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 39,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Business / Miscellaneous

• Publishing predictions 2017 by Agent Laurie McLean @annerallen

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

• 9 Ideas To Make Room In Your Life For Writing @GoTeenWriters

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

• Getting Past the Dreaded Block @jemifraser

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

• What is the Ideal Book Release Pace for Authors? @EmilyWenstrom

• Using Task Batching to be a More Productive Writer @allindiewriters

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

• 101 Coping Skills for Writers With or Without Mental Illness @heisawolf

• When Writing Can’t Be Your Life @GoTeenWriters

• How Do I Make Writing a Career? @mariraz @ElectricLit

• The best lessons 1 writer has learned @KillerNashville

• Escapism Is for Readers; Writers Stay @Porter_Anderson

Genres / Horror

• What Happened With George Romero’s Zombies? @JonathanBarkan

Genres / Humor

• 7 Reasons Writers of Serious Novels Should Use Humor in Their Fiction @WritersDigest

Genres / Memoir

• The Micro-Memoir @fiedawn

Genres / Middle-Grade

• 7 Tips for Writing Middle Grade Voice @ceciliaedits

• Writing the Middle Grade Novel @WritersCoach

Genres / Mystery

• Crime Writing @LeeLofland

• Crime Writers @SueColetta1

• Self-deception as an element in crime fiction @mkinberg

• Opposites DO Attract @KillerNashville

• Crime fiction @mkinberg

Genres / Picture Books

• Writing Merchandise Tie-In Children’s Books @CynLeitichSmith

Genres / Romance

• The Structure of a Romance @woodwardkaren

Genres / Screenwriting

• 3 Big Query Letter Mistakes Screenwriters Make @scriptmag

Promo / Miscellaneous

• Kidlit @MeetToby

• Books2Read’s Universal Book Links @thDigitalReader

• Street Teams @sacha_black

Promo / Blogging

• 3 tips for better author blogs @MarshaIngrao

• 7 Steps to a Successful Brand for Your Personal Blog @MarshaIngrao

Promo / Newsletters

• Author Newsletters – A Spy’s Report @mollygreene

Promo / Social Media Tips

• 6 Visual Tools to Improve Your Social Media Content @CalebCousens

• 7 Social Media Tips for Indie Authors @CaballoFrances

• 29 Quick and Easy Social Media Updates to Share @EdieMelson

• 5 Ways to use Facebook Groups to Build Book Buzz @DianaUrban

• Using Snapchat for Book Marketing and Author Branding @MelissaFlicks

Promo / Speaking

• Why you should leave ‘holes’ in your speeches @pubcoach

Promo / Video

• Tips for enhancing your video marketing @SpunkOnAStick

Publishing / Miscellaneous

• 2016 @JaneFriedman

• Audio Books – Options, Pros, Cons, Dos, and Don’ts @TheIWSG

• Connecting with Consumers, Open Road Media Grows Revenue @JaneORIM

• What to expect when publishing on Amazon Kindle Store: by AC de Fombelle

• Releasing a series all at once or one at a time — which is better? @HollowLandsBook

Publishing / News / International Publishing

• Germany’s De Gruyter Takes Over ‘Info DaF’, Digitizing 30,00 Back Issue Pages @Porter_Anderson

• International Notes @pubperspectives @Porter_Anderson

• Market Overview @pubperspectives By Claudia Kaiser

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing

• How to Find Your Agent Match @SusanSpann

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

• What to Write in the “Bio” Section of Your Query Letter @ChuckSambuchino

Publishing / Process / Book Design

• DIY Book Cover Blunders: by Bruce Fottler

• Formatting Tips for Your Manuscript @NanReinhardt

• How to design book covers for any genre @99designs

Publishing / Process / Distribution

• Expand book distribution with PublishDrive and StreetLib:

Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid

• All Romance eBooks’ Sudden Closing @victoriastrauss

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

• Is Your Book a Bargain? @p2p_editor

• Remove filters in your fiction @TheWriterMag

• Want to Write Great Fiction? Stop Using the “Logical” Side of Your Brain. @losapala

• Tips for honing your craft in 2017 @diannabooks

• Incorporating a ‘blind spot’ in our fiction @KristenLambTX

• Pointers for Punching Up Your Prose @LucienneDiver

• Ghostwriting @KarenCV

• 4 Signs It’s Time To Quit A Writing Project @Magzdozza

Writing Craft / Beginnings

• Elements of a Stellar Opening Scene @JohnJKelley

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

• How to Deepen Your Chapter Book Characters @AliceKuipers

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

• 7 Protagonists With Terrible Motivations @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Endings

• How to Repair the End of Your Novel @JerryBJenkins

• How to End a Book @nownovel

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

• Fate Versus Free Will @SaraL_Writer

Writing Craft / POV

• Do YOU Need To Write In The Second Person? @standoutbooks

• 8 Tips in Writing Deep Point of View @ZoeMMcCarthy

• Picking The Perfect POV and Tense For Your Book @misfitalexa

• Is The Wrong Character Telling Your Story? @ShanDitty

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

• 15 Military Terms Used in Civilian Contexts @writing_tips

• Vocative Commas and the Vocative Case @MarcyKennedy

Writing Craft / Revision

• Revision Checklist @MartinaABoone

• Review Your Plot @sreynoldswriter

• Rushing Through Revision @Kid_Lit

• 7 Misconceptions About Revision @WritersDigest

Writing Craft / Scenes

• A New Way to Think About Scene Structure @KMWeiland

Writing Craft / Tension

• Making It Worse for a Character @mythicscribes

Writing Craft / Tropes

• Why Rowling Rocked the Briefcase Mix-up @SeptCFawkes

Writing Craft / Voice

• 5 Ways to Discover & Develop Our Voice @JamiGold

Writing Craft / World-Building

• WorldBuilding @Wcarter01