Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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

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• How to Start Your Own Publishing Company: @erikaliodice

• Business Musings: Process: @KristineRusch

• Is Writing Your Side Hustle? 4 Steps to Take Before Going Full Time @nfallontaylor

• 3 Author Behaviors Which Will Kill Your Career: @angee

• How to Save for Retirement When You’re a Freelance Writer: by Mandy Gardner @hopeclark

• Success with Audiobooks: What You Need to Know: @audiovoices #IndieAuthorFringe

• Find And Serve Your Niche For Long Term Success: @chrisbrogan @thecreativepenn

• Why 1 Writer Stopped Chasing the Bestseller Lists: @marieforce

• Tax Tips for Writers: @LisaLondon3

• Schedule Your Time in 4 Simple Steps: @JanalynVoigt

• Accountability for our progress (video): @ScholarlyFox

• Tracking your writing time: @RIngermanson

• If you don’t write when you don’t have time, you won’t write when you do have time: @McgannKellie

• Quick Fixes to Spend More Time Writing: @cksyme

• The Major Danger of Confusing Projects and Goals: @MichaelHyatt

• 6 Practical Ways To Plug Time Leaks For More Writing Time: @10MinNovelists

• How to Wake Up Early and Be Productive: @Ava_Jae

• Does Your Writing Need a Literary Palate Cleanser? @Janice_Hardy

• 3 reasons for writer’s block: @jasonbougger

• How a Thank You Note Got 1 Writer Through Writer’s Block: @juliepens @WritersDigest

• 5 Secrets for Overcoming Fear and Anxiety as Writers: @shahw1 @TheIWSG

• Elements of Plot Structure: Fire Up Your Stalled Novel: @WritetoDone

• 10 Film Scores to Listen to While Writing: @GiveMeYourTeeth @LitReactor

• 7 tips to get our writing done: @beprolifiko

• 6 Elements to Becoming a More Productive Writer: @Mad_Hat_Writer

• Teaching Writing: On the Pitfalls of Hiding Out: @LannyBall

• What Stress Can Do For You: @sowulwords @DIYMFA

• 3 Self-Care Tips For Writers: @rsmollisonread

• 5 Ways Ernest Hemingway Had It Easier: @BobEckstein @WhereWritersWin

• 5 Lit-Friendly Cities You Can Expatriate To: @chris_shultz81 @LitReactor

• Readers Report Hearing Characters’ Voices: by Jackson Frons @ElectricLit

• Cartoonist @amykurzweil On Drawing Inherited Trauma: by Julia Purcell

• Who Is the Best Fake Novelist on TV? @ElectricLit

• Writing to Survive: A Father on the Death of His Young Son: by Stéphane Gerson @lithub

• How to Write Without Approval: Reasons to Keep Writing When it’s Tough: @AGHackney

• Where to Find Opportunities to Teach to Supplement Your Writing Income: @ericmaisel @JaneFriedman

• Simplicity: The Value of Quiet: @emi1y_morgan

• How to Be Taken Seriously as a Writer: @KateMColby

• How to Write When the Going Gets Tough: @missriki @LitReactor

• 8 Highly Unusual Writing Residencies: @knownemily

• How to Survive a Creative Writing Workshop: @wickerkat @LitReactor

• What’s with writers and late blooming? @DebraEve

• 4 Keys to Create Space to Write: @lornafaith

• Why Fantasy Writers Should Embrace Their Heritage: by Andrew Falconer @mythcreants

• How to Write Urban Fantasy – 6 Magical Tips: @writeturninfo

• Using Mythic Elements in Your Stories: by Anne Marie Gazzolo @mythicscribes

• 16 Things All Historical Fiction Writers Need to Know: @IGLAbooks

• Pieces of a horror writer: @pederson_lucas @jimbomcleod

• 5 Pieces of Bad Advice Literary Fiction Writers Get About Publishing: @MikeSahno @annerallen

• The 3 Mistakes Thriller Writers Most Often Make: @HesterAuthor @SignatureReads

• Activism as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg

• Plotting a Mystery: Work Backwards from the Climax: @CockeyedCaravan

• How to Plot a Mystery: Set Up the Villain Fake-Out: @CockeyedCaravan

• Writing the Crime Scene: Poison: @repokempt

• Cosmetic surgery as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg

• How To Use Story In Your Non-Fiction Author Business: @MelissaAddey

• How to use ebooks to build your non-fiction niche: @jayartale #IndieAuthorFringe

