Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week.

The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 17,000 free articles on writing-related topics. Sign up for our free newsletter for monthly writing tips and interviews with top contributors to the WKB or like us on Facebook.

Have a great week!

A publisher with series criteria and whether you should pitch all the books when querying: http://bit.ly/NIsbfc @behlerpublish

Tips for bookstore events: http://bit.ly/PMJW0T @kalayna

Creative writing *can* be taught: http://bit.ly/PMKa8i @GuardianBooks

Penelope Trunk interviewed after choosing self-pub instead of trad.: http://bit.ly/NDP3Ms @penelopetrunk @laurahazardowen @Porter_Anderson

When your book doesn’t sell: http://bit.ly/PMKjIW @79SemiFinalist

Tips for Dealing with Bad Book Reviews: http://bit.ly/PMKtjw @goblinwriter

The Origins of Creative Insight & Why You Need Grit: http://bit.ly/PML2tw

An agent on the new contractual language she’s seeing from publishers: http://janefriedman.com/2012/07/19/writing-on-the-ether-47/#5 @rachellegardner @Porter_Anderson

How to Cultivate Creativity: What Science Teaches Us About Freeing the Mind: http://bit.ly/MiGW7d

How to Blog a Finished Novel and Land a Traditional Contract: http://bit.ly/MiH9Hv @NinaAmir

DRM, Pricing and How to Help Piracy End Itself: http://bit.ly/MiHdqK @pubperspectives

An editor looks at memorable titles: http://bit.ly/MiHpGu

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Turns 150: http://bit.ly/MiHvhb @galleycat

How Your Day Job Is Preparing You For Your Writing Career: http://bit.ly/MiHFFr @krissybrady

Reading With An Agenda: http://bit.ly/MiHKJg @mooderino

Worldbuilding–gender roles: http://bit.ly/MiHSs7 @juliettewade

A literary writer tackles gritty writing and its challenges: http://bit.ly/Ml4kzP @_JoyCastro

How to Build a Platform and Get Noticed in a Noisy World: http://bit.ly/Ml4reI @smexaminer

Making Money From Paperbacks: http://bit.ly/Ml4xmy @davidgaughran

Writing Series: The Cliffhanger Dilemma: http://bit.ly/Ml4N53 @erin_bowman

10 sites with free images: http://bit.ly/Ml4V4x @amberrisme

Your 1st ideas are probably not your best ones: http://bit.ly/Ml5awv @nataliewhipple

4 tips for getting more traffic to your author website: http://bit.ly/Ml5ATG @LynnettesBooks @JFBookman

Is your conflict strong enough? Could you have too much? http://bit.ly/Ml6ZcI @karalennox

Promote Your Book on a Budget: 20 Thrifty Ways to Get Your Writing Out There: http://bit.ly/Ml8yri @chrisrobley

3 Steps to Recycling Your Half-Finished Novels: http://bit.ly/Ml8Azm @joebunting

How not to be a successful self-pub author: http://bit.ly/N28t1z @ava_jae

Author Bios: Concise, Relevant and Fascinating: http://bit.ly/MlaPTk @fictionnotes

4 Ways to Discover More About Your Audience With Social Media: http://bit.ly/Mlb6pi @smexaminer

Having it all: Life as a Working Mother and Author: http://bit.ly/N28TVF @shawnarhill @womenwriters

Profanity in fantasy fiction: http://bit.ly/MlbdkL

The 10 Most Bizarre Pieces Of Literary Merch: http://bit.ly/N2bgI3 @kimber_regator

Why We Shy Away from Writing Good Conflict and What We Can Do about It: http://bit.ly/MleIYt

Strong Nouns and Verbs: http://bit.ly/N2bn6s @livewritethrive

If We Remember More, Can We Read Deeper– and Create Better? http://bit.ly/MyPGJz @mkonnikova

