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.
Don’t forget to revise your characters too: http://bit.ly/4wP2Rc @p2p_editor
12 Secrets to Selling More Books at Events: http://dld.bz/kxf6
How To Make Money on Ebooks (JA Konrath): http://dld.bz/kWgy
Enter the werewolf: http://dld.bz/kxeA @TeresaFrohock
The Second Book Conundrum: Selling It, Writing It, Publishing It: http://dld.bz/kWgp @pubperspectives
Ask a Lawyer: Should Co-Authors Have a Contract With Each Other? http://dld.bz/kxe7 @GalleyCat
The Power of Weather in Your Story: http://dld.bz/kxdU @RoniGriffin
Notes from the underground: A fresh breed of literary magazines (Independent): http://dld.bz/kWfW @TheIndyArts
Do I have a story? http://dld.bz/kxdS
How to read a publishing contract (15): http://dld.bz/kxbg
5 Things to Celebrate About Finishing Your First Draft: http://dld.bz/kWfH @VictoriaMixon
Touring in a virtual world: http://dld.bz/kxbc @blogbooktours
Writing: accents and voices: http://dld.bz/kWfu @ClarissaDraper
A nice roundup of links for writers: http://dld.bz/kWHm @4kidlit
Bending the rules of dialect: http://dld.bz/kxaY
Blog commenters with bad manners: http://dld.bz/kWDS
Are your characters falling through gaps in your writing? http://bit.ly/5PHCz3 @p2p_editor
Top 10 pubs in literature (Guardian): http://dld.bz/kWfr
Children’s Book Writing – Getting Your Feet Wet http://dld.bz/kxa5
The Success of Paranormals: Why is the Genre Taking a Big Bite of Publishing Sales? http://dld.bz/kWff
The Artist as a Brand, a Company, a Salesman: http://dld.bz/kxay
What’s with steampunk? http://dld.bz/kWjM @intlifemag
If you’ve found a publisher while agent-free, should you still continue to look for an agent? Yes. http://dld.bz/kWdq
Cowgirl Up! The Courage to Lose Control: http://dld.bz/kwZY
A Secret Black Belt Technique for Writing Knock-out Posts: http://dld.bz/kwZW
An Artist Who Meditates Is Simply An Artist Who Avoids: Why Good Writing Doesn’t Come From Peace: http://dld.bz/kwZA @litdrift
7 Ways to Stay Motivated in Tough Times: http://dld.bz/kV9u @camillelaguire
Making Writing Easy: Practical Tools: http://dld.bz/kwZ8
Nailing your character: http://dld.bz/krxH
Worldbuilding, part 5–where it all comes together: http://dld.bz/kTuV @Tessasblurb via @clarissadraper
Worldbuilding, part 4: where you learn to speak your own language: http://dld.bz/kTuF @Tessasblurb via @clarissadraper
Worldbuilding, part 3–your world’s history: http://dld.bz/kTtW @Tessasblurb via @ClarissaDraper
Recovering from Rejection: http://dld.bz/krx2 @MuseInks
Worldbuilding, part 2–research: http://dld.bz/kTsJ @Tessasblurb via @ClarissaDraper
Freelance Writing Help – When You’re Between Assignments: http://dld.bz/kmzS
Worldbuilding, part 1– your big idea: http://dld.bz/kTrU @Tessasblurb
Worldbuilding, part 1– research: http://dld.bz/kTrU @Tessasblurb
What You Need To Know About Marketing With Content: http://dld.bz/krxt
Using parallelism to make your writing more memorable: http://dld.bz/krwY @danielckoontz
Amazon Sales Obsession: http://dld.bz/kmzP
Do you have all the pieces in place to complete a book? http://dld.bz/kmzz @TheNewAuthor
What to do with your blog during the slow summer season: http://dld.bz/kmzq
The 70 Percent Solution? (Kindle royalties): http://dld.bz/kmzk
Capturing ideas without suffocating the creative process: http://dld.bz/kmze @jammer0501
Beware of Book Publishing Spam: http://dld.bz/kmyV @victoriastrauss
Critique group rules to follow: http://dld.bz/kmyE
4 Proven Steps to Facebook Page Success: http://dld.bz/kjm7
The 10 Most Important Parts of a Proposal: http://dld.bz/kjm6
ARM your characters for confrontation: http://dld.bz/kjkV @juliemusil
