Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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• Sharjah’s Book Fair Opening Stresses Publishing’s ‘Light in the Darkness’: @Porter_Anderson

• Preparing for #NaNoWriMo: Minimizing Distractions: @jkolin27
• #NaNoWriMo Need-to-Knows: The Inciting Incident: @MishaMFB
• When you suspect you may fail #NaNoWriMo next month: @plotlinehotline #WKB83
• 10 Writing Habits That Can Wreck Your #NaNoWriMo Novel: by Lynn Viehl
• Picking Your Story Idea for #NaNoWriMo: @MishaMFB
• 5 Ws and #NaNoWriMo: @ramonadef
• Use #NaNoWriMo to Repo Your Mojo: @jamesscottbell
• #NaNoWriMo Need-to-Knows: Your Story’s Goal: @MishaMFB
• 20 Tips to Increase Your Odds of Winning #NaNoWriMo: @colleen_m_story

• Process Goals Will Help you Finish Your Book 6 Ways: @RuthHarrisBooks

• 6 Lifestyle Changes You Can Make to Protect Creativity: @KMWeiland
• The Creative Life:Something is Better Than Nothing: @Justin_Marks_ @chrissparling @GoIntoTheStory

• 9 Off-the-Beaten Path Horror Books to Read this Halloween: by Cassidy Foust @lithub
• 5 Ways to Break Out of Your Reading Comfort Zone: by Gordon Connelly @scottishbktrust

• Tricks and treats for writing: @pubcoach

• Finish Your Novel One Stroke at a Time: @kcraftwriter

• Block Your Saboteur Before It Blocks Your Writing: @RosanneBane
• The Psychology of Writer’s Block: @AuthorLAKelley

• 3 things that sap productivity: @MichaelHyatt
• 50 Productivity Tips to Boost Your Brainpower As A Writer: @LauraJTong

• What Makes a Compelling Story? The Secret Sauce: @AGHackney

• Safeguarding Your Livelihood: Backup Your Work: @crazyauthorgirl
• How to Keep Focused in a Rapidly Changing Industry: @MarshaIngrao
• 5 Tips for Writing Family Into Fiction Without Burning Bridges: @FrancescaHornak
• Why Books Will Always Matter: @likaluca @ScholarlyKitchn
• 10 Things Learned as a New Author: @ppiano @WomenWriters
• Top 20 Scariest Things Ever Said to Writers: @EdieMelson
• The Invisible Forces That Make Writing Work: by Roger Rosenblatt @nytimesbooks
• 5 Ways to Touch Your Favorite Author’s Heart: @heatherdgilbert
• Are You Really an Author? How to Kill Imposter Syndrome: @SmartAuthors
• Is Your Habenula #NaNoWriMo Ready? @RosanneBane
• 12 Questions to Determine the Themes of Your Writing Life: @SaraL_Writer
• 3 Ways “Hustle” May be Hurting Your Creativity: @emily_tjaden

• Making Room for the Small Stories in Epic Fantasy: @tordotcom by Chris Lough

• Historical Novels—Your Research To-Do List: @LydiaYKang

• Links between victims as elements in crime fiction: @mkinberg
• Serious Themes in Cozy Mysteries: @LesleyDiehl
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• Where Are All the Rural Gay Poets? @BhsniderBruce @lithub

• Writing Love Stories: 5 Flaws to Avoid: @nownovel

• Focus on connection instead of empty follower numbers: @DanBlank

• A Primer on Amazon Products Visualization: @vscotttheauthor @RomanceUniv
• How to Build a Personal Brand While Staying Authentic to Your Craft: @AndreaMGuevara

• Email Marketing 101: How to Get Into the Inbox (podcast): @cksyme

• What You’re Doing SO Wrong on Twitter And How To Make It Right: @BadRedheadMedia
• 5 Steps to Hone Your Instagram: @Sherry_Ficklin

• The Economics of Audio Books: An Author Case Study: @ianhsuth @IndieAuthorALLI
• “How I Got My Sweat’s Worth Out of a Content Mill”: @HikingAlaska
• Gender Bias in Peer Review: ‘Women “Less Likely to be Asked to Review”‘: @Porter_Anderson

• US Book Sales for Half of 2017: “upticks for…adults’ and children’s/YA book sectors”: @Porter_Anderson

• Sunday Times Prize Jury Names 5 Young Writers to Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Denmark’s Hay Festival Aarhus Is Open; Jon Fine Named to Open Road: @Porter_Anderson
• Free Trade Zone: Sharjah Publishing City Has Its Formal Opening: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• UNESCO Names 7 Cities in Literature Among 64 ‘Creative Cities’: @Porter_Anderson
• Indigenous Writers in Canada: @CarlaJDouglas @Porter_Anderson

• Getting Started in Self-Publishing: @TheFirstHellion

• Freelance Writing: How to Write a Pitch Editors Will Want to Publish: @HelloTheFuture

• How to Write a Query Letter in 7 Steps: @ReedsyHQ
• Agent Spotlight: Interview with Quressa Robinson: @qnrisawesome @NatalieIAguirre

• Finding the Courage to Walk Away From a Publishing Deal: @SusanSpann
• Copyright: ‘Under a Well-Funded Attack’: @Porter_Anderson @michielams
• The Hidden Dangers in Short-Form Publishing Deals: @SusanSpann

• Translation-Exchange Partnerships: Publishers Share Their Experiences: @Porter_Anderson

• How to Write a Captivating First Paragraph: @KatyKauffman28

• Getting into your villain’s head: @YAtopia_blog @CityJuliet

• Character Traits Shake-Up Game and Character Generator Resource: @BrianneToma

• How to Show Your Character Is Beginning to Heal: @AngelaAckerman

• 3 ways to tell if your novel is a solid story: @Lindasclare
• How to Write a Kick-Ass Heroine And Get it Right: @lansi26
• 3 Mistakes That Will Kill Your Novel at Outset: @TheMerryWriter
• Top 5 Mistakes of Indie Authors: @RicardoFayet @thecreativepenn

• Dialogue – It’s Not A Conversation: @ClaireMcMill
• Create Tension with Dialogue: @DianaBrandmeyer

• Is it a Flashback? @KristenLambTX
• The Most Important Rule of Backstory: @AndreaWriterlea
• 3 Biggest Mistakes When Writing Flashbacks: @WriteToSell

• How Watching TV and Movies The Right Way Can Revolutionize Your Writing: @storyartist_me
• Flog a Pro: would you pay to turn the first page of this bestseller? @RayRhamey
• 3 Tips From Margaret Atwood: @Margo_L_Dill

• The Difficulty of Writing Perspective: @FionaQuinnBooks @DianeCapri
• Why You NEED Writing Craft: @Bang2write

• The First-Person Plural: by Sadye Teiser @a_writersstudio
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? Mastering Deep POV: @jesslourey @sbakerwriter

• Creating Compelling Consequences for Characters: @Kid_Lit

• 5 tips for writing about physical pain in fiction: @LouiseHarnby

• E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Beat Sheet: by Cory Milles @savethecat

• How Do You Know When to Stop Expanding and Start Revising? @writeabook
• When You Shouldn’t Hire and Pay For a Professional Editor: @newleafwriter@JaneFriedman

• The Power of a Brain Trust: @patverducci

• 8 Tips on Writing a Series: @JMoffettAuthor

• Clothes and characters: @elspethwrites

• 5 Ways to Increase