• Speculative Poetry: Science Fiction and Fantasy in Verse: by Randi Anderson @WritersDigest

• The Triangle of Romantic Suspense: @Allison_Brennan

• 5 Ways to Write Romance With Respect: @angelajames

• 4 Reasons Romance Novels Are an Important Form of Literature: @JodyHedlund

• 10 reasons readers fall hard for Christian Grey: @ACRoseAuthor @RWANYC

• How 1 Writer Sold 100x More of Her Book Series: @GlynnisCampbell

• The guest blogging audience most novelists don’t know about: @sandrabeckwith

• Tips for writers who want to stop blogging: @karinabilich

• How Blogging and Other Content Marketing Helps Writers Get Noticed: @lornafaith

• What the Heck is Copywriting Anyway? @bryancohenbooks @TheIWSG

• How Great Book Descriptions Can Help Sell More Books: @Bookgal

• 7 Tips for Writing a Book Description: @WritersAfterDrk

• 7 Ways To Deal With That Dreaded Bad Review: @PhreyPress

• 5 Ways to Show Your Readers You’re Their Perfect Match: @EmilyWenstrom

• How Patreon Works for Writers: @crazyauthorgirl

• Why Book Clubs are the New Book Tour: @nmeierwrites @WomenWriters

• 20 Actionable Email Marketing Tips for Bloggers: by Pawan Kumar @WritetoDone

• How To Build Your Own Online Platform: @Bang2write

• 10 Factors to Consider When Using Your Book as a Freemium: @bookmarketing @Bowker

• Getting the Most out of a Twitter Pitch Event: @SpunkOnAStick

• Using Instagram Stories to Build Reader Engagement: @tinytashhxo @penguinusa

• Stop Focusing on Follower Count: 5 Things to Do Instead: @Andrea_Dunlop @JaneFriedman

• 3 Unconventional Ways To Use Social Media To Effectively Find Your Readers: @DanBlank @thecreativepenn

• 7 Vital Website Ingredients for Authors And Editors: @Belinda_Pollard

• Set Up A Pro Author Website In An Hour Using WordPress: @PaulTeagueUK @IndieAuthorALLI

• Sharing Your Purpose on an About Page for Your Website: @MarshaIngrao

• Is Your Website Missing these Key Elements? @WriteNowCoach

• “Hire a professional indexer. The author… is the worst person for the job.” @Porter_Anderson @indexers

• Entertainment CEO to publishers: ‘learning from Angry Birds’: @Porter_Anderson @LauraNevanlinna

• Wimpy Kid author finds success in Italy: @Porter_Anderson @wimpykid

• Cambridge Editing Services: Editing in English as a Second Language: @emilykmarchant @Porter_Anderson

• European book publishing: total market value of $38.4–$42.7 billion: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• Publishers Weekly and Frankfurt Book Fair Open Nominations for 2017’s PW Star Watch: @Porter_Anderson

• Russian Retailer LitRes Announces New Ebook Format: @Porter_Anderson

• The Baileys Women’s Prize Shortlist: @BaileysPrize @Porter_Anderson

• Global Book Fair Report 2017: ‘Propelling Rights Deals’: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers

• Canadian Retail: Kobo Acquires Shelfie Technology: @Porter_Anderson @HudPeter

• Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Is Acquiring Spain’s Ediciones B @Porter_Anderson

• Does Self-Publishing Make Sense for Scholarly Writers? @Porter_Anderson @DanielBerze

• 4 Surprising Things About Self-Publishing an Academic Book: @joshgans @ReedsyHQ

• When is Your Manuscript Submission-Ready? @Ava_Jae

• Is It Time, Dear Writer, To Ditch Your Literary Agent? @ChuckWendig

• Manuscript Rejection Feedback: 3 Critiques to Heed (and 2 to Ignore): @Carocour @WritersDigest

• 5 Mistakes Writers Make Dealing With Rejection: by Michael Alvear @Bang2write

• An Alternative Solution for Book Distribution: @StreetLib : by Marco Croella and @davidpenny_