Writing a murder mystery? 13 things to remember, from ElizabethSCraig: http://dld.bz/kNNB @RoniGriffin
Anonymous Blogging 101: a Quick and Dirty Primer: http://dld.bz/kjkG
Shared Vision–on Head-Hopping: http://dld.bz/kN5j @AuthorGuy
The Difference Between Sales and Fans: http://dld.bz/kjkR
What are the benefits and risks for a Christian writer who wants to tackle a non-heroic main character? http://dld.bz/kjm8
20 Quick Tips For Better Time Management: http://dld.bz/krx4
Myst. Lov. Kitchen: 5 Ways to Use Your Grilling Leftovers by Cleo Coyle http://bit.ly/aRclMc @kristadavis
How to Handle a Telephone Interview: http://dld.bz/kjkJ
How *NOT* To Lose Control Of Your Facebook Fan Page: http://dld.bz/kjkc
Kindle sales and the 70% Option: http://dld.bz/kjhY
Writing a Picture Book Query: http://dld.bz/kjhR @gracefuldoe
Backstory: how to tell whether it’s helping or hindering your writing. Tips from @writeabook: http://bit.ly/bJLhzl RT@inkyelbows
An Agent on the Latest Trends in Query Letters and Sample Pages: http://dld.bz/kjhP
Ten of the best pianos in literature (Guardian): http://dld.bz/kjhH
Helpful link roundup for memoir writers: http://dld.bz/kjhE @jesakalong
Make the Most Out of Social Media: http://dld.bz/kjhA
Villains are heroes, too: http://bit.ly/8PHCq5 @p2p_editor
Publishing — Learning at the Bookstore: http://dld.bz/kjh9
Procrastinate? Me? 12 things *some* writers might do to put off writing: http://dld.bz/kHeM @elspethwrites
How authors can participate in marketing, even when they don’t like selling: http://dld.bz/kjh2 @JodyHedlund
Busted!—Stephenie Meyer caught doing something right: http://dld.bz/kjhf
Words reveal their power when given voice: http://dld.bz/kjgq (Guardian)
Words and phrases that might come in handy for your book’s courtroom scene: http://dld.bz/kjgn @AngelaAckerman
9 tips for attending writing conferences: http://dld.bz/kFUC @authorterryo
The writer in the mirror: http://dld.bz/kjfS
Creating a casting book for your characters: http://dld.bz/kjfM @sherrinda
Fish and chips, grits, bratwurst: How writing abt. regional foods adds color to our books: http://dld.bz/kEKu
The YA balancing act: http://dld.bz/kjfJ
An author’s plan for social media: http://dld.bz/kjhb @hopeclark
Jealousy and writing: http://dld.bz/kjgF
50 Things to Love about Life That Are Free: http://dld.bz/kjeU via @merylkevans
Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Bacon-Wrapped, Cream Cheese-Stuffed, Jalapenos http://bit.ly/bWZ2Ko @kristadavis
Why one writer chose to self-publish: http://dld.bz/kaN7
Proofreading your way to error-free blog posts: http://dld.bz/kaM3
Three Paths To a Story: http://dld.bz/kjfy
Memorable introductions: http://dld.bz/kaM4
An editor on paragraphs: http://dld.bz/kaMM
20 Questions to Ask a Hero: http://dld.bz/kjft @PauloCamposInk
Benefits of reading: http://dld.bz/kjfr
How to Write Your Novel’s Hook: http://dld.bz/kjfm
One blog’s top 10 posts (nice selection): http://dld.bz/kaK3
Inbound Marketing Rocks! Now what? http://dld.bz/kjfb
57 Power Words for Writing Brilliant Headlines: http://dld.bz/kje3 via @merylkevans
Why short is sweet for readers: http://dld.bz/kjdV
Five New Tools for the Writer: http://dld.bz/kaKk
Two ways William Sleator sabotaged the characters in “The Last Universe”: http://bit.ly/aStxBu @p2p_editor
Who buys books, and why? http://dld.bz/kaKd
6 top TV talk show interview mistakes: http://dld.bz/kaJB
Shakespeare on Twitter? Which social medium would authors from the past have embraced? http://dld.bz/k8MB
Writing Series for Immediacy: Life-Arcs and Props: http://dld.bz/kaJ8
There are days when writing is a joy. Then…there are “mug days”: http://dld.bz/k8KB @elspethwrites
