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 35,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.
On (Not) Closing the Skill Gap: http://ow.ly/xYdb304Uzxx @Ava_Jae
Be a Gutsy Blogger to Find Your Niche & Voice: http://ow.ly/vxxa304WTUT @CaballoFrances @cksyme
Suspects from foreign lands as an element in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/lMYo305bbNF @mkinberg
Using Real-World Places to Inspire Fictional Settings: http://ow.ly/g7y8304WTvA @SophieMasson1
5 Rules of Flashback: http://ow.ly/AV7W304WZI9 @Book_Arch
7 Tips For Researching Your Novel: http://ow.ly/JL1e304X1f1 @ClaireABradshaw
7 Tips for Writing a Humor-Filled Novel: http://ow.ly/8KYp304X18R @FishWielder @WritersDigest
Straying from the Party Line: Anna’s 2 Longstanding Problems in Frozen: http://ow.ly/PZZY304X0sz @CockeyedCaravan
Introducing Horror to Your Little Monsters: http://ow.ly/WDt5304X0GZ by Thomas Joyce @ThisIsHorror
How to Stay Organized During a Revision: http://ow.ly/bSoB304WTot @Janice_Hardy @AngelaAckerman
6 Ways SF/F Characters Avoid Traditional School: http://ow.ly/CS2E304WZYN @cloudy_vision @use_theforce_em @mollytempleton @nataliezutter
How to Generate an Idea: Tweak Right and Left Simultaneously: http://ow.ly/cOJs304X0n4 @CockeyedCaravan
10 Things Every Writer Should Know About Amazon Publishing: http://ow.ly/E62530500tW @CEMcKenzie1 @WritersDigest
The Business of Writing: Pen Names: http://ow.ly/sLkL30500gv @KathrynGoldman
‘All in the Curation’: Scaling up Book Club Recommendations: http://ow.ly/3VHz305bcyC @Porter_Anderson with @EllysChoice Nathan Hull
Character Archetypes From A to Z: http://ow.ly/RbF830501ge @HunterEmkay
Tips for Making Yourself More Promote-able: http://ow.ly/rr4V30500iC @laurakayeauthor
When Writers Do It Wrong: The Top 10 Ways To Annoy Your Twitter Followers: http://ow.ly/CFSI30500wR @AnnieNeugebauer
Speaking in Code: Ebook HTML basics: http://ow.ly/WZiJ30500mj @dkudler
Becoming Stronger Writers: Resources: http://ow.ly/GZGF30500r8 @AngelaAckerman
Publishing: Germany’s Jens Klingelhöfer: ‘A Great Battle for Customers’ http://ow.ly/pn5T305b9m4 @Porter_Anderson
7 Essential Ways for Authors to Be Newsworthy: http://ow.ly/D73G304UA32 @BuildYourBrandA
Hurricanes in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/wkql305bbBv @mkinberg
Author Earnings Cites ‘Sudden’ Downturn in Indie Ebook Share: http://ow.ly/y3Mh305b9uM @Porter_Anderson @authorearnings
Publishing-related podcasts: http://ow.ly/7fai305b99V @MarkPiesing @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Celebrating African American History and Culture: http://ow.ly/1CDH305aSLK @SILibraries @Eclemrush
Tips for making a living as a writer: http://ow.ly/9Ju4305bnEB
The World Map of Nobel Prize in Literature: http://ow.ly/gJiV305bgjl @My_poetic_side
Pace and story structure: a blueprint for keeping the reader gripped: http://ow.ly/D73c305aSvG @Roz_Morris
Passing Time Is The Secret To Improving Your Story: http://ow.ly/Ob44304UzlC @standoutbooks
How to Rock an Author Festival with a Self-Published Book: http://ow.ly/HX6h304UzZz @worderella
12 Questions To Help You Create Memorable Characters: http://ow.ly/TzXl304Uztx by Jack London @WritetoDone
What To Do With Characters Who Don’t Yet Have A Story: http://ow.ly/g9VK304UzPs by Katymarie Frost @GoTeenWriters
5 essentials for exercising an imagination: http://ow.ly/KXZH304Uzzl @reallucyflint
How 1 Writer Edited 1200 Pages in 12 Weeks: http://ow.ly/r7gC304UzDp by Fae Rowen
Participating in NaNoWriMo? Start Planning Now: http://ow.ly/C3mR304Uzgj @besscozby @DIYMFA
6 Writing Tips from Jonathan Franzen: http://ow.ly/fumq304UznX @monicamclark
One Author’s KDP Select Report: http://ow.ly/3fvK304Uzj6 @johnhartness
