Here are writing links that I’ve posted to Twitter for the past 5-6 days. 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 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.
First Love: Layering, Drafting, & Zombies: http://dld.bz/fD7V @WriteChicBlog
‘Vanity’ Press Goes Digital (Wall Street Journal): http://dld.bz/fRmB&
The Secret Handshake to Getting Published– http://dld.bz/fD7p
Do Reviews Matter Anymore? http://dld.bz/fD7c
How to throw an awesome book launch: http://dld.bz/fD6S
Should you respond to comments on your blog? http://dld.bz/fNGU
Hooked on Social Media? From Addiction to Discernment: http://dld.bz/fD6V
A 4-point writing cheat sheet, inspired by Donald Maass: http://dld.bz/fPrz
An agent says “You have to believe.” http://dld.bz/fD6X
Mystery writer Riley Adams with a quick, easy Apricot Chicken recipe: http://dld.bz/fNHn
6 Social Networks You Can Use To Build Your Profile– http://dld.bz/fD7g @BubbleCow
A new blog for cozy mystery fans–Killer Characters. Where characters take over the blog: http://dld.bz/fNG9
I’m a perfect fit, so why did you reject me? http://dld.bz/fD6J
How to read a publishing contract (14): http://dld.bz/fD6C
The Art of Frank Frazetta & Robert E. Howard, Part One– http://dld.bz/f4Fv
How to Find the Right Topic for Your New Blog– http://dld.bz/f6YJ
The Most Important Step You Can Take As A Writer– http://dld.bz/fKHT
Knitting a book: http://dld.bz/fKHP @elspethwrites
Another Perspective on How to Write a Rejection Slip– http://dld.bz/f6YD
So you want to start a book blog… http://dld.bz/f6Y7
Nominalization and why you should usually avoid it: http://dld.bz/f6Yz
How do your characters react to conflict? http://dld.bz/f6WF
On Dedication: http://dld.bz/fD9d @WritingAgain
How to Avoid Stunted Growth During Writer’s Block– http://dld.bz/f6TW
Are You Ready to Submit? How Do You Know? http://dld.bz/f6TT
An agent defines a packager: http://dld.bz/f6TF
Our Changing World: Editors– http://dld.bz/f6TE
Getting Offers from Multiple Agents– http://dld.bz/f6Tw
Declaring yourself a writer: http://dld.bz/f6Tg
Is it time for you and your agent to part ways? http://dld.bz/f6SJ @literaticat
Constructing A Good Article– http://dld.bz/f4F6
4 articles on dealing with rejection: http://dld.bz/f4Fh
30 fabulous things for beach girl writers to do–a month of creative fun– http://dld.bz/fF98 @goldenwordsmith
When you wish books had montages: http://dld.bz/fF8H
The “Why” Fork– http://dld.bz/f4Fa
The needs of clowns and writers: http://dld.bz/f4ER @hownottowrite
Editor/Agent Opportunities & Conferences: http://dld.bz/f4E8 @kathytemean
Top 10 20th-century Gothic novels (Guardian): http://dld.bz/fFFb
The Killer Characters blog– when characters take over a blog, who knows what could happen? http://dld.bz/fF5R @LorraineBartlet @kristadavis
Stay out of it–don’t inject too much of yourself in your manuscript: http://dld.bz/fF6r
Mystery writer Jenn McKinlay w/ a recipe for choc. cookies for a chocolate emergency: http://dld.bz/fF4S @AveryAames @kristadavis @CleoCoyle
Types of Rhyme: http://dld.bz/f4E6
Year’s Best Posts for Writers… So Far — http://dld.bz/f4E3
Qualities of prosperous writers–authenticity: http://dld.bz/f4Fm
A YA writer on what helps her get inspiration for her book’s love scenes: http://dld.bz/f4Er
Reading, Anamnesis, and Play– http://dld.bz/f4DX
Ways to Trash Your Writing Career: Cop a ‘Tude– http://dld.bz/f4DR
A word of caution on self-publishing: http://dld.bz/f4DH
10 things (not) to do before you write: http://dld.bz/fD8G @elspethwrites
Crime writer and the case of a revenge review– (Telegraph): http://dld.bz/fD7y
How to journal: http://dld.bz/f4D8 @stephanellaw
10 Notes On Submission Opportunities: http://dld.bz/f4D3
21 Tips for Writers of All Ilks– http://dld.bz/f4Dw @wawriters
Understanding Screenwriting: http://dld.bz/f4Ds
Holding Successful Blog Contests– http://dld.bz/f4Df
Villains and Heroes: One Writer’s Approach– http://dld.bz/f4Db
