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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Hope everyone has a great week of writing!

Description vs. Exposition: http://bit.ly/HnpmPM @DIYMFA

Voice–The Key to Literary Magic: http://bit.ly/Hnp8I8 @KristenLambTX

Nook May Be Expanding Internationally, But Barnes & Noble Stores Aren’t: http://bit.ly/Hnp1wn @laurahazardowen

How to Read a Book Contract – Agents and the Law: http://bit.ly/HnoNFC @PassiveVoiceBlg

Writing craft: Romancing remuneration: http://bit.ly/GZR6u4 @Porter_Anderson @rachellegardner @spressfield

Getting a Handle on Your Short Story Queue: http://bit.ly/GXh27v @/johnremy

Approaches for brainstorming a scene: http://bit.ly/GXgOgG @fictionnotes

How to Improve Your Ebook Sales: http://bit.ly/GXgLl4 @goblinwriter

The 1st Steps to Building an Author Platform: http://bit.ly/GXgyOF @DanBlank for @KathyPooler

How to Plot Without Plotting: http://bit.ly/GXgq1y @ava_jae

3 deep characteristics of dialogue: http://amwriting.org/archives/10230 @p2p_editor

The Pottermore Uproar: http://bit.ly/H1zWy3 @Porter_Anderson @philipdsjones

Using a pie chart to find a new book? http://bit.ly/GXgb6F @PublishersWkly

4 Commandments to Writing Funny: http://bit.ly/GXfSZA @write_practice

Write what you can find out: http://bit.ly/GXfOJh @fuelyourwriting

Tips from a bookseller on getting your book in stores: http://bit.ly/GXfJp5

Which Comes First? Character, World, or Plot? http://bit.ly/GXfA4V @lisagailgreen

Advanced ‘Write Tight’: http://bit.ly/GXfrhW @PBRWriter

Mind the gaps in your manuscripts: http://bit.ly/GXePc6

Simple SEO for Authors: http://bit.ly/GXeiH9 @JFBookman

The Making of a Bestselling eBook Cover: http://bit.ly/HgiOj

The first blog comment is the tipping point: http://bit.ly/H0OUSN

Writing Job Listing: Is It Legitimate or a Scam? http://bit.ly/xdnveX @luannschindler

Getting Better vs Being Good: http://bit.ly/FUPmg2 @the99percent

Authors: climbing the walls: http://bit.ly/GGbvpF @Porter_Anderson

Sometimes revision means rewriting: http://bit.ly/GQaXfv @TaliaVance

Are You Committing These E-mail Sins? http://bit.ly/GQb76G @janefriedman

Does Advertising Work for Authors? http://bit.ly/GWHvSP @goblinwriter

Profiting Outside Amazon: http://bit.ly/GWHM8x @SarahWoodbury

7 Steps to a Better Blog: http://bit.ly/GWHTAU @DIYMfa

7 Mistakes To Avoid When Writing Your Memoir: http://bit.ly/GWI6nM @danasitar

IMPACT: Your Story’s Effect: http://bit.ly/GWIl2a @artzicarol

Religion in Worldbuilding: http://bit.ly/GWkMcZ @JulietteWade

This is Your Brain on Metaphors: http://bit.ly/GWllnp @creativitypost

Why You Might Ignore Your Favorite Author’s Jerkiness: http://bit.ly/GWlruZ @readingape

Intriguing adaptations: http://bit.ly/GWlPK5 @Ravenrequiem13

The 5 most common author website mistakes: http://bit.ly/GY2Hcn @authormedia

The Cage, or Why ‘No’ is Creativity’s Greatest Enemy: http://bit.ly/GY2Tsc @cagelessthink

Knowing the requirements for a professionally formatted book: http://bit.ly/GY2WEs @curiosityquills

Ethics vs. Morals: http://bit.ly/GMbBZ3 @writing_tips

Stuck in a Creative Funk? Try These 12 Tricks: http://bit.ly/GMbFb6 @jeffgoins

Questions For Your Beta Readers: http://bit.ly/GMbL2m

Ready to Submit? Check again…: http://bit.ly/GMbMn3 @fantasyfaction

Thoughts on writing transition and set-up scenes: http://bit.ly/GNudX6 @mooderino

Writing: The Starburst Method: http://bit.ly/GMPN3v @woodwardkaren

Know Your Own Writing Journey & Go at Your Own Pace: http://bit.ly/H1x5iF @jodyhedlund

Writing a Novel: a drama told in three acts, with a prologue and epilogue: http://bit.ly/H1xlhD @SophieMasson1

A follow’s not a book sale: http://bit.ly/GPdExH @internspills

How to Read a Book Contract – Can I Ever Get Rid of My Agent? http://bit.ly/GPdIxs @PassiveVoiceBlg

How to Use Pinterest to Market Your Book: http://bit.ly/GPdOoC @writersdigest

Social media and stages of your writing career: http://bit.ly/GPe9Yu @kalayna

The evolving writer: http://bit.ly/GPepGR @sarahahoyt

Strictly Objective Critique Partner: A Helpful Thing to Have: http://bit.ly/H6sxZG @YAHighway