• How To Protect Your Creative Work: @KathrynGoldman @thecreativepenn

• Why and how to copyright our books:

• How to Identify & Avoid Some Common “Bad” Publishing Deals: @SusanSpann @RMFWriters

• Character Introductions: Introduction through surprise: @GoIntoTheStory

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

• Starting a Novel With Aftermath: @Kid_Lit

• Is Your Antagonist A Match For Your Hero? @Writers_Write

• The Structure of Character: @woodwardkaren

• Discovering a Characters’ Secrets: @AuthorSAT

• Creating Characters—7 Habits of Seriously Messed Up People: @KristenLambTX

• Tips for Making Your Characters Talk: @jessicarpatch for @DaniPettrey

• The Importance of the Adversarial Ally: by Jeanne Cavelos @WriterUnboxed

• Why Readers Quit #1: Nothing Happens: @DavidHSafford

• Check Your Character’s Dialect: @NovelEditor

• 8 Ways to Bungle Dialogue: @10MinNovelists

• How to Correctly Punctuate Dialogue for Novels: @WritersAfterDrk

• How to Compose the Perfect First Draft: @annkroeker

• The Finish Line for Your Novel and Tips for Wrapping it Up: @p2p_editor

• The 1000 Day MFA: @shauntagrimes

• How Audiobooks Can Improve Your Writing: @RichardRieman @RMFWriters

• 7 of the Great Platonic Loves in Literature: @carrievasios @ElectricLit

• The Quiet Call to Action in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time: @charlottejv @SignatureReads

• 6 of the Most Fabulous Food Writers of All Time: @rosmance

• 8 TV Shows That Will Make You a Better Novelist: by Andrew Lowe @ReedsyHQ

• 12 of the Sweet Valley High Books’ Most Ridiculous Plotlines: @erincmccarthy

• How to Escape in 9 Books: by Cara Hoffman @ElectricLit

• 5 Cases of Unfulfilled Foreshadowing: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

• Your Quick And Easy Guide To Theme, Allegory And Symbolism: by Hannah Collins @standoutbooks

• 15 Ways to Earn Your Audience as a Writer: @ChuckWendig

• 14 Tips On How To Create Your Own Urban Legend: @woodwardkaren

• Could a character be a paramedic if he were disabled? @scriptmedic

• Putting Your Writing Through Its Paces: @ProWritingAid

• 4 reasons to use a time jump in your story: @Chris_Kokoski

• Choosing a POV for your novel: @patverducci

• Story Structure’s Purpose for Readers: @JamiGold

• BS Medical Tropes That Need to Die: Stealing Ambulances (With a Patient Still Inside): @scriptmedic

• How to Do Your Own Medical Research: @scriptmedic

• When Do I Spell Out Numbers? @BrianKlems @WritersDigest

• Why We Love To Hate Grammarians: @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor

• A refresher on verbs: @HopeTDougherty

• Hyphenation: When Nouns Become Adjectives: @ProWritingAid

• 3 Cases of Dangling Modifiers: @writing_tips

• Tips for Surviving the Editing Journey: @SukhiJutla

• How To Edit Description: @JillWilliamson

• 8 Ways to Troubleshoot a Scene-and 5 Ways Make It Fabulous: @KMWeiland

• A Writer’s Guide To Ruthlessly Killing Your Darlings: @10MinNovelists

• 7 Reasons to Read Your Manuscript Out Loud: @10MinNovelists

• 6 Things Learned Rewriting an Old WIP: @KelsieEngen

• 10 Questions To Ask Before Writing An Interesting Scene: @10MinNovelists

• Pros, Cons, and Tips for Writing a Novel Series: @AuthorDeb Raney

• Including Background Scenery: by Wendy Thomas @CSLakin

• Things Your Writing Teacher Never Told You: Researching the Tropes: by Tina L. Jens @BlackGateDotCom

• Society in Story: by Aaron Miles @FantasyFaction

• The Fuss-Free Beginner’s Guide To Scrivener: @ClaireABradshaw

• Comparing Dropbox and Google Drive: @MarshaIngrao

• Writing Doubts (Writer Worksheet): @EvaDeverell

• How Flash Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer (and Where to Find It)

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