The No. 1 Most Important Factor for Writers Considering the Self-Pub Option: http://dld.bz/kaJ6
Tracking ideas online while writing your book: http://dld.bz/kaJZ
It’s Not the Length of Your Book, it’s What You Do With It: http://dld.bz/kaJW
Tips on writing backstory: http://dld.bz/kaJ3
Struggles along the writer’s path: http://dld.bz/kaH8
Networking Tips for Conferences: http://dld.bz/kaH3
To Kill a Mockingbird: the backlash (Guardian): http://dld.bz/kaHv
Google Voice for Writers: http://dld.bz/kaHq
The ups and downs of prologues: http://dld.bz/kaHk
6 Tips on How to Build a Platform and Sell Books: http://dld.bz/kaGT
Collaboration: How to Bring Back that Brand New Blog Feeling Again: http://dld.bz/kaGN
Slashing the fluff in your manuscript: http://dld.bz/kaG7
Blogging Outside the Box: Approaching Your Blog with Creative Spirit: http://dld.bz/jXYq
The Cost of Writing: http://dld.bz/jXYk
58 Habits That Will Help You Succeed: http://dld.bz/jXYg
Has Horror Been Eclipsed? http://dld.bz/jXYf
Freelance Writing Rights Part 2: http://dld.bz/jXYb
TWAP: Twitter Writer Acronym Primer: http://dld.bz/jXXS @MuseInks
Writing Action: http://dld.bz/jXXR
4 Ways Social Media Is Changing Your Relationships: http://dld.bz/jXWW
The Full-Time SF Novelist: Probably Not as Endangered as You Think: http://dld.bz/jXWs
The 7 Essential Steps to Creating Your Blog Content Masterpiece: http://dld.bz/jXSE
“10 Things My Creative Writing MFA Taught Me NOT To Do” (Writer’s Digest): http://dld.bz/jXSq
7 Tools to Automate Your Social Media Management: http://dld.bz/kxgA
Secrets To Successfully Marketing Fiction: http://dld.bz/jXSh
The Joy of Unread Books: http://dld.bz/jXSf
Supersize Your Kindle! http://dld.bz/kxgS
An agent on the unsympathetic protagonist: http://dld.bz/jXRW
WS Merwin is America’s new poet laureate – at 82 (Guardian): http://dld.bz/kxgQ
Why Lee Siegel is wrong to declare the novel dead (Guardian): http://dld.bz/kxgK
On setting goals: http://dld.bz/jXRP
Surviving the deadline crunch: http://dld.bz/jA8Y
The Sound of Prose – Part I: http://dld.bz/jHrZ
Creating character portraits: http://dld.bz/jHrY
‘I Didn’t Think It Would Happen to Me’: WordPress Security: http://dld.bz/jHr8
What Writers Do: http://dld.bz/jHrk
Create a Custom List of Tweets with TwitBlend: http://dld.bz/jHqn
The Anatomy of a Query Letter: http://dld.bz/jHp2 @chrstinef
Word of mouth–the overlooked marketing strategy: http://dld.bz/kvzd
Writing for Children: Boys vs. Girls: http://dld.bz/jHpp
An agent explains what happens when an agency can’t sell your book: http://dld.bz/jHpc
Creating high stakes in your novel: http://dld.bz/jHca
Shakespeare’s typos? Historical and modern writing bloopers: http://dld.bz/kuAU
Color Wheel Characters: http://dld.bz/ku3W @wendypmiller
201 Ways to Arouse Your Creativity: http://dld.bz/jHbP
Resource roundup–curing writer’s block: http://dld.bz/jHb2
How stress can add a layer of tension to crime novels: http://dld.bz/ktMS @mkinberg
Queries–really not that complicated: http://dld.bz/jFff
Creating tension: http://dld.bz/jFeY
An agent on what to title your book: http://dld.bz/jFeN
How to Make Money With Your Author Blog: http://dld.bz/jFeF
One author’s autographing policy (if you’re looking to develop one): http://dld.bz/jFeX
Taking honesty to a new level (in your writing): http://dld.bz/jFe7
Twitter: How to Unfollow All Followers At Once: http://dld.bz/jFez
Revision Ain’t For Sissies Part 1 – The Art of the Opening Scene: http://dld.bz/jFen
Show Don’t Tell, And Other Myths: http://dld.bz/jFej
Creating a blog signature: http://dld.bz/krxn @ClarissaDraper
How NOT to Query: A Guide: http://dld.bz/jFdY