7 Networking Tips for Authors: http://bit.ly/LTUmI2 @thecreativepenn @chrisrobley

3 Steps to Pinpoint Your Readers’ Favorite Hangouts: http://bit.ly/MH5zxF @duolit

15 Stock Characters — and How to Restock Them: http://bit.ly/LTUirU @writing_tips

How To Publish Your Book On The Kindle And iPad: http://bit.ly/LXiObw @bubblecow

5 Stages of Editing Grief: http://bit.ly/LXiRnN @LyndaRYoung

Crafting Natural-Sounding Internal Thoughts: http://bit.ly/LHAgTh @Janice_Hardy

Tips for making a book trailer: http://bit.ly/QTTF3A @beth_barany

Twitter Cheat Sheet for Writers: http://bit.ly/QUwNRs @jasonboog @galleycat

How To Write A Successful Book Proposal: http://bit.ly/QUxY3B @bubblecow

12 Most Fundamentally American Literary Works: http://bit.ly/LxZzsX @12Most

8 tips for increasing Facebook followers: http://bit.ly/Oima73 @KristinNador

Writers pick the best literary sex scenes: http://bit.ly/Ll7zfz @guardianbooks

Learning from “The Dark Knight” (spoilers): http://bit.ly/Ll7Jng

An author’s thoughts on writing quickly: http://bit.ly/Ll8gWe @ChuckWendig

Show, Don’t Tell, in Your Opening: http://bit.ly/Ll8qwG @janice_hardy

Promoting Your Book At Publishing Events: http://bit.ly/Ll8wEs @thecreativepenn

5 Problems with Parallelism: http://bit.ly/Ll8AUR @writing_tips

Strategies for Overcoming Writer’s Block: http://bit.ly/Ll8IDL @ThereseWalsh

The cons of series writing: http://bit.ly/Ll92m5 @JeffSalyards

More to consider when deciding whether to trad. publish or self-pub: http://bit.ly/Ll9LUb @susanspann

How to Use Touch to Pull Your Reader Into Your Novel: http://bit.ly/Ll9Qr5 @marcykennedy

Talent vs. Learning: Do You Have to Be Born a Writer? http://bit.ly/NwfFNK @KMWeiland

Blogging – should authors go self-hosted or not? 2 bloggers who don’t: http://bit.ly/NwfQsu @dirtywhitecandy

Learning from Spider-Man (spoilers): http://bit.ly/Nwg6b2

Document Look Good? Back it up: http://bit.ly/Nwgczn @YAHighway

Benefits of Multi-Genre Writing: http://bit.ly/NwgkyP @ssvik @womenwriters

11 ways to rekindle your creative spark: http://bit.ly/NwguWP

Prologues: Keep or Cut? A critique of one manuscript’s prologue: http://bit.ly/NwgDcT @janice_hardy

POV Choices: http://bit.ly/NwgK8d @theresastevens

10 of the best wills in literature: http://bit.ly/Nwh3Aa @guardianbooks

Create a strong ending with a book jacket structure: http://bit.ly/NwjGBK @write_practice

The complex link between pride and creative achievement: http://bit.ly/NuVPFP @sbkaufman

The Key to Descriptive Writing: Specificity: http://bit.ly/P8lsy3 @glencstrathy

Your outline doesn’t have to be perfect: http://bit.ly/P8lEx7

Audience In The E-book Age: http://bit.ly/P8lIwQ

Tips for writing the long synopsis: http://bit.ly/P8m0E1

Blogging for authors – should you be self-hosted? Two bloggers who self-host: http://bit.ly/P8m8U0 @dirtywhitecandy

Bad Reviews—6 Reasons to Be Glad You Have Them: http://bit.ly/P8mnOX @annerallen

Peak/peek/pique: http://bit.ly/P8mE4s @JLeaLopez

Online tools for writers: http://bit.ly/P8ne27 @AnnieNeugebauer

Indie Epubbed Authors: How Often Do You Check Your Ebook Sales? http://bit.ly/P8ngXC

Writing Religion And Spirituality: http://bit.ly/P8njTx @thecreativepenn @JillCarroll

5 Things A Writer Can Do to Evolve: http://bit.ly/P8ns9o @LyndaRYoung

Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing–Either or Both? http://bit.ly/P8ntdB @thecreativepenn @livewritethrive

The balance found in small press publishing: http://bit.ly/NuYlMd @DavidBCoe

Eliminating Filter Words: http://bit.ly/Lt5zBU @Janice_Hardy

3 Tips for Developing Characters: http://bit.ly/Lt5FcT @annastanisz

Every time something is repeated in your story, it has to be different: http://bit.ly/Lt5Kxb @kid_lit

5 basic marketing tips: http://bit.ly/Lt5ONs @KarenCV

Create idiosyncrasies for characters: http://bit.ly/Lt62Ec @lisagailgreen

Tips for staying inspired: http://bit.ly/Lt666Q

5 Steps to Telling Engaging Stories on Your Blog: http://bit.ly/Lt67Ys

Various ways that authors spam others: http://bit.ly/Lt6aUl @ava_jae

The importance of a realistic promo plan in a query: http://bit.ly/Q437oo @behlerpublish