Good Agent, Bad Agent– http://dld.bz/f4CV
How long does it take to get a novel published? http://dld.bz/f49a
Beautiful and Useful 404 Error Pages for Inspiration– http://dld.bz/f465
The craft of editing–stages of revision: http://bit.ly/9sEJ2g @authorterryo @CPatrickSchulze
A killer kickoff–mystery characters hijack a blog: http://bit.ly/8XmQVJ @LornaBarrett @kristadavis
A breadth of critique (putting your manuscript in front of a variety of different readers): http://dld.bz/f46y
Imminent, Immanent, and Eminent– http://dld.bz/f3UN
3 Things to do When Your Traffic Spikes on Your Blog: http://dld.bz/f3UA
30 Ways To Live A Life Of Excellence– http://dld.bz/f3U3
Help With Crafting Voice and Building Tension: http://dld.bz/fvjN
An agent on the hidden cost of social networking: http://dld.bz/fvjB
Self-Editing For Fiction Writers: Show and Tell– http://dld.bz/fuN7 via @4KidLit
Creating new ideas and stretching our boundaries: http://dld.bz/fuNk
Blogs– a writer’s best friend: http://dld.bz/fuMR
Why Aren’t Penguin Books in the Kindle Store? http://dld.bz/f4Gn
Taking the sting out of rejection: http://dld.bz/fuMN
Helpful writing sites and blog posts: http://dld.bz/fuFH
Story ideas for free: how real life can give you inspiration– http://dld.bz/f6YP @dirtywhitecandy
On plotting and optimism– http://dld.bz/fuFy
A Collection of Favorite Tweets For Writers This Week (May 24 to May 30, 2010): http://dld.bz/f6Tr
Coping with rejection: http://dld.bz/f6RX @DeeScribe
Developing a premise for a story– http://dld.bz/fuFu
Writing Proposals – A Great Way To Get A Grasp On A Book: http://dld.bz/fuFr
Freelancers–tips on avoiding assignment-related mistakes before they happen: http://dld.bz/fuFp
I Have An Idea! Now What? http://dld.bz/fuFg
Top True Crime Books: http://dld.bz/fuFf
Why You Don’t Need a Prologue– http://dld.bz/fuDC
Storytellers: You Are Obligated To Deliver The Goods– http://dld.bz/fuD7
Selling Information: Competing In A World Where Information Is Free– http://dld.bz/fuDt
Do you have what it takes to make the long haul? http://dld.bz/fuCU
5 Great Summer Literary Festivals (Daily Beast): http://dld.bz/fuCa
Writers–how to survive our kids’ summer vacations: http://dld.bz/f3Ka
8 ways longhand writing frees your muse: http://dld.bz/f4FC @KMWeiland
The “Misery Lit” industry and our part in it: http://dld.bz/fuBT
When I’m at the library: http://dld.bz/fsWV
Self-discipline–go from thinking to doing: http://dld.bz/fsWR
Writers on writing and inspiration: http://dld.bz/fsXe
Five Things You Can Learn from Fairies — http://dld.bz/fsXb
Don’t write every day: http://dld.bz/fsWr @BubbleCow
Turn a deaf ear to those who say the path of art is hard. Doing something you don’t love is a much harder path: http://dld.bz/fsWj
Steal this Ebook…go ahead (JA Konrath):http://bit.ly/bKH9ml
Writing on instinct: http://dld.bz/fsVM @magicalwords
Genre misconceptions–have you ever been wrong? http://dld.bz/fsVD
Tips on dialogue: http://dld.bz/fsV9
Tips for book bloggers on not over-committing: http://dld.bz/fsVu
Your Author Bio is your Business Card– http://dld.bz/fsVt
A few tips for brainstorming your novel’s title: http://dld.bz/fsU8
Are you blogging too much? http://dld.bz/fsTz @meghancward
5 Steps to Write a Link Bait Post– http://dld.bz/frkN
Work-for-Hire vs. Royalty Writing (Part 2) http://dld.bz/frk4
Why small publishing will save the world: http://dld.bz/frkr
Lousy characters rule! Tips for creating your own, flawed character: http://bit.ly/d7aaP0 @charmaineclancy
To post or not to post a negative book review? http://dld.bz/fqQn
Writing for Online Magazines – How to Find Work on the Web– http://dld.bz/fqQe
Some ElizabethSCraig BSP–nice review of my upcoming release on this book blogger’s site: http://bit.ly/cOM8gR :)
Writing novels–formulas and structures: http://bit.ly/d6QZGX @charmaineclancy Nice tips for stages of narrative creation.