Discover 10 Ways Images Improve Your Marketing Content: http://dld.bz/jFdC
The Case Against Reading Fees: http://dld.bz/jFd6
Writing eBooks – 10 Tips to Make eBook Writing Easier: http://dld.bz/jFdz
Tough tomes: are challenging books worth the effort? (Guardian): http://dld.bz/jFdq
5 ways to put more ‘soul’ into your writing: http://dld.bz/jFcZ
Twitter: Save Time Deleting All DMs with DM Deleter: http://dld.bz/jFcW
Advantages and disadvantages of using a pen name: http://dld.bz/jFcN
Independence Day: 15 Feisty Small Presses And The Books You’re Going To Want From Them (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/kjec
Freelance Writing Rights: http://dld.bz/jFcx
2 important things you need in order to become published, and the part luck plays in them: http://dld.bz/jFcw
Plan, Central Question, Central Action (part 3): http://dld.bz/jFcq
50 Procrastination Techniques for Aspiring Writers: http://dld.bz/jFcj
Lessons learned while walking in an agent’s shoes: http://dld.bz/jFcf
Does branding make sense? http://dld.bz/jFbB
Writing Your Hero’s Death: http://dld.bz/jFbs
Is There Anything Wrong with Emotion? Learning to be less-sensitive: http://dld.bz/jFbQ
Using beta readers? Tips for writer and reader: http://dld.bz/jFbk
Mini-Conflicts Help Characters Stand Out: http://dld.bz/jEPd
Author’s Book Title Inadvertantly Becomes Facebook Fan Page Phenom @GalleyCat: http://dld.bz/kjdH
The Pros and Cons of Four Major Blogging Platforms: http://dld.bz/jENU
Literary Scandal: The Agent Who Disappeared (Daily Beast): http://dld.bz/kjgE
The Hero’s Journey Part 12 – Return with the Elixir: http://dld.bz/kjnx @JustusRStone
Out-of-Style Style: http://dld.bz/jENS
Literary storm rages as critic Lee Siegel pronounces the American novel dead: http://dld.bz/kjgA
Nice roundup of this week’s tweets for writers: http://dld.bz/kjnv @4KidLit
“Web site” vs. “website”: http://dld.bz/jEN8
Celebrities Poking Fun at Celebrity Books (ABC News): http://dld.bz/kjg8
15-Year-Old Writer Counts 6.5 Million Reads: http://dld.bz/kjev @GalleyCat
Kevin Muldoon10 Beautiful Blogger Templates – Part 2: http://dld.bz/jENn
How to pick the right point of view for your novel: http://bit.ly/pTumh @p2p_editor
Dealing with the deadline crunch: http://dld.bz/jA8Y
Why perfectionism is for losers: http://dld.bz/jyNK
Are Children’s Publishers Destroying Rainforests? http://dld.bz/jyNa
I Got Your Writer’s Block Right Here: http://dld.bz/jy5h
Tips for being an Olympic quality blogger: http://dld.bz/jy4W
Why your characters shouldn’t have all that money, and how to take it away from them: http://bit.ly/dzVmkO @p2p_editor
Little truths one writer has learned: http://dld.bz/jy4T
An agent answers, “What exactly is YA?” : http://dld.bz/jy4M
Which idea should I write first? Some tips for narrowing it down: http://dld.bz/kfwF
How setting is important to your story: http://dld.bz/jy36
Point of View Demystified: http://dld.bz/jy3r
The importance of beta readers for beginning writers: http://dld.bz/kfwA
Blog Reading and Sharing: Power Tips for Google Reader: http://dld.bz/jyzn
Should stories be soapboxes? http://dld.bz/jyzm
Using Microsoft Word Versus PowerPoint for Ebook Creation: http://dld.bz/jyzh
You’re never too old to start writing (Guardian): http://dld.bz/jvRP
Children’s picture books and plot: http://dld.bz/jvRw
Be sure to check out an agent’s submission requirements online: http://dld.bz/jyyV
Grammar Guide: Problem Pronouns – Who, That, Which: http://dld.bz/jvRv
Build a Setting that Pulls Its Own Weight (and then some): http://dld.bz/jvRq
Changes rules of punctuation: http://dld.bz/jtvy
Unplug to nourish your creativity: http://dld.bz/jvRn
