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 – As always, I look forward to your Twitterific Treasure Trove on Sundays. Thanks :-) (and thanks for including some of my stuff).
Wow, looks like you put a lot of effort into this list – thank you!
I’m going to be busy for a while…
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!
You are amazing. I’m so thankful for the links you send out, and thanks so much for the mention.
It took me ages to get through here – tons of great sites to check! Thanks :)
Thanks so much for coming by, everybody! Hope you’ll find the links helpful and interesting. :)