How should Shakespeare really sound? http://tgr.ph/GM73BA @Telegraph

An in-depth example of line-editing: http://bit.ly/GOe8C2 @theresastevens

5 Things The Fiction Query Can Learn From a Nonfiction Query: http://bit.ly/GOedpl @writeangleblog

Tension in publishing is from warring scarcity & abundance attitudes: http://bit.ly/GOelVB @kristinerusch

How to Create Your Own Luck as a Writer: http://bit.ly/GOes3x @deemms for @SouthrnWritrMag

Variety in Character Voices: http://bit.ly/GOeusm @noveleditor

1 reason to write a memoir–as a hymn to the past—and a way to go home again: http://bit.ly/HaYIpw @SaraMTaber

Why Cliches about Translations Hurt Books: http://bit.ly/GUEgsz @pubperspectives

Seth Godin’s Poke the Box, Doubt, and the Will to Publish: http://bit.ly/GUEuzY @JFBookman

7 steps to publication: http://bit.ly/GUEC2q @nicolamorgan

Make an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog: http://bit.ly/GUEKim @DIYMFA

Why You Should Kill Your Darlings: http://bit.ly/GUERdO @AdriennGiordano for @KMWeiland

Tips for creating a compelling narrative voice: http://bit.ly/H6Nl1l

Delivering vicarious experience through your story: http://bit.ly/H6NstD @storyfix

The 5 most common author website mistakes: http://bit.ly/GY2Hcn @authormedia

An Agent on Pitch vs The Synopsis: http://bit.ly/H6NHVN

How To Handle A Scathing Review: http://bit.ly/H6NT7q @KrisMcMorris

How to Deal with Writers Effectively in One Easy Lesson: http://bit.ly/H6O8ze @RayGarton

Does Solitude Enhance Creativity? http://bit.ly/H6ODJD @creativitypost

Thoughts on character naming: http://bit.ly/H6OPc2 @catewoods

Authors, What to Do When You’re Feeling Stuck: http://bit.ly/GUIws2 @beth_barany

25 Russian Words Used in English (and 25 More That Should Be): http://bit.ly/GUIzV1 @writing_tips

“How to Write a Great Scene, or How Tolstoy Broke My Eyes”: http://bit.ly/GSyPev @JulieWuAuthor

Writing Lessons From Downton Abbey: http://bit.ly/GSyXL1 @MichelleGriep

Adding Tension to a Scene: http://bit.ly/GSzpZN @Janice_Hardy

Setting the Scene: Weather: http://bit.ly/GSztZw @fantasyfaction

Characters and (the not so) Lonely Writer: http://bit.ly/GSzvR2 @sarahahoyt

A look at the standard warranty clause in contracts: http://bit.ly/GXe9Bm @PassiveVoiceBlg

Title comps (for book proposals)–make them count: http://bit.ly/GSz49j

Why You Should Kill Your Darlings: http://bit.ly/GUERdO @AdriennGiordano for @KMWeiland

Seth Godin’s Poke the Box, Doubt, and the Will to Publish: http://bit.ly/GUEuzY @JFBookman

Hiring an Editor: When, Who, and How to Avoid Scams: http://bit.ly/HmDOqp @AnneRAllen

Writing: The Starburst Method (part 3): http://bit.ly/HmE1tF @woodwardkaren

Past Participial Modifiers: http://bit.ly/HmEoEG

Why do authors get treated so badly? http://bit.ly/HmEtIm @dirtywhitecandy

3 Ways to Improve Writing During Revision: http://bit.ly/HmEBaU @sierragodfrey

Success In Writing, Publishing And Marketing Takes Time: http://bit.ly/HmEIDq @janefriedman for @thecreativepenn

What Makes A Story Persuasive? http://bit.ly/GX7HR7 @lkblackburne

Do We Need Maps in Fantasy Books? http://bit.ly/GX7U6Y

A closer look at book contracts: http://bit.ly/GX80v9 @PassiveVoiceBlg

Challenging witnesses in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/HjdoaQ @mkinberg

How to Read a Book Contract – Agents and the Law: http://bit.ly/HnoNFC @PassiveVoiceBlg

Nook May Be Expanding Internationally, But Barnes & Noble Stores Aren’t: http://bit.ly/Hnp1wn @laurahazardowen

Voice–The Key to Literary Magic: http://bit.ly/Hnp8I8 @KristenLambTX

Description vs. Exposition: http://bit.ly/HnpmPM @DIYMFA

5 Children’s Book App Publishing Experts To Watch: http://bit.ly/Hnq6Eh @ebooknewser

Can You Self-Publish Your Way to a Big Deal? http://bit.ly/H05ejc @goblinwriter

Call to action examples: http://bit.ly/H05hM7

A Character-driven Approach to Kissing and Sex Scenes: http://bit.ly/H05n6n @juliettewade

Agent Nouns: http://bit.ly/H05Qp4 @writing_tips

The Learning Curve That Keeps On Curving: http://bit.ly/H05TRG @storyfix

Branding for Writers: An Essential Step to Building Your Author Platform: http://bit.ly/H05Wgo @thecreativepenn