5 Reasons Your Revision Isn’t Working: http://ow.ly/TS2n304UzL1 @Janice_Hardy
Simple Steps for Building an Email List: http://ow.ly/ULPg304UA5i @booklybooks
How to get in the mood to write daily: 9 tips: http://ow.ly/Q1h6304UzWE @nownovel
Hidden Choices: Time Management For Writers: http://ow.ly/lz6O304SPQT @TheBookDirector
Creating a Site Map for Your Website: http://ow.ly/ugsS304SIDO @JMNeyGrimm
5 Types of Awkward Wording to Avoid: http://ow.ly/pIzm304SHyC @writing_tips
Copyright Infringement: Those Cute Kitten Pix May Cost You: http://ow.ly/lsOR304SIgg @HelenSedwick @BookWorksNYC
Revising for Pace: http://ow.ly/YTQJ304SH6b @Lindasclare
Mastering the Art of the Scene: http://ow.ly/Cqsu304SGvm @jennienash
Build A Visual Strategy for Your Author Brand: http://ow.ly/Fqyb304SI8i @KimberleyGrabas
How to Become a Novelist in 10 Easy Steps: http://ow.ly/56bD304SHmH by Nell Zink @lithub
A Guide to Choosing the Right Price for Your Book : http://ow.ly/go3j304SI2e from Fix My Story
Beware of Self-Publishing Predators: http://ow.ly/IgcP304SHVg @mybookshepherd
Use Mini-Goals to Achieve Big Writing Goals: http://ow.ly/OSae304SHc2 @SukhiJutla
Nailing That 10-Scene Foundation for Your Novel: http://ow.ly/Xvpv304SGXd @CSLakin
How Publishers Can Cure “Ugly Sample Syndrome”: http://ow.ly/YLeT304PYoT @robeagar
Is This Character Introduction Scene Working? http://ow.ly/abUI304PYOE @Janice_Hardy
‘How My Grandfather Went From the Pulitzer Prize to Complete Obscurity’: http://ow.ly/APqu304PXOF @tomshroder @lithub
What Authors Need To Know About the Publishing Industry Today: http://ow.ly/WPUq304PYEI @jamesscottbell
Getting Ready to Launch a Book? Start with These 5 Questions: http://ow.ly/1CWZ304PYAG @Andrea_Dunlop @JaneFriedman
On Writing Racist Characters: http://ow.ly/BeeP304PZ1n from Writing With Color
Perks and Pitfalls of Twitter Pitches: http://ow.ly/mEGR304PYkM @jeribaird11
The 5 Pillars Of Rapid Email List Growth: http://ow.ly/x3uR304PYdW @adamjayc
How to Leverage the Power of Someone Else’s Platform: http://ow.ly/32PA304PYa4 @kikimojo
Query FAQs: http://ow.ly/8TZc304PYJN @DGLM
6 Ways To Publish A Book: http://ow.ly/OHPT304PYW8 @JaneFriedman @Writers_Write
To Leave Your Mother Tongue is to Love It More: http://ow.ly/JzTw304PY61 by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough @lithub
Finish That Novel by Fixing Fatal Flaws: http://ow.ly/aykd3053YK9 @Janice_Hardy @annerallen
Until You Know How To Market Your Books, Don’t Pay For Book Marketing: http://ow.ly/iFnC3053WOB @OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI
The Ideal Novelist’s Degree: http://ow.ly/Tw2g3051mfg @p2p_editor
The UK book industry today: 3 important points: http://ow.ly/Z1iA3053Wso @pubperspectives @Porter_Anderson @rebecsmart
10 Short Stories for the International Day of the Girl: http://ow.ly/QIZD3053Wce @KaitGetsLit @lithub
Create Your Writing Career Business Plan: http://ow.ly/4EyY304LxJ0 @JanalynVoigt
It’s All in the Verbs: http://ow.ly/MNOF304LyjA @JodieRennerEd
Stuck on Plot? Start at the End: http://ow.ly/1373304Lxwf @Janice_Hardy @JamiGold
The Introvert’s Guide to Writers’ Conferences: http://ow.ly/SKkt304Ly9P @laurabenedict
Series Beginnings: http://ow.ly/QiqM304Lyfv @Kid_Lit
Use Internal Conflict to Create Plot: http://ow.ly/o0j5304Lxyn @Janice_Hardy
How to Write an Irresistible Love Triangle: http://ow.ly/9o1S304LxV4 by Whitney Carter
“I Wrote a 150,000-Word Pulp Novel in a Month to Win a Bet”: http://ow.ly/FXtu304LxX2 @StanleyDonwood
Learn to write better with 4 free completed writing craft series: http://ow.ly/LzLa304LxMK @JanalynVoigt
How to Write a Story Without an Outline: http://ow.ly/MB8s304LxTC @vrcraftauthor
