Twitterific

Terry3_thumb[1]Here are writing links that I’ve posted to Twitter for the past week.

If you’re looking for a particular topic, just plug in your keyword into the search box at the top left-hand corner of the blog (on the black header right above my blog name…next to the Blogger symbol…the small search window is next to the magnifying glass) and the roundup with your subject will come up. To narrow your search down on the page, do a CTRL+F, type your subject, and hit enter.

I’m also archiving these posts in what I hope is an easily searchable format—if you look at the Twitterific tabs under the blog’s heading, I’m posting the links there, too.

Steampunk Archetypes: http://dld.bz/GVR2

When Is a Story Worth Writing? – Part One: http://dld.bz/Hbg7 @JamiGold

The Process of Creation – Here’s a Concept: http://dld.bz/GV5j @JustusRStone

Getting a new idea: http://dld.bz/GV4g

Editing by instinct and some tips to distance yourself from your manuscript: http://dld.bz/HbfT

Don’t Show Up In Overalls: http://dld.bz/GV3Q

Failed at Installation: http://dld.bz/GV3J

6 Steps to Fight Content Theft: http://dld.bz/GV3B

The app I use to schedule my tweets ahead of time is down for scheduled maintenance. Tweeting will resume after SocialOomph is back up. :)

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Cream Scones: A Theme and Variations http://bit.ly/eK2beJ @CleoCoyle

Intern Tips: Query Edition: http://dld.bz/GSFg

Love’s labour’s located: how one writer plotted Shakespeare’s London with an iPhone app (Guardian): http://dld.bz/GSEX

The 4 stages of writing–in comic form via @inkygirl: http://dld.bz/GSDE

Mystery writers guide to forensics–forensic linguistics: http://dld.bz/GSxP @clarissadraper

Quick editing tip for rewriting weak scenes: http://dld.bz/GSwg

Character building tips from King’s “On Writing”: http://dld.bz/GSve

Resistance is futile: 10 ways you can find NOT to write that novel: http://dld.bz/GV5E @ziggykinsella

Thoughts on realistic sexual tension for your book: http://dld.bz/GSuM

A tip for adding realistic tension to your book: http://dld.bz/GSut

Best Articles This Week for Writers 1/21/11: http://dld.bz/GV4r @4kidlit

Taming Time—Practical Tips to Increase Writing Productivity: http://dld.bz/GSsV

Barnes & Noble makes small — or big? — exec changes: http://dld.bz/GV3s

Insufficiently challenged heroes: http://dld.bz/GSs6

How to Find a Direct Line to Your Readers: http://dld.bz/GSsn

How to Feature Your Book on Your LinkedIn Profile: http://dld.bz/GSsc

When Social Media Becomes a Time-Suck: http://dld.bz/GSrG

Making your super characters extraordinary: http://dld.bz/GSqT @cvaldezmiller

10 ways to be awkward at a writers’ conference: http://dld.bz/GSqe

The part that a lack of perspective and perception plays in creating crime fiction victims: http://dld.bz/GSzx @mkinberg

How Do You Know if Your Writing is Getting Better? http://dld.bz/GMPA

Why You’re Only 1/4 of A Writer And How to Make You Whole Again: http://dld.bz/GMPu

Rediscovering the fun in our fiction: http://dld.bz/GMNN

Reading like a Writer: http://dld.bz/GMNe

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Vegetarian Split Pea soup http://bit.ly/f64jeW @CleoCoyle

Advice From An Editor: The Three-Word Non-Magic Formula: http://dld.bz/GMFW

B&N lending features are disappearing: http://dld.bz/GMA6

Is It Just Too Much to Ask of an Author? (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/GJm9

Writer’s Platform Vs. Writer’s Foundation: http://dld.bz/GJmv @HeatherMcCorkle

8 Tips To Launch Successful Challenges at Your Blog: http://dld.bz/GJfU

How original do you have to be? Writing for a market: http://dld.bz/GJfJ

Links addressing whether our manuscript is ready for querying: http://dld.bz/GJdW @bluemaven

The difference between “pitch” and “query”: http://dld.bz/GJd9

6 Mistakes That Make Your Website Look Like a 1970s Kitchen: http://dld.bz/GJd6

RT @KMWeiland Need to brush up your grammar? Useful site for a crash course: http://tinyurl.com/94rou

Formatting Your Manuscript – 25 Lines Per Page: http://dld.bz/GHtM @jhansenwrites

SFF and the Classical Past, Part 1: Atlantis: http://dld.bz/GHtb

Writers’ group etiquette: http://bit.ly/grDtrM

Self-Editing for Writers: Part 1, Mechanics: http://dld.bz/GHqD

Steps toward establishing a writing habit: http://dld.bz/G7Ne

5 Tips for Freelance Mentor Relationships: http://dld.bz/G7MD

Authors, don’t take offense at changes your editor & production team make to your book: http://dld.bz/G7Mp

