthly WKB newsletter for the web’s best writing links and interviews: http://bit.ly/gx7hg1

8 Ways NOT to Describe Your Main Character: http://bit.ly/iEuG4j @victoriamixon

The Power of No: http://bit.ly/mI6fdT

Social media is for interacting, not BSP: http://bit.ly/jJ6ZdD

3 lessons from the “Vampire Diaries”: http://bit.ly/iPTE6C

Why You Should Build Your Freelance Career on Your Own Domain: http://bit.ly/iAV4k8

3 Ways to Know When to End Your Chapters: http://bit.ly/l4NHCL

Using tags to sell books or ebooks on Amazon: http://bit.ly/lGyt07

Elizabeth Spann Craig

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Elizabeth writes the Memphis Barbeque series (as Riley Adams) and the Southern Quilting mysteries for Penguin and writes the Myrtle Clover series for Midnight Ink and independently. She also has a blog, which was named by Writer’s Digest as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers. There she posts on the writing craft, finding inspiration in everyday life, and fitting writing into a busy schedule.

7 Comments

  1. Margot KinbergMay 22, 2011

    Elizabeth – As always, I look forward to your Twitterific Treasure Trove on Sundays. Thanks :-) (and thanks for including some of my stuff).

  2. Lady GwenMay 22, 2011

    Wow, looks like you put a lot of effort into this list – thank you!

  3. Alex J. CavanaughMay 22, 2011

    I’m going to be busy for a while…

  4. HeatherMay 22, 2011

    I started clicking and had to come back to comment! LOL! These are great. I love Nathan’s take on control in publishing. Interesting stuff!

  5. Julie MusilMay 22, 2011

    You are amazing. I’m so thankful for the links you send out, and thanks so much for the mention.

  6. Jemi FraserMay 23, 2011

    It took me ages to get through here – tons of great sites to check! Thanks :)

  7. Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley AdamsMay 23, 2011

    Thanks so much for coming by, everybody! Hope you’ll find the links helpful and interesting. :)

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