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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

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Business / Miscellaneous

• The Benefits of Writing Your Own Weekly, Monthly, and Annual Reviews: @BelleBCooper

• Streamlining Your Writing Business to Become a More Profitable Author: @GoblinWriter

• Patricia Cornwell Tracks the Ripper: Powered by ‘Kindle in Motion’: @Porter_Anderson @1pcornwell

• Should Writers Be Paid For Everything? @CallieOettinger @SPressfield

• Combatting Counterfeit Print Textbooks @Porter_Anderson

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

• Turning 30, Hay Festival Announces Special Projects: @Porter_Anderson

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

• A Notebook is a good place to have bad ideas: @austinkleon

• Your Muse’s Secret Identity: @RuthanneReid

Creativity and Inspiration / Parenting and Writing

• Overcoming Mom Guilt: Why 1 Writer Un-Quit: @AnnetteLyon

Creativity and Inspiration / Perfectionism

• For better writing, release your perfectionism: @elainefbayless

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

• Breaking a procrastination habit: @pubcoach

• Productivity as a Way of Being: @CSLakin

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

• Treadmill Desks and Productivity for Writers: @abbiperets

• How to Work with Your Personality to Make Writing Easier: @marciasmantras @colleen_m_story

• What You Need to Know About Potential Laptop Dangers: @colleen_m_story

• Self-Care When Life is Exhausting: @Ava_Jae

• 7 Ways To Support Your Local Library Right Now: @thebooksluts

• How To Write When The World Is Overwhelming: @judyblackcloud

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Spaces

• Do You Have the Writing Space You Need? @RosanneBane

Genres / Mystery

• Alfred Hitchcock on Dead Bodies: @blankonblank

• The ‘wrongly convicted person’ trope in crime fiction: @mkinberg

• Crime Writing: 6 Tips: Crime Scene Investigation: @LeeLofland

Genres / Non-Fiction

• Nonfiction scene-building secrets from the pros: @ryangvancleave

Genres / Poetry

• 9 Poets to Remember during Women’s History Month: @My_poetic_side @DanielleMohlman

Genres / Romance

• Relationship Deal Breakers: What to Keep In Mind When Constructing Characters: @FionaQuinnBooks

Promo / Ads

• Selling Books Through Social Media Vs. Selling Books Through Ads: @MarcyKennedy

• 7 Keys to Facebook Ad Success: @jonloomer

Promo / Back matter

• Your Author Bio–Does it Help Sales or Stop them Dead? @annerallen

Promo / Connecting with Readers

• 3 Free Book-Marketing Tools to Discover Who Your Readers Are: @DaveChesson

Promo / Miscellaneous

• 7 Top Book Marketing Tips from DBW 2017: @DianaUrban

• A 10-step book launch plan to outrank bestselling authors: @Creativindie

Promo / Social Media Tips

• Why Facebook Needs to Create a Secret Profile Option for Authors: @cksyme

• A revamped Evernote Mobile Helps Writers Be More Productive on the Go: @MichaelHyatt

Promo / Speaking

• Expert tips for author school visits: @MelissaMHart

Promo / Websites

• How to Promote Your Book on Your Website: @karinabilich

• 5 Basic Steps to Secure Your WordPress Website: @thDigitalReader

Publishing / Miscellaneous

• 10 Trends in Publishing for 2017: @WrittenWordM

• 2017 Writing Contests: Vetted and Curated by @ReedsyHQ

• “Going Wide”: Gaining Traction on Kobo: @AngelaQuarles

• Free Readings From Cambridge University Press for Intl Women’s Day: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• POD vs Offset Options for Authors @selfpubreview

Publishing / News / International Publishing

• How to advertise your e-book deals and freebies on the German e-book market: @PubInGermany

• Feminist Press: YZ Chin Named Louise Meriwether Prize Recipient: @Porter_Anderson @killerlibrarian

• New Self-Publishing Platform, Type & Tell: Authors Keep 100 Percent of Royalties: @Porter_Anderson

• Sam Coates Wins First Deborah Rogers Foundation Bursary: @Coatessr @Porter_Anderson