Your villain is there to serve the story: http://bit.ly/Q44GCJ @PaulTobin

What Do The Authors Of Serialized Works Owe To Their Fans? http://bit.ly/Q44Mdx @robwhart

The Great Publishing Wars of 2012: http://bit.ly/Q44Qdv @bob_mayer

The bad query paradox: http://bit.ly/NGrCRd @literaticat

An agent explains what ‘researching an agent’ really means & gives tips for your social media accounts: http://bit.ly/NGrQYC @breeogden

How many hooks are too many? http://bit.ly/NGrXTW

How To Fight Book Pirates: http://bit.ly/NGs55W @jasonboog

Penelope Trunk interviewed after choosing self-pub instead of trad.: http://bit.ly/NDP3Ms @penelopetrunk @laurahazardowen @Porter_Anderson

Is Ignoring The Importance Of Setting Killing Your Novel? http://bit.ly/NGsaqf @bubblecow

Writing crowd interactions: http://bit.ly/NGsipx @juliettewade

A look at Twylah and Topsy Analytics for Twitter users: http://bit.ly/NGstRP @woodwardkaren

Qualities of a good book reviewer: http://bit.ly/NGsNjD @magdalenaball

The trickiness of writing character deaths: http://bit.ly/OEB9sb @mistymassey

The Spectrum of High School Reality in YA Fiction: http://bit.ly/OEBhHW @4everYA

YA writer Ellen Hopkins on Fearless Writing: http://bit.ly/OEBqLI @4YALit

Facebook: Promo vs Privacy: http://bit.ly/OEBxXD @authorems

The emotional seesaw of being a writer: http://bit.ly/OEBUBs @KeithCronin

The Reader Must Want to Know What Happens Next: http://bit.ly/OEC1Nw @janefriedman

5 quick tips writers can use to avoid procrastinating: http://bit.ly/OECajS

Subtext in “The Amazing Spider-Man”: http://bit.ly/Q3BIll @jamigold

The New World of Publishing: Editing and Proofing: http://bit.ly/Q3BSZU @deanwesleysmith

The importance of fully-engaged worldbuilding: http://bit.ly/OEHB2c @juliettewade

The 4 Questions Everyone Asks at Conventions: http://bit.ly/OEHNi6 @tordotcom

Villain archetypes: http://bit.ly/OEHZhd

An agent lists 3 common dialogue problems: http://bit.ly/OEIJD8 @sarahlapolla

The types of errors that proofreaders catch: http://bit.ly/OEJ2xA @nicolamorgan

What Writer’s Block Is, And What to Do About It: http://bit.ly/OEJ74w @krissybrady

Top 8 Literary References in Seinfeld: http://bit.ly/OEJa00 @NewDorkReview

A tip for writers who get great ideas while showering: http://bit.ly/OEJg86 @woodwardkaren

Outlining For a Fast Draft: http://bit.ly/OEJSdP @denisejaden @janice_hardy

Have You Set the Right Tone for Your Story? http://bit.ly/OEJXyi @KMWeiland

What Every Writer Ought to Know about Flashbacks in Fiction: http://bit.ly/OEK8JN @LoriDevoti

10 Things for Writers to Pack When They Travel: http://bit.ly/OEKCjh @elspethwrites

“Defining moments in…our lives form the basis of our own natural writing rhythms”: http://bit.ly/OEKNuH @genelempp

4 iconic types of freelancers: http://bit.ly/O9NV3J @michellerafter

Tips for avoiding bloated writing: http://bit.ly/O9O47n @catewoods

How to pitch your comic book series to a publisher: http://bit.ly/MjZ440 @79semifinalist

How Goals and Good Intentions Can Hold Us Back: http://bit.ly/O9OD0Z @Psych_Writer

Creativity: Change the Way You Look at Things and the Things You Look at Change: http://bit.ly/O9PtL9 @MichaelMichalko

Does worldbuilding have value? Or is it a subcultural “disease”? http://bit.ly/O9PvT6 @juliettewade

The need for ebook formatting standardization: http://bit.ly/NDPJS4 @Porter_Anderson @fakebaldur

Balancing different elements in crime fiction– book length, violence, narrative vs. dialogue: http://bit.ly/NuL3k5 @MKinberg

Reverse engineering your story: http://bit.ly/MI3XAu @mesummers

Authors, stop spamming–use permission marketing: http://bit.ly/NCLKFp @JFBookman @EditorJamieC @indieauthor @Porter_Anderson

Your Story Cannot Be Published Just Sitting On Your Computer: http://bit.ly/NIs977 @greyhausagency