How to Optimize Your Blog for Google: http://dld.bz/G7Fw

An agents says–Be Careful Over-working Your Story. You Will Never Finish: http://dld.bz/G7Fp

Blog design counts– tips on what to avoid: http://dld.bz/G7Fb

Steampunk thoughts: the novels of Felix Gilman: http://dld.bz/GxKD

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Leftovers and Editing http://bit.ly/fV6s3V @CleoCoyle

Do-Overs: 10 speculative fiction books that got major rewrites after they were published: http://dld.bz/GxKe

How to be a Writer and Have a Life: or, Livin’ the Dream: http://dld.bz/GxMk

Trying to Explain Characterization: http://dld.bz/GxKS

Writing The Next Book: http://dld.bz/GxJ3

How blogging helped one writer find an agent: http://dld.bz/G7Aa

The Increasing Importance of the First Chapter: http://dld.bz/G7AR

Need inspiration? A coffee break for writers: http://dld.bz/GBqK @elspethwrites

Developing a Unique Voice – Links, Tips, and a Useful Tool: http://dld.bz/G7AC

Interesting post on narrative distance: http://dld.bz/G6cD

What your writers block may be telling you: http://dld.bz/G6b7 @flawritersconf

Unknown and unpublished: enjoy it while it lasts: http://dld.bz/G6aK

Finding–and Leading With–Theme: http://dld.bz/Gy7R

Free Books Aren’t Free: http://dld.bz/GxGH

Setting the Right Tone for Your Story: http://dld.bz/GxGn

Branding: The Secret to Selling More Books (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/GxFY

Wikipedia is the non-fiction writer’s best friend (Guardian): http://dld.bz/Gxb7

Foreign Rights: Not for the Faint of Heart: http://dld.bz/Gxbc

Edgar Nominees 2011: Mystery Writers of America: http://dld.bz/G6jk @janetrudolph

5 Reasons to Tackle Freelance Projects You Don’t Love: http://dld.bz/GxaY

Is the Print-and-Pray Model of Book Publishing Dead? http://dld.bz/GxaV

Each scene in our book needs to earn its keep: http://dld.bz/G5Cz @authorterryo

Should I Mention My Blog in My Query? http://dld.bz/GwZP

With All the Hype, Is Self-Publishing Really for You?: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/GtBN

Beat Procrastination With a Stopwatch: http://dld.bz/GtB3

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Combatting the Weather With a Southern Favorite—Goulash! http://bit.ly/gFl4no @CleoCoyle

Critiquing with grace and a little panache: http://dld.bz/GsP9

Reject the “New Rules For Writers” (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/GsPm

The 2 Guaranteed Ways to Ruin Your Novel: http://dld.bz/GsNY

An agent with conference tips: http://dld.bz/GsN4

One writer’s experience with Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award process: http://dld.bz/GsE3 @hartjohnson

A Writer’s Quick-fix Toolkit: http://dld.bz/GsNb @jammer0501

More Cuts at Borders (Publishers Weekly): http://dld.bz/GxHw

Showing your characters’ emotions through dialogue: http://dld.bz/GsFr @Paize_Fiddler

Editing made easier: http://dld.bz/GsPK

How Authors Move Their Own Merchandise (Wall St. Journal): http://dld.bz/GxF3

The Writing Process: From Idea To Print: http://dld.bz/GnHR

The Snowball Effect of Social Media: http://dld.bz/GnHM

Finding Book Endorsements: http://dld.bz/GnHn

Non-Fiction–The Road to Becoming an “Expert”: http://dld.bz/GnGT

What Makes a Hero: http://dld.bz/GnGC

Me or You? Choosing Between First and Third POV: http://dld.bz/GnFR

A litmus test for your opening scene: http://dld.bz/GkGx

6 Common Dialogue Mistakes to Avoid: http://dld.bz/GkuZ

The Problem – and Reality – of Adding -LY: http://dld.bz/GkuV

Why one tweeter says ‘no’ to RTs: http://dld.bz/Gkut

Combining characters: http://dld.bz/Gkud

Looking back on past writing goals and tweaking them for the future: http://dld.bz/GktF

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: The Particular Happiness of Orange Cake by Cleo Coyle http://bit.ly/f1n2xY @CleoCoyle

4 business moves you’ll never regret, as a writer: http://dld.bz/Gh2V @wendypmiller

Writing children’s fantasy–what sets it apart from other fantasy: http://dld.bz/GksS

An interesting journey–one writer goes from self-published success to agented author: http://dld.bz/GkkD

Authors weigh in on being published by small presses (and thoughts on distribution): http://dld.bz/GkgT @LadyGlamis

Keeping characters real by allowing them to be moody: http://dld.bz/GnMc @elspethwrites

Know thy hub: http://dld.bz/Gkg5

NPR’s new short fiction contest is on (LA Times): http://dld.bz/GnJS

The best practices list–for writers: http://dld.bz/Gjfz

How to write a press release for your book–8 tips: http://dld.bz/Gjfj @alexisgrant

