Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week.
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Ways to judge whether your character is likeable enough for readers: http://bit.ly/A7fc0A @lisagailgreen
Surviving the Publishing Industry’s Looking Glass: http://bit.ly/ABKZro @writerboyESPN
Do you have a marketing plan? http://bit.ly/yr66Yl @robeagar
10 Types of Hypercorrection: http://bit.ly/wNsR76 @writing_tips
Making Friends Without Making Them Feel Used: http://bit.ly/zlg5Mg @JodyHedlund
Your Top 12 Author Marketing Moves for 2012: http://bit.ly/Apz3G6 @writersdigest
Do You Know Your Characters? Do You Know Yourself? http://bit.ly/xuuwAu @curiosityquills
G is for Gerund: http://bit.ly/zMhAjH
6 Ways to Create Writing Goals That Stick: http://bit.ly/zBy8cQ @msheatherwebb for @krissybrady
Building emotional cues into scenes: http://bit.ly/wO6O4C @JulieWuAuthor @BTMargins
Your Top 12 Author Marketing Moves for 2012: http://bit.ly/Apz3G6 @robeagar for @writersdigest
J.K. Rowling’s Writing Process in Her Own Words, part 2: http://bit.ly/wAhxoA @shelleysouza for @HP4Writers
Being The Evil Overlord: http://bit.ly/yCJ51M @katepaulk for @sarahahoyt
How to create mood: http://bit.ly/wO5PxU
The 7 Components of Book Marketing Strategy: http://bit.ly/wJyYVF @JenniferAFusco
The Difference Between Dreaming and Starting: http://bit.ly/y9GRes @jeffgoins
An Agent on Why The Writing Process Trumps Everything: http://bit.ly/ApZ76j @greyhausagency
The drive to write: http://bit.ly/xOIit4 @kalayna
How to Catch More Life in Your Writing: http://bit.ly/AwWax7 @write_practice
Revision: A Fine Line Between Polish And Overkill: http://bit.ly/zZ9uKD
All my tweets from the past week: http://bit.ly/ADefRm
Goal setting for writers: http://bit.ly/xN8lba @eMergentPublish
Why perfect endings rankle: http://bit.ly/w5bSkr @SolomonAnna for @BTMargins
Why books make the best movies: http://bit.ly/xT6Bin
75 Synonyms for “Talk”: http://bit.ly/wikVpf @writing_tips
Playbook For Self-Promo: http://bit.ly/zIvrhK @bigblackcat97 for @WriteAngleBlog
Is Your Website Hurting Your Writing? http://bit.ly/xdzvGq @menwithpens for @thecreativepenn
Are readers really ready for the self-published author? http://bit.ly/ABbKWW @tonyakappes11
Writers–Will Work for Cheap: http://bit.ly/xPwbA5 @KristineRusch
When promo gets pushy: http://bit.ly/x5M8or @blurbisaverb
Genrefication: Romance, the Novel, and Literary Fiction: http://bit.ly/yWAfDX @JustBethanne
Giving our characters epiphanies: http://bit.ly/xSdi1H
Thoughts on setting writing goals: http://bit.ly/wagTru @/andrewgreybooks
Crime fiction–creating ordinary people for readers to pull for: http://bit.ly/xWx5Uw @mkinberg
An Authors’ Guide to the Almighty 3% Rule: http://bit.ly/AcinQw @TweetTheBook
Approaching Success or Avoiding Failure? http://bit.ly/xHyYU2 @WriteNowCoach
4 Ways To Develop Your Authentic Voice For Book Marketing Success: http://bit.ly/wgEhnt @Beth_Barany
Using small questions to get past a block with your manuscript: http://bit.ly/wvuje5 @SusanSquires
Using data to develop a social media strategy: http://bit.ly/wTK4bf @andrewphelps
9 Villains in Literature & Film–& Making Your Own Better: http://bit.ly/y1Ffcr @joebunting
Making Backstory Work for You: http://bit.ly/xSlkv4 @janice_hardy
Your YA Protagonist–Some Dos and Don’ts: http://bit.ly/wFvt0j @Kristi_Cook
What stillness reveals: http://bit.ly/AwqPXc @OllinMorales
For the disorganized writer: How to tackle clutter: http://bit.ly/xistZ7 @zen_habits
How to Find Your Inner Sadist: http://bit.ly/yRpH7O @Ava_Jae
Just because they offered you a contract doesn’t mean you need to take it: http://bit.ly/xwEsfP @behlerpublish
Why You Should Add E-mail Subscription Service to Your Blog: http://bit.ly/wnRoC6 @JaneFriedman
When authors are swallowed whole by their books: http://bit.ly/wWOxR1 @FebruaryGrace