10 Questions to Ask When Beginning a Book: http://bit.ly/H0613L @cherylrwrites

10 Ways Writers Can Use Word More Effectively http://bit.ly/GWTJI0 @CherylRWrites

Online writing tools & downloadable resources for writers: http://bit.ly/H3w0WN @CherylRWrites

How to Get Media Coverage for Your Book: http://bit.ly/H3HMrb @kenbrosky

Writing 50,000 Inimitable Smiles: http://bit.ly/H3I4hL @MargieLawson

So Much Marketing, So Little Time: http://bit.ly/H3ITHA @TalliRoland

How Can Modern Writers Become & Stay Visible? http://bit.ly/H3IXa6 @JodyHedlund

4 tips for writing humor: http://bit.ly/H3J2ux @write_practice

The Way We Read Now: http://nyti.ms/H3JFnP @DwightGarner for @nytimesbooks

Advice for writers on GoodReads: http://bit.ly/H3KAEJ @WriterCrys

Believability & Bending The Law: http://bit.ly/H3KEV7 @juliemusil

Stand up for good self-publishers: http://bit.ly/H3KLjx @byRozMorris

Using Google Search Terms for Fun and Education: http://bit.ly/H3KNIh @JamiGold

How to Find Writing Workshops, Seminars and Conferences in Smaller Markets: http://bit.ly/H3KY68

Bringing back the wonder to SF: http://bit.ly/HsYYnn @sarahahoyt

Ghostwriters Respond to Celebrity Cookbook Expose: http://bit.ly/HsZ5zr @galleycat

Twitter Tips: How to Get Followed Back: http://bit.ly/HsZbHn @AnnieNeugebauer

10 Tips to Launch a Regional Writing Conference: http://bit.ly/HsZT7z @writersdigest

Publishing Industry Terms and Contracts: Some Resources, and Some Advice: http://bit.ly/Ht02aV @victoriastrauss

An agent on typical advances: http://bit.ly/Ht0hmz @rachellegardner

Including faith and religion in fiction: http://bit.ly/Ht0qGm @noveleditor

Target the Heart of Your Book to Write More Easily: http://bit.ly/Ht0y92 @originalimpulse

An agent on pitching: http://bit.ly/Ht1ev0 @greyhausagency

Are Fictional Characters Copyrightable? http://bit.ly/Ht1qdO @DearAuthor

Creating Characters that Pop Off the Page…With Verbs: http://bit.ly/Ht1vOs

What’s an Author’s Marketing Responsibility With a Traditional Publisher? http://bit.ly/Ht5wTe @averymonsen @joryjohn

Writing songs for fantasy: http://bit.ly/Ht5Dy1 @fantasyfaction

When writers feel like frauds: http://bit.ly/Ht5NFC @bob_mayer

2 things you should know about your book: http://bit.ly/Ht60sr

3 Unique Ways to Incorporate Holidays Into a Novel: http://bit.ly/Ht6dMa @SarahForgrave

“Average and Ordinary” Is Just Plain Boring: http://bit.ly/Ht6kY4 @livewritethrive

Book Design: Points and Picas Primer: http://bit.ly/Ht6teh @jfbookman

2 Ingredients in a Perfect Ending: http://bit.ly/H8YOBQ @KMWeiland

Hitting The New York Times Bestselling List: http://bit.ly/H8YXVY

Keeping It Real in YA: http://bit.ly/H8YZgq @bookendsjessica

Get Your Book in Libraries with a One-Sheet: http://bit.ly/H8Z6sB @beth_barany

A closer look at steampunk: http://bit.ly/H8Zt6f @LenaCorazon for @nicolebasaraba

Craft an Exceptional Elevator Pitch: http://bit.ly/H90uLK @bookgal

Five Tips on Describing Setting (and tips for not going overboard): http://bit.ly/H90Ce2 @Janice_Hardy

Attack Of The Blog: http://bit.ly/Huvg03 @taralain

5 Ways to Get Past that Writer’s Block: http://bit.ly/Huvrsk @fictionnotes

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.

7 Comments

  1. HeatherApril 1, 2012

    It has been far, far too long since I’ve had the chance to read your Twitterific posts! I’ve been neck deep in revisions and have missed these posts so much. As always, thank you for all the work you do in putting them together.

  2. Margot KinbergApril 1, 2012

    Elizabeth – Why do people even do research on writing, when all they need to do is read your Twitterific posts and check WKB!? Thank you for all that you do for the rest of us.

  3. Jemi FraserApril 1, 2012

    Another awesome list! Thanks :)

  4. Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley AdamsApril 1, 2012

    Thanks so much for coming by, Heather! I appreciate it. :)

    Margot–You’re sweet to say so! Thanks.

    Jemi–Thanks for visiting!

  5. Kristen LambApril 2, 2012

    Your mash-ups are always SO IMPRESSIVE and as always I am really honored you’d include me in such great company. Thank you for this invaluable service you do to make all of us better. It is really, really appreciated!

  6. Nicole BasarabaApril 3, 2012

    So many great links, so little time…

  7. Lynn SwayzeApril 12, 2012

    Wow! I’ll be reading for days. Thanks! :)

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