Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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• 3 Steps for Spring Cleaning Your Artist Statement: @gigirosenberg

• Insights From the Foreign Rights Specialists Shortlisted for Tonight’s 2018 British Book Awards: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• In London, British Book Awards Include Political Commentary Amid Celebration: @Porter_Anderson @PhilipPullman @pubperspectives
• UBM Partnership Adds Children’s Books Rights and Licensing to Beijing Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson
• ‘Tehran Book Fair Uncensored’ This Year Adds an Anthology of Writings Forbidden in Iran: @Porter_Anderson @indpuballiance
• The 213 Year Old New England Society Names Five 2018 Book Awards: Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, and Travel: @Porter_Anderson @NewEnglandSoc

• What Should I Expect From My First Novel? @jamesscottbell

• Five Fascinating Facts about the Limerick for National Limerick Day: @InterestingLit
• Reading as a Writer: @10MinNovelists
• 15 Page-Turning Podcasts for Readers: @TCKPublishing
• 9 of the Most Memorable Mothers in Literature: @AnnieNeugebauer
• 8 of the Most Terrifying Mothers in Crime Fiction: @Chesanek @CrimeReads

• The Key to Unlocking Your Writing Potential: by Jason Binder @LiveWriteThrive

• How Writing in Chunks Can Make You a More Productive Writer: @Janice_Hardy

• How to Outsmart Writer’s Block with Neuroscience: @KeltonReid @copyblogger

• How to Avoid Burnout as a Writer (and as a person): @DeannaCabinian
• Teaching Little Ones to Value Books and Stories: 9 Tips from the Trenches: @MargaretWelwood @Nicholas_Rossis
• The 5 Keys to Writing with Depression: @SloanTamar
• 6 Ways To Know You’re Writing For The Long Haul: @sowulwords
• You Can’t Create Alone: On Fostering Literary Community: @cimjones @loftliterary @The_Millions
• 22 Photos of Famous Authors and Their Moms: @knownemily @lithub
• 10 Literary Holidays We Desperately Need: @helpfulsnowman
• Who Decides if a Writer has Talent? @SnowflakeGuy
• Little green monsters: How to handle writer envy: @ryangvancleave @TheWriterMag

• Writing Lessons from Video Games: Conquest of the Longbow: @VictoriaGHowell

• Publishing Success: Genre Loyalty vs. Plot Bunny Saboteurs: @KristenLambTX
• How Reddit is launching the careers of webcomic artists: @simonowens

• Crime Writing: Murder Scene Checklist: @LeeLofland
• Crime Fiction: When a Small Offense Leads to Something Bigger: @mkinberg
• Old-Fashioned Characters as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg

• “My Long Journey to Becoming a Published Children’s Book Author”: @kidsbookbuzz

• Writing Sensual Romance 101: from Miranda Shepard

• A Primer on Primates for SFF Writers: @DanKoboldt

• The Return of Blogging: @DanBlank

• The Organizing Principle, for Fun and Profit: @PaulaSMunier
• Book Description Basics: @AuthorKSBrooks @IndiesUnlimited

• 6 Top Tips for SEO on Amazon: @JyotsnaR @IndieAuthorALLI
• 5 Quick Ways to Ramp Up Your Amazon Author Central Page: @Bookgal

• A Smarter Author Platform for the Digital Era of Publishing: @JaneFriedman @WriterUnboxed

• Social Media Phobic? Facebook is (Still) Your Friend: @sharonbially @WriterUnboxed
• 6 Steps to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile: @BetJett @EdieMelson
• Overcoming the Social Media Fear: @emma_darwin
• Shakespeare’s Twitter Account: @ByKateDwyer @parisreview
• How to Use Twitter Hashtags for Writers: @EmilyWenstrom
• 11 Tips To Using LinkedIn To Promote Your Book: @Mollie_Porein