First Drafts: Plotter? Pantser? Somewhere In Between? http://ow.ly/20yR304LyhD @RuthHarrisBooks
Manuscript Editing: How to Cut Words: http://ow.ly/Kve3304Lxu6 @Janice_Hardy @nownovel
Are you a Dabbler? Why it’s Not a Dirty Word: http://ow.ly/rBLh304G4pr @CreativeKatrina
7 Ways To Tell If You Have Too Much Plot In Your Story: http://ow.ly/dFbB304G5a6 @Writers_Write
Loyalty as an element in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/imGz3051mmE @mkinberg
Picture Books and Translation: Do Consumers Balk at ‘Foreign’ Books? http://ow.ly/pCzr3051hUf @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives
Free publishing courses, delivered to your inbox each morning: http://ow.ly/Qvt23051HId @ReedsyHQ
Publishing is All Business…or is It? @NinaAmir With the Creative Aspects of the Writing Business: http://ow.ly/3esL3051bLB
The 7 habits of highly effective writers: http://ow.ly/uLeM304G8jl @pubcoach
Goal-Setting Strategies for Writers: http://ow.ly/eNRa304G4t2 @annkroeker
5 Key Questions with Award Winning Author @KMWeiland : http://ow.ly/Kw183051hJc @TheIWSG
Tips for Author Events: http://ow.ly/VIox3051iq3 @authorterryo
8 Tips for Editing Other Writers’ Work (While Remaining Friends): http://ow.ly/a3Ig304G55v @KMWeiland @aliventures
6 Podcast Episodes That Will Make You a Better Writer: http://ow.ly/vwIV304G4aA @GiveMeYourTeeth
Writing Tips: Carry a Notebook: http://ow.ly/FD9O304G8m1 @WritingForward
Why Your Standing Desk Isn’t Doing You Any Good: http://ow.ly/mBEr304G4Fx @colleen_m_story
Writing To Find The Hero In Ourselves: http://ow.ly/u7de304G4QU @cpbhaven
How to Start a Novel in Third Person: 7 Tips: http://ow.ly/a26Z304G4cx @nownovel
Free email courses for writers from industry experts and @ReedsyHQ : http://ow.ly/68QF304Orzc
5 Types of Parallel-Structure Errors: http://ow.ly/LfJ7304G4z8 @writing_tips
Getting started again with your book: http://ow.ly/6O2j304G5eS by Marcia Peterson @womenonwriting
Mood Writing Worksheet: http://ow.ly/N2Or304DLIP @EvaDeverell
25 Online Destinations to Spark Your Writing Inspiration: http://ow.ly/B8mD304DLku @IndieReader
7 Common Mistakes To Avoid In Your First Chapter: http://ow.ly/eP9Z304DKKu @ClaireABradshaw
10 Ways to Fry Your System: http://ow.ly/7ff7304DKbI @wendypmiller
Why You Should Give an Indie Press a Chance: http://ow.ly/DThK304DM30 @MissConstance21 @DIYMFA
Evaluating An Offer: 12 Questions to Ask an Agent: http://ow.ly/9kY2304DK2O @standoutbooks
The top writing links from last week are on Twitterific: Share on X
Thanks for including the interview with KM Weiland!
Alex–Nice interview!
You always find the best tips on Twitter.
Diane–Well, actually, it’s too time-consuming to sort through them on Twitter…I find them in my RSS feed reader, sort them, schedule them, then share them on Twitter, before downloading the tweets to share here on Sundays. :)
As always, Elizabeth, this is a really valuable set of links! I like it that you’ve included so many having to do with the business end of writing. It’s something I need to keep learning about and remembering. And for anyone who wants to make a living as a writer, it’s essential.
Margot–Important stuff to learn about, even though it’s not fun for most of us! Hope you have a great week.
Wow! Thanks a lot of links. Lot’s to check out.
Hope you’ll find something useful!
Thanks so much for the mention. Hard to decide where to start reviewing all these insights.
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Bridget–There’s a lot there! Hope you’re having a good week.
A great selection of articles that also include the practical side of running an author business. Thanks Elizabeth!
Sukhi–Thanks to you for being a resource for writers!