The paperback book massacre: http://is.gd/cj6rW @S0BeUrself
Seven Powerful Ways To Find New Readers For Your Blog: http://dld.bz/jtvg
The Benefits of Mentoring: A Tribute to Mentors: http://dld.bz/jtvW
Professionalism as a writer: http://dld.bz/jtvV
Why You’re Not Going to Make It as a Writer, in 8 Parts: http://dld.bz/jtvR @VictoriaMixon
The iPad: Not the Writing Tool I’d Hoped For: http://dld.bz/jtvP
The 12 Best Books of Summer (Daily Beast): http://dld.bz/jtvD
4th of July mysteries: http://dld.bz/kaMt @JanetRudolph
How To: Change Your Twitter Name Without Losing Followers: http://dld.bz/jtuS
Ten of the best beaches in literature (Guardian): http://dld.bz/jtuN
A writer looks into submitting to big publishers vs small publishers: http://dld.bz/jtuK
Monotasking: Focus on One Thing at a Time: http://dld.bz/jtus
Does Twitter Sell Books? Yes, It Does (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/kaNu
5 Reasons Why You Should Respond to Every Comment: http://dld.bz/jrft
20 Questions to Ask About Symbolism and Theme: http://dld.bz/jrfg @PauloCamposInk
On semicolons: http://dld.bz/jrf9
Getting the most out of a rewrite: Tips for authors: http://dld.bz/jrf3
In praise of a writing journal: http://dld.bz/jrfy
Magic in the Society You’ve Created: http://dld.bz/jreG @HarleyDPalmer
How to Create Effective Scenes and Chapters in Your Novel: http://dld.bz/jre9 @melissadonovan
6 Cool Startpages That Can Make You More Productive: http://dld.bz/jrep
Why e-books will never replace real books (Slate): http://dld.bz/jXXs
An editor on the two factors that contribute to successful book sales: http://dld.bz/jXVQ
The Basics of Fiction: http://dld.bz/jrdR
Revision Series – Part 2: Writing with Betas, which is like swimming with dolphins: http://dld.bz/jXSH
The Importance of the First Line: http://dld.bz/jrdN @ljboldyrev
How To Incorporate Twitter Into Your Event: http://dld.bz/jtwp
Thank you so much for all these and posting some of my blog posts. I appreciate all your hard work.
CD
Elizabeth – Thanks, as always, for these very helpful links : ).
Your lists blow my mind, Elizabeth – thanks! :)
I just want you to know how awesome I think you are. Thanks for being such a great resource for writers. You are amazing. ;-)
Am amazed…how wide and deep your generosity goes, here in this list, below in your advice. Thank you, Dear One, for all you’re doing for the craft and for the “Art Spirits” developing here. Peace and all good things for you in work and in life. Sincerely,
Diane
Every Sunday you amaze me with your links. You have to be one of the most organized people ever. Thank you!
Straight From Hel
You’re a Twittering machine. I’ve scanned the list and there are a handful I want to read. Will do that this evening.
Stephen Tremp
How on earth do you do it? You must survive on three hours of sleep or less.
Where to begin…?
thanks Elizabeth – as usual a stellar lineup…
Clarissa–You had some great posts this week!
Margot–You are so welcome!
D.M. SOLIS–Thanks so much for the encouragement! I really appreciate it. :)
Helen–Thanks!
Stephen–Hope you’ll enjoy them!
Diane–Every day I struggle with the clock, for sure.
Jemi–Thanks!
Alex–There’s a lot of good stuff this week.
Debra–Thanks so much! You are too. :)
Jan–Thanks!
Elizabeth, you are, without a doubt,the most resourceful person on twitter. And each resource is incredibly resourceful! Everytime you tweet, I want to print out the info and pin to the wall. Seriously.
Your willingness to share such valuable information on a consistent basis is a fantastic show of character.
I smile every time your face flashes up on the screen. Thank you.
Best, Allie Dillon, Austin