• How to Link your Kindle Book Edition to your Paperback Edition on Amazon: @EricVanDerHope
• How to Preview Your Kindle eBook: @ChrisDMcMullen
• Collaboration within a Sub-Genre: @grivante @IndieAuthorALLI

• Film Notes: BookExpo Adds Screen Panel; Anna Todd’s ‘After’ Names Telles, Tiffin at Cannes: @Porter_Anderson @imaginator1d
• Industry Notes: Translator Nick Andrews Wins Gutekunst Prize; France Offers Grants in Canada: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Brexit Gets Personal: An Illustrator Draws a Picture of Publishing’s Dilemma: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Russian Government Initiates a Program Promoting a Return to Summertime Reading: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Canada’s Penguin Random House Gets a Female CEO; Sweden’s Universities End Elsevier Contract: @Porter_Anderson
• Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Shortlisters: Lawyers in Love With Literature: @Porter_Anderson

• How to Self-Publish a Book: The Sweet Science of Indie Publishing: @ReedsyHQ

• Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing. Pros and Cons: @EldonnaEdwards @annerallen

• Mastering The Art Of The Elevator Pitch: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks

• Word to Kindle Formatting: @ChrisDMcMullen
• Formatting your Novel Manuscript for Submission: @LaraEdits

• What’s the Best Way to Promote Literature in Translation? @_michaelbarron

• Do You Feel Grounded in This YA Fantasy Opening? by Maria D’Marco @Janice_Hardy
• Get Some Blood Pumping in Your Prose: @jamesscottbell
• Screenwriting Tricks for Authors: Character Introductions: @AlexSokoloff
• Improving a First Page: The Wagon Wheel of Suspense: @SueColetta1 @killzoneauthors

• Writing Realistic Antagonists: @TyreanMartinson @TheIWSG

• Tips for better character development: @DN_Bryn
• How to Create a Character in Short Fiction: by Lesley Nneka Arimah @SignatureReads
• How Empathizing With Your Character Can Make a Better Story: @mkinberg

• Protagonist Examples: Creating Memorable Main Characters: @nownovel

• Show Don’t Tell? Not Always. Here’s When to Use Summary: by Bucket Siler

• Externalizing Internal Conflict: by Jessica S Hinds @CreativeScreen

• Stories With a Happy Ending: by James R. Preston

• Silver Screen Inspiration For Short Story Writers: @MiaJouBotha
• Creative Lessons From Screenwriting: @thecreativepenn

• How to Write Relationships Your Readers Can Get Behind: from Let’s Write Some Novels
• 7 Frequently Asked Writing Questions: @KMWeiland
• Unlikable Characters (That Readers Still Relate To): @RMNSediting

• One-Two-Three. P-O-V. : @stacitroilo @RomanceUniv
• Straying from the Party Line: The Power and Peril of POV in “A Game of Thrones”: @CockeyedCaravan

• Never Get Stuck For A Plot Point Or Story Twist Again: @AnthonyEhlers
• Free Falling into the Unplotted Novel: by Caroline Taylor @WomenWriters

• 3 Examples of Interpolated Coordination: @writing_tips

• The Difference Between a Revision, a Rewrite, and a Redraft: @Janice_Hardy
• The Dangers of Premature Editing: Pruning Our Stories vs. Pillaging Them: @KristenLambTX

• How to Handle Critiques: @ClareLangleyH
• Courteous Critiquing: @DN_Bryn

• The Question You Need to Ask for Every Scene: @Janice_Hardy

• 4 Types of Conflict—and How to Use Them in Your Writing: by Karen Ann Lefkowitz @WritersDigest

• Why You Should Keep Track of Your Story Details: @Janice_Hardy

• 5 Most Common Mistakes with Setting: @SeptCFawkes
• Mapping Your Story’s Setting: @SaraL_Writer
• Tips for Adding Visual “Texture” to Your Story: by Glynna Kaye @SKRViLL

• How to Decide Between Plain Prose and Beautiful Prose: @KMWeiland

• Novel Writing Tools: The Draft Notebook: by letswritesomenovels