Finding time to blog *and* write: http://bit.ly/Amg1gL @dirtywhitecandy
The author/reviewer relationship: http://bit.ly/zFFOOl @YAHighway
How to generate a year’s worth of content in an hour: http://bit.ly/ygz6JJ @viperchill
5 Ways to Bring Your Blog into the Spotlight: http://bit.ly/yYMkXT @youngprepro
Don’t Drown Your Reader in Explanations: http://bit.ly/x8hecT @KMWeiland
Commenting On Reviews: A Different Type of Author Intrusion: http://bit.ly/z67817
How Images Improve Blog Traffic: http://bit.ly/zrVW6y @robertleebrewer
Weekend Writing -Writing as a Second Job: http://bit.ly/A8mxGs @camillelaguire
Possible Problems and Obstacles for Superheroes to Face Besides Supervillains: http://bit.ly/A6yNNe
The New World of Publishing: Writer vs. Author: http://bit.ly/A8crBJ @deanwesleysmith
Pros and Cons of Multiple First Person: http://bit.ly/xRBn8i @Janice_Hardy
Story structure–set-up: http://bit.ly/wcpzOx @rebeccaberto
Your new writing blog: avoid these faux-pas: http://bit.ly/y8fATp @dirtywhitecandy
Use a Rewrite to Add What Your Story Lacks: http://bit.ly/w1g5jE @noveleditor
12 Ways To Give Your Career A Jump Start For 2012: http://bit.ly/xUzbMJ @lilywolf
How to Develop a Successful Multi-Author Blog: http://bit.ly/yOFu4v @smexaminer
The Loneliness of the Icelandic Translator: http://bit.ly/xLtcvS @oliviasnaije for @pubperspectives
What Costco can teach us about writing: http://bit.ly/z2IxR5 @JulieMusil
How to Buy eBooks from an Indie Bookstore: http://bit.ly/zvRYV5 @galleycat
Lord of the Rings: The Revised Edition: http://bit.ly/AfJz7T @ChrisDolley
How to Make Chapters for a Novel Manuscript in Microsoft Word 2010: http://bit.ly/xHTeg1
Hooks, Loglines, and Pitches: What Every Writer Needs to Know: http://bit.ly/zQF8Z7 @AnneRAllen
Revive Your Creativity by… Not Being Creative: http://bit.ly/w2Ys7A @misfitsmascara
Blogging (or writing) with kids–9 tips: http://bit.ly/zlQKtn @WritingH
Why Bequeathing Your Intellectual Property is Crucial: http://bit.ly/wsvyvQ @DebraPurdyKong
Unleashing creativity begins with a timeline of your past: http://bit.ly/AxuGlb @tobywneal
Technical Aspects of Creating A Nontraditional Ebook: http://bit.ly/yyMumV @indieauthor for @thecreativepenn
Tips for preparing your doc for epublishing: http://bit.ly/wSPl2K
1 writer on what she likes about romantic suspense: http://bit.ly/wSPl2K
10 New Year Resolutions For Writers (that might actually stick): http://bit.ly/x3f84x @ajackwriting
Stabilizing Influence: http://bit.ly/xK0luH @Ravenrequiem13
An agent’s tips for aspiring memoir writers: http://bit.ly/Ajfpap @rachellegardner
3 Secrets to e-Book Cover Design Success: http://bit.ly/xmoHlX @jfbookman
Literary Devices to Help Writers Who’ve Lost the Plot: http://bit.ly/yo66Wi
The Mirage of Fixity — Selling an Idea Before Understanding the Concept: http://bit.ly/zEr7QE @scholarlykitchn
6 Dos and Don’ts for Busy Parents Who Blog: http://bit.ly/z8Ijy8 @writeitsideways
Getting The Most From A Critique: http://bit.ly/Anbf1d @marcykennedy
A Tested Social Media Success Formula: Talk as Yourself, Not about Yourself: http://bit.ly/AALRCB @danzarrella @copyblogger
Worldbuilding with Horses: Preindustrial Revolution: http://bit.ly/z9RsUc @dancinghorse
Stop Waiting to Be Picked: http://bit.ly/w9TIYs @JeffGoins
35 Genres and Other Varieties of Fiction: http://bit.ly/w7rHN6 @writing_tips
Which League Are You Playing In? http://bit.ly/wP4op7 @bob_brooke
Reasons to give writing poetry a go: http://bit.ly/yccQ85 @eMergentPublish
How Not To Mutilate A Foreign Language: http://bit.ly/zCMH8B @StinaLL
5 things 1 writer wishes she’d known before she sold her manuscript: http://bit.ly/z85mIz @PBRWriter
When is your manuscript ready to be sent out: http://bit.ly/w1Z5E6 @lisagailgreen
10 signs you’re not in the writing zone: http://bit.ly/yVNPYg @elspethwrites
