Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

How a writer wrote 29 stories in 29 days:  http://ow.ly/s4YX301dgNM @sophiegood @Write_Track

Crime Writers: Can a DNA Sample Reveal Age? http://ow.ly/xvGl300Q9M3 @DPLyleMD

Hook Your Reader: 3 Tips for Novelists:  http://ow.ly/hXpF300SzUg @womenonwriting @WriteToSell

Offline strategies for building your email list:  http://ow.ly/rH9T300SArL @cksyme

3 Email List Building Essentials: http://ow.ly/bpvt300SAnY  @cksyme

How to Be Inspired to Write Every Day: 10 Ideas:  http://ow.ly/GapR300SA2K @nownovel

8 women-focused road trip books (and the need for more):   http://ow.ly/9TGz301ifd4 @BernadetMurphy @thelithub

8 Ideas For Getting More BookBub Followers:  http://ow.ly/J1mQ300SA0w @DianaUrban

Delusions of a Published Author:  http://ow.ly/1P1Y300SABv @MartinaABoone

The Next Novel You Read May Have Been Chosen by a Computer:  http://ow.ly/WbwZ300SAgL @chelsebaum @ElectricLit

How to Launch a Book: http://ow.ly/nZw2300SAjx @JAHuss

7 Point Story Structure:  Game of Thrones Case Study:  http://ow.ly/kR3g300SA5l @kylieday0

3 Simple Ways to Boost Creativity:  http://ow.ly/M3W4300SAFQ @cathysbaker

Self-Myths in Character Building:  http://ow.ly/3Xvy300SAx2 @ramonadef

5 Amazing Literary Worlds Created by Women Writers:  http://ow.ly/8QI7300SAXx @RealCharlaine  @tordotcom

“I’m A Writer And A Father, Not One In Spite Of The Other”: http://ow.ly/u05l300F3T4 @Rumaan

Radically Different Fictions of Fatherhood:  http://ow.ly/yGYR3015mzy @elusivecorporal @NewRepublic

Why Hardcover is the New Vinyl:  http://ow.ly/Ur7Y300T7cH @yahdonisrael @thelithub

The Hero Embodies the Theme:  http://ow.ly/AMhS300TNo9 @SPressfield

You need a business model to make it as an artist: http://ow.ly/xC51300TNz5 @jccabel

How to Work Alone:  http://ow.ly/cWpP300TNHJ @PaulJun_

Anthologies: Benefits to Writers and Tips for Inclusion:  http://ow.ly/ypkR301b2gx @AlexJCavanaugh for @annerallen

Backstory, Info Dumps, Preaching, and Repetition:  http://ow.ly/nwm5301nR4f @AlyciaMorales

How to develop better ‘to do’ lists: http://ow.ly/O9EI301mcBo @pubcoach

3 Reasons Why Novels Fail:  http://ow.ly/2Gqt301dgAL @p2p_editor

15 Scheduling Apps to Save You Time: http://ow.ly/W9RL301cg1r @CaballoFrances

9+ Ways to Earn an Income as a Writer:  http://ow.ly/rzdm301md8j @tessaemilyhall

Publishing Industry Myths and Legends:  http://ow.ly/Qe7T300QafI @MissConstance21 @DIYMFA

What Works & What Doesn’t: ‘Showgirls’:  http://ow.ly/GIOV300Qaup @chris_shultz81

How to Create Social Media Videos on a Budget: http://ow.ly/Jesi300Q9HA by Matt Perl @SMExaminer

Why you should just say thanks:  http://ow.ly/3oxv300Q9zv @pubcoach

10 Dialogue Errors to Avoid: http://ow.ly/fbmQ300Q9VZ @Writers_Write

3 Cases of Semicolon Overkill: http://ow.ly/3Bdc300Q9q9 @writing_tips

10 Plugins Writers Need For Their WordPress Website: http://ow.ly/1Te7300QaqW @WilsonTheWriter  @LitReactor

5 Marketing Tips for Introverts:  http://ow.ly/Moi9300QajU by Amy Bearce @DIYMFA

How Writing Helps 1 Writer With The Empty Nest:  http://ow.ly/MQuU300Q9tn @KairaRouda  @WomenWriters

Making the Most of a Story Critique:  http://ow.ly/TSsY300Qa0c @TalValante

The Power and Pain of Procrastination:  http://ow.ly/3hzD300Qa5p by Sarah Tipton @YAtopia_blog

The Horrors and Pleasures of Translating Ulysses:  http://ow.ly/jZ5p301lftf  @ladymodernist @thelithub

5 Writing Sheds You’ll Want To Build For Yourself: http://ow.ly/yVcn300Q8aW @adearinthewoods  @LitReactor

A Cozy Mystery Author on Influences and What Makes a Solid Mystery: http://ow.ly/tmTr301lpJq @thewritingtrain

How Non-Euclidean Geometry Turned 1 Writer Into a Rebel:  http://ow.ly/kEme300Q8sJ @DIYMFA

The Dark Side of Longform Journalism: On Waiting for the Bad to Happen:  http://ow.ly/LXar301lppZ by Luke Mogelson @thelithub

The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature’s Great Mysteries:  http://ow.ly/hXv7301lfmQ @ThePhthailer @thelithub

Feedback: Why You Need It, Especially When Writing for Diverse Audiences:  http://ow.ly/WAVH300PSVg @QuillShift

The push for short story writers to pen a novel:  http://ow.ly/STxC300Nw4p @ambernoelle @ElectricLit

The 90-10 Rule for Marketing and Writing, and How To Love It:  http://ow.ly/xNmd300NvXk @AuthorSAT

Font Styles in MS Word:  http://ow.ly/Y70X300NvLc @NovelEditor

The uneasy relationship between money, media, and creative freedom:  http://ow.ly/F6Qq300NvCk @nevalalee

Cross-Media Storytelling Projects from Poland:  http://ow.ly/MvAh301hpzA @BeyondTheBook @biedalak @pubperspectives

Margins and Font for Print Books:  http://ow.ly/uqH3300NitY @NovelEditor

A Writer Comes to Terms With Her Mental Health:  http://ow.ly/9gjo301jOTQ @ShadowChaosFox

10 Essential Spanish-Language Books:  http://ow.ly/JJb7301ceg6  @ds_paris  @PublishersWkly

Writing the Anti-Hero: Interview with @lshiltonauthor:  http://ow.ly/38Kl300Q8nE @diymfa

Why You Should Take Your Book Publishing Contract to a Lawyer:  http://ow.ly/hrqG300Q8UE @monicamclark

6 Game Development Lessons For Writers:  http://ow.ly/pOle300Q8f0 @helpfulsnowman  @LitReactor

5 Reactions to Expect after Telling People You Write Books:  http://ow.ly/3BZN300Q8Q6 @Je55ieMullin5

On Writing and the Permission to Succeed:  http://ow.ly/xdB9301iPTY @ElissaAltman

Publishing: Sneaky Money Grabs (Contracts/Dealbreakers): http://ow.ly/RQKa301ifvD @KristineRusch

The Truth Behind An Author’s Instagram:  http://ow.ly/j6aX300NiAW @AuthorSAT

5 In-Demand Writing Careers for People Who Don’t Want to Be Authors:  http://ow.ly/uwBu300Niae @jesslaw

The Best in Surf Lit:  http://ow.ly/Pext301if29 @DwyerMurphy @thelithub

The Worst Thing A Reader Ever Said To One Writer:  http://ow.ly/uR5Y300Ni5d @AuthorSAT

The Hot Sheet: industry newsletter for authors (30 day free trial): from @Porter_Anderson & @JaneFriedman: http://ow.ly/DIld301hoVW

At The NY Society Library: …books Burr and Hamilton borrowed (and mostly returned): http://bit.ly/1tpunDs @newyorker @adamgopnik

Mary Poppins and the Art of Sweetening with Scene:  http://ow.ly/jKzE300KuMJ @HitlessWonder  @brevitymag

What sets a writer apart from the crowd? http://ow.ly/5p9Z300KxZK @CalebPirtle

Criticism of Popular Reading in Malaysia:  http://ow.ly/ou3t301hp79 @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

Leaving town to escape the heat: a plot device in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/UyCD301hoFr @mkinberg

Writing and the Permission to Succeed: The Intersection of Art and Shame: http://ow.ly/59xA300M9Zd @poormansfeast

Create an Effective Writing Routine: http://ow.ly/c1dJ300Nixs  @jonathanballcom

Mentoring Women Writers:  http://ow.ly/gWvt300Nimi @mandajjennings @WomenWriters

A Conference’s Focus on Publishing Rights:  http://ow.ly/zoYu301hpij @Porter_Anderson @WeAreIngenta @pubperspectives

Giving your writing style more impact:  http://ow.ly/N2Al300Nicf @RayneHall

How can you sell books if you don’t know your market?  http://ow.ly/K4hm300NiqQ @CalebPirtle

Staying Focused Enough to Write:  http://ow.ly/8gmq300Ni2M @Janice_Hardy

How to Create a Monthly Social Media Calendar:  http://ow.ly/WUcz300NifL  @AngelinaMLo

How Helvetica Conquered The World With Its Cool, Comforting Logic: http://ow.ly/9Krt301cfH5 @PassiveVoiceBlg @FastCoDesign

Nothing Works Until It Works: On Writerly Discomfort:  http://ow.ly/7n6h300KuTG @csferguson @The_Millions

Writing as a Small Sturdy Boat:  http://ow.ly/970F300KuA6 @OneReidReading

Stop. Using. Periods. Period.  http://ow.ly/hGqq301fdCf @_jeffguo @washingtonpost

Is Your Author Website Mobile Friendly? http://ow.ly/N79P300Kus5 @SukhiJutla

10 Things to Learn before You Self-Publish Your Book: http://ow.ly/66eu300Kuml @K_Pashley

How To Create a Daily Writing Habit and Stick To It:  http://ow.ly/8Hqw300Kuvi @SukhiJutla

Reading vs watching and The Night Manager:  http://ow.ly/oL9S301b9GB @Roz_Morris

The Abuses of Public Domain Fiction:  http://ow.ly/AnoO300KtLb by William Patrick Maynard @BlackGateDotCom

To Do: Prioritize My Writing:  http://ow.ly/hqsA300KuCW by Amy A. Whitcomb @brevitymag

How Copywriting Can Help Our Fiction:  http://ow.ly/B7Yl300Ky1N @KateMColby

What Writers May Not Know about the “Required” 3-Act Structure:  http://ow.ly/1D68300KtFj @CSLakin

No Genre Ever Dies: On Loren D. Estleman and the Pulp Tradition:  http://ow.ly/k5Xt300KuXA @The_Millions  by Bill Morris

Why Keywords Are So Important: http://ow.ly/NkBV300IzC2 @kadaxis

Pre-requisites of a professional-level story:  http://ow.ly/KFGA300Izvw @storyfix

10 (Practically) Cringe-less Self-Promotion Ideas for Authors:  http://ow.ly/B89x300Izeb @daisygal

Crime writing: pushing victims off of cliffs:  http://ow.ly/TEuW301cgaD @mkinberg

Writers: Get The Right Kind Of Feedback: http://ow.ly/PThI300Izb3 @mollygreene

Editing for People Who Hate Editing:  http://ow.ly/wIbu300Iz6P @Rachel_Aaron

Crowdfunding Usually Doesn’t Work for Writers: But It Can: http://ow.ly/2sT2300IyXq @bethanyjcarlson

How To Turn Your Rules for Failure Into Success:  http://ow.ly/HXiE300IyRH @BadRedheadMedia

Tips for Writing Realistic Crime Scenes from Captain (Ret.)  @JBroadmeadow  http://ow.ly/9UUv301dyv1 @SueColetta1

Why I (usually) will not lower my speaking fees”:  http://ow.ly/3vdg300IyLn @nicolamorgan”

Power Your Scenes With the 5 Senses: http://ow.ly/YUIm301cqEe  @AngelaAckerman

7 Tools to Make an Author a Periscope Rock Star: http://ow.ly/UHxB300Hyxs @Sharon_Jenkins @bkmkting

Filter out those Filter Words:  http://ow.ly/zs8V301ceQv  @Alicia_Dean_ @TheIWSG

Live coverage of Rights & Content in the Digital Age: 9aET / 1pGMT Monday (now): #pprights16 http://ow.ly/wEj9301aKLu @Porter_Anderson

The art of handselling books:  http://ow.ly/R9RI300Hyjn @sandrabeckwith

Almost Six Figures. @thecreativepenn ‘s  Breakdown Of One Year Of Book Sales By Format, Vendor, Genre, And Country: http://ow.ly/zy3A301cbpw

Podcasts for writers:  http://ow.ly/SQ6v300IzlV @K8Tilton

The Non-Compete Clause (Contracts/Dealbreakers):  http://ow.ly/PV8k300Iywn @KristineRusch

3 Quick Tips to Avoid Dumb Mistakes with Writing Contests:  http://ow.ly/DSQj300Iyqp @janetlaneauthor @RMFWriters

Tips For Evaluating a Traditional Publishing House:  http://ow.ly/9U8V300Iyjh @SusanSpann @RMFWriters

Social Media Scams: 7 Scams Writers Should Know About:  http://ow.ly/ViCB301aSW9 @annerallen

One Major Pitfall of Writing Strong Characters: http://ow.ly/KimC300HbtN @KMWeiland

Top 10 Book Cover Design Tips For Self-Publishers:  http://ow.ly/VLRg300Hbur @jckunzjr

Are your email marketing tactics putting readers off? A plea for ethical email etiquette: http://ow.ly/kJPC301aSSQ @Roz_Morris

Expressing characters’ thoughts: http://ow.ly/EqIX301aSFM @RMNSediting

When (and How) to Tell Your Editor No:  http://ow.ly/N9dt300Hbpz by Jessica West @K8Tilton