The Neil Gaiman master class for writing–headhopping vs. POV shifts: http://dld.bz/Ghyk @SimonCLarter

The Cons of a Freelance Career: http://dld.bz/GaAH

How to Write a Synopsis When You Have Lots of Characters in Your Story: http://dld.bz/Ga9J @chucksambuchino

New Rules For Writers: Ignore Publicity, Shun Crowds, Refuse Recognition And More (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/Ga9r

An additional post on openings–defining our characters at the start of our book: http://dld.bz/GkjM @p2p_editor

Openings: In the Beginning . . .: http://dld.bz/Ga8Y

Lessons from the Slushpile: Good vs. Great: http://dld.bz/Ga8N

Be Focused, Be Prepared, Be Committed – Steps to Take Before Hiring a Publicist: http://dld.bz/Ga7g

40 tips to become more productive: http://dld.bz/Ga6Y

Edits vs. Revisions: One on One Death Match: http://dld.bz/Ga3f

How to Make Powerful Connections Through Social Media: http://dld.bz/Ga2G

Jospeh Conrad – A Writer Must Believe: http://dld.bz/Ga25

5 desk exercises for writers (or others who are attached to their desk): http://dld.bz/Ga2z

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Winter Salad with Black-Eye Peas and Spinach http://bit.ly/f26GZg @CleoCoyle

Avoid this “writing contest”: http://dld.bz/Ga2h

Trade magazines for writers: http://dld.bz/Ga2b

3 fixes to make your first novel fly: 1 – hook your reader by the head AND the heart: http://dld.bz/GazX @dirtywhitecandy

Why ebooks cost so much: http://dld.bz/GazT

10 Steps for Working Past the “This Stinks” Blues: http://dld.bz/GazM

What the powers-that-be think about DRM, and an explanation of the cloud: http://dld.bz/GazA

One reader’s top 10 paranormal picks for 2011: http://dld.bz/FSfq

Creating empathy for your characters: http://dld.bz/FSfe

How to create a podcast: http://dld.bz/FSeU @thecreativepenn

Tension vs. Just Plain Old Annoying: http://dld.bz/FSeE

Using Setting to Help Build Your World: http://dld.bz/FSe7

How novels came to terms with the internet (Guardian): http://dld.bz/FSem

America’s most literate cities: http://dld.bz/FSdG

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Welcome Our Guest Blogger Terry Odell: What’s in a name? + Honey and Orange Glaze… http://bit.ly/fUvLGJ @CleoCoyle

When the Bookshelves Spilleth Over: Ideas and Links for Book Donations: http://dld.bz/FSdv

Creating unforgettable settings–world building: http://dld.bz/FSdn

An illustrator’s process in the spotlight: http://dld.bz/FSdh

An agent believes that writers who don’t read their reviews limit their potential for growth: http://dld.bz/FNpD

Let’s call the whole thing off: http://dld.bz/FNpr @sarahlapolla

This post rates a rare 2nd tweet from me…just b/c I think it’s an easy, clever method for deep POV: http://dld.bz/F8j7

Ways to go from Plod to Plot: http://dld.bz/FNnA

Writing like it’s a game of chess: http://dld.bz/FUbY @JustusRStone

Literary tattoos (Guardian): http://dld.bz/FNnx

Tips for making your writing sparkle: http://dld.bz/FRMR

The use of artistically-arranged crime scenes in mysteries: http://dld.bz/FT4k @mkinberg

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.

6 Comments

  1. Margot KinbergJanuary 23, 2011

    Elizabeth – Such a useful feature as always! Thanks – and thanks for passing my stuff along.

  2. Alex J. CavanaughJanuary 23, 2011

    You get so much out of Twitter!

  3. Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley AdamsJanuary 23, 2011

    Thanks y’all! :)

  4. Cold As HeavenJanuary 23, 2011

    Impressive list, as usual, and the 2nd link was for me. Thanks for sharing >:)

    Cold As Heaven

  5. Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley AdamsJanuary 24, 2011

    Cold–Glad you liked the link! :)

  6. Esri RoseJanuary 28, 2011

    Hi, Elizabeth! Just discovered your blog through Networked Blogs and it’s great. Hey, instead of listing all your individual tweets, there’s a tweet aggregator you might be interested in: http://paper.li . It collects tweets with links (I did it with people I follow), and presents the link destinations (blogs, whatever) in newspaper form. It’s in alpha testing, so features are sketchy and change all the time, but I think you might like it – although come to think of it, I can’t remember if you have the option to include your own tweets, or just those of people you follow. Well, you could always start a second Twitter account and ollow yourself. :) Anyway, you can look at mine to see if it’s worth fooling around with. There’s supposed to be a FB version, too, but I wasn’t able to get it to work. http://paper.li/EsriAllbritten/1295983383

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