Tips for better book openings: http://bit.ly/wxAQXo @anasleuth
Tips for writing dialogue tags: http://bit.ly/wiwFUq
Approaching agents who rejected you…after you’ve gotten an offer from a publisher: http://bit.ly/wmniWF @bookendsjessica
5 Narrative Mistakes You Can Fix Right Now: http://bit.ly/wut7Hy @EliseRome for @RoniLoren
Tips for creating effective characters: http://bit.ly/yLYc2t
Making a living writing–1 writer’s story: http://bit.ly/wngwmt @MeredithEfken for @HowToWriteShop
Show Editors & Agents How You Meet Their Guidelines: http://bit.ly/z9irTQ @greyhausagency
Knowing Where to Start Your Novel: http://bit.ly/xa6zwU @Janice_Hardy
Why the internet is a trap – and how 1 writer deals with it: http://bit.ly/xJoEFu @JulietteWade
How to mine your childhood for story gems and more: http://bit.ly/AcYp23 @CAMorganti
Subtext: What is this Story Really About? http://bit.ly/xAfj1C
Story ideas–what they are, what they’re not: http://bit.ly/xzrNcB @SarahAHoyt
Apple v. Amazon,libraries & piracy, authors & e-rights–& more top ind. news from @Porter_Anderson for @JaneFriedman: http://bit.ly/y9VFI0
Top Ten Made-Up Literary Couples: http://bit.ly/yhSbiU @deadwhiteguys
Author Rex Pickett on Surviving Rejection: http://bit.ly/xMLCIz @GalleyCat
Advice for authors from social media guru Seth Godin: http://bit.ly/yc0Xqr @passivevoiceblg
Proper Nouns vs. Pronouns: http://bit.ly/zDEzmA @KeliGwyn
A Model for Crowdsourced Publishing: http://bit.ly/wnMGRm @mightyscoo for @JaneFriedman
Thoughts on staying motivated when writing that first novel: http://bit.ly/zb3Ljn @KatieGanshert
Build Your Author Brand in 5 Easy Steps: http://bit.ly/yuCGR5 @scribblinghappy
How to Explore Your Characters’ Motivations: http://bit.ly/yK7Ix1 @write_practice
How to Make Sense of Critiques: http://bit.ly/AbAxu5 @DiyMia
An Industry for Arts Graduates Who Can Count: http://bit.ly/xD8n9S @PassiveVoiceBlg
Writing on the Ether’s @Porter_Anderson features: @johnemcintyre @DonLinn @lizcastro @michellelegro @naypinya : http://bit.ly/y9VFI0
Daily writing vs. weekday writing: http://bit.ly/wDH9nP @camillelaguire
Finding a good balance for crime fiction endings: http://bit.ly/wzDWe3 @mkinberg
Tips for moving forward with your manuscript after getting stuck: http://bit.ly/x6AWUj @alanorloff
Vocabulary has to be true to our POV character (and familiar to our target reader): http://bit.ly/yxdmXP @authorterryo
An Author’s Guide to NetGalley: http://bit.ly/zvWdVQ
What Star Wars “A New Hope” Can Teach Us About In Medias Res: http://bit.ly/z2pzfV @KristenLambTX
Fewer copy editors means embarrassing errors in newspapers: http://bsun.md/z60zzA @johnemcintyre
The Same River Twice: On Rewriting Your Past: http://bit.ly/yvZe3C
10 Ways Writing Fiction is Like Performing for a Camera: http://bit.ly/wcye8l @victoriamixon
Are New Tablets Slowing The Growth Of E-Readers? http://bit.ly/zmnrJ7 @laurahazardowen
5 Things You Have To Think About Before You Self Publish: http://bit.ly/Alu1Y1 @Ajackwriting
7 Tools for Tracking Ebook Sales: http://bit.ly/xmmY03 @PYOEbooks
Games Agents Play: http://bit.ly/xSKcL2
Elizabeth – Ah, another treasure trove of links :-). Thanks! And thanks for including some of my stuff, too.:-)
Margot–Thanks for the great posts! :)
What Costco can teach us about writing – now that is an unusual topic!
Alex–I thought so, too…and it was an interesting read!
Great links. I’m going to go through some of them. Especially the ones on motivation.
Clarissa–Motivation is a tough one!
Thanks so much for including me in this fantastic list! Now that I have about a dozen tabs opened, it’s time to read. :)
Thanks for the mention. I know I am late. Got all off my schedule with that SOPA thing last week. Thanks for your support and what an amazing mash-up you always have. I have mash-up envy.
Kristen Lamb