Twitterific–Tweets from the past week from ElizabethSCraig: http://bit.ly/aHWe48
The 3 Best Takeaways for Writers From BookExpo America– http://dld.bz/fqPY
Fantasy subgenres: Helpful or needlessly divisive? http://dld.bz/fqPS
Nice round-up of the week’s writing blogs: http://dld.bz/fu93 @PauloCamposInk
From Procrastination to Page-Turner– http://dld.bz/fqPN
Guardian children’s fiction prize shows wealth of literature for under-10s: http://dld.bz/fqNR
Jon Stewart Exposes the Problem with Literary Readings– http://dld.bz/fuNF
Best of the Blogs: Crafting Characters– http://dld.bz/fqN9
4 Dos & 4 Don’ts for Writing Series Fiction — http://dld.bz/fqN4 @VictoriaMixon
Writing the Cross-Genre Mystery: Keep It Sexy– http://dld.bz/fqN3
Something in the water? Mormons are taking over the YA world: http://dld.bz/fqNr
5 Women Authors Whose Novels Took Over 5 Years to Write and Publish: http://dld.bz/fuPv @LauraMarcella
Bookkeeping for Writers– http://dld.bz/fqMW
Tips for promoting a book at BEA when you’re not the author whose name is on your publisher’s free umbrellas:– http://dld.bz/fuNX
Get writing or Get Lost– http://dld.bz/fqM9
J.K. Rowling “Actively” Exploring eBook Options for Harry Potter– http://dld.bz/fuNA @GalleyCat
Excellent roundup of writing articles from past week: http://dld.bz/fuFB @4KidLit
Dealing with rude comments on your blog: http://dld.bz/fqMh
When we successfully brand ourselves as authors, are we then limiting our writing scope? http://dld.bz/fu9v
Genre Writers Continue to Be Very Self-Conscious About Being Genre Writers: http://dld.bz/fqKV
What makes a superhero story? http://dld.bz/fqKq
Tips for a healthy back while writing: http://dld.bz/fhCN
The One In Which I Argue With My Character– http://dld.bz/fhCx
Wake up, time to edit: http://dld.bz/fhBU
The Gateway Book – Getting Hooked on a Genre: http://bit.ly/bhF78l @RoniGriffin
4 Things the Grateful Dead Can Teach You About Social Media and Promo– http://dld.bz/fty3 @ShannonPaul
So, You Want to be an Editor … http://dld.bz/fhB4
You would not BELIEVE the size of my file folder I have preserving all these links you so graciously provide every Friday … well, then again, I guess you COULD believe it, since you are the creator of it, lol. Thanks again, Elizabeth … you got the networking thing down, GF!
Marvin D Wilson
Wow! Thanks for another round of great links.
Thanks – a delight as always! I’ve already gone fishing…
Thanks for the links. I find many great blogs here. Also, your chicken recipe looks great. I may make it tonight.
CD
Wow, when do you have time to write? You must be Superwoman.
Outstanding list! Thanks for putting this together so comprehensively. You truly are the Twitter-Queen. I’m adding this to our weekly roundup. Are you going to be running these on Friday’s now?
Martina
Off to explore…
Another one to save to my Favorites. In fact, I need to transfer these links to a Word doc and back it up. I’m especially interested in how to throw an awesome book launch. Thanks again.
Stephen Tremp
The Old Silly—I know it’s a big folder! And there’s more to come, too.
Jan–Have fun with it! :)
Clarissa–Thanks! Yes, that chicken recipe is really easy. And I keep all the ingredients on hand for a night when I just don’t have any time to cook.
Diane–Oh, I wish I WERE Superwoman! Always liked her invisible jet. :) I squeeze the writing into different times, but it’s a challenge every day.
Adventures in Children’s Publishing–Knowing when to expect it would be good, wouldn’t it! I’ve been playing around with the days I’m posting it. It always gets the biggest number of hits a week, so I want to make sure I have it on a good day. Haven’t figured out which day is best yet, but I’m thinking either Friday or Saturday. I’d put it on Sunday, but now I’m leaning away from it a little. More info than you wanted to know! :) I’m rambling today.
Alex–Have fun. :)
Carol–Thanks for coming by!
Stephen–Yes, that was a good article by Moonrat–the anonymous editorial assistant. :)
As usual, fantastic list. Thanks so much for the links. Will have to check some of these out.
Thanks Cassandra! :)