• Open for Nominations, IPA’s 2017 Prix Voltaire Is Attracting Many Asian Submissions: @Porter_Anderson

• Nielsen’s BookInsights and London Book Fair’s Quantum: Collaborative Conferencing @Porter_Anderson

• Frankfurt Book Fair’s Fellowship Program Is Open for 2017 Applications: @Porter_Anderson

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing

• Hearing “No” From Agents and Pubs Can Lead to “Yes”: by Mya Kay Douglas

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

• The Year 1 Writer Gave Up Submitting to Literary Magazines: @AnnetteGendler @WomenWriters

Publishing / Process / Author Assistants

• How Hiring an Author Assistant Can Boost Book Sales: @AuthorRx

Publishing / Process / Distribution

• Checking up on book distributors: @HollowLandsBook

Publishing / Process / Formatting

• Styling Priorities: CSS for Ebooks: by David Kudler @JFbookman

Writing Craft / Beginnings

• Story Beginnings: Creating the Right First Impression: @shaila_writes

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

• 5 ways to know your character better: @LisaEBetz

• 6 Ways to Get Into Your Character’s Head: @BookishSarahFox

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

• How to Write Compelling Feelings in Fiction Narrative: @Kid_Lit

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

• Flog a Pro: would you pay to turn the first page of this bestseller? @RayRhamey

• How to Keep Readers Happy When Your Character’s Unlikeable: by Holly Brown @WriterUnboxed

• How to Write First-Person Internalization: @Janice_Hardy

• Writing Tips: 7 Steps to Stop Overwriting: @bookishcharlie @thecreativepenn

• Passive Voice: It’s Easy to Fix with This Writing Tip: @kwidenhouse

• Are you undermining the reader-protagonist relationship with your writing? @Kid_Lit

• Why ‘Less Is More’ in Your Story: @patverducci

Writing Craft / Dialogue

• Spelling Accents in Fiction: @NovelEditor

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

• Tips for Better Backstory: @LisaCron

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

• 5 Tips For Writing Vivid Fiction From Edgar Allan Poe: @Writers_Write

• 5 Space Stations at the Edge of Space and Time: @nataliezutter

• 5 Great Books Featuring Mentally Ill Mothers: by Jennie Yabroff @SignatureReads

• 7 Tips from Edgar Allan Poe on Writing Vivid Stories and Poems: @jdmagness @openculture

• Great Scene: “This is Spinal Tap”: @GoIntoTheStory

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

• 4 Strategies to Make it Through the Dreaded Middle of Your Story: @Magic_Violinist

• 6 Steps to a Subversive Surprise: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

• How to Liven Up Your Mentor Character: by Savannah Grace @GoTeenWriters

• There are No Throwaway Details: @p2p_editor

• Writing and the Power of Association: by Nils Odlund

• Investigative Journalists Are Storytellers, Too: @amzoltai

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming

• Naming Characters: 5 Steps to find Character Names: @nownovel

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

• 5 New ideas for outlining stories: by 1000 Story Ideas

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

• The Most Important Question in Storytelling: “Why?” @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

• Getting the most from your research photography: @SusanSpann

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

• Punctuation Quiz: Appositives: @writing_tips

Writing Craft / Revision

• Simplify Your Writing: Avoid These 44 Overused Words & Phrases: @Writers_Write

• How to Straighten Your Story’s Spine: @HeatherJacksonW

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

• 4 Truths to Change Your Perspective on the Writer/Editor Relationship: @jessicastrawser

Writing Craft / Scenes / Conflict

• Creating Realistic Fight Scenes: @AJHumpage

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

• Story Setting: Real vs. Fictional: @ZoeMMcCarthy

• Description: Finding the Write Balance: @KristenLambTX

Writing Craft / Special Needs

• Wheelchair Users in Fiction: Examining the Single Narrative: @PunkinOnWheels

• Writing, brotherhood, and the narrative of autism: @mattmastricova @ElectricLit

Writing Craft / Tension

• 4 Types of Tension to Use in Your Story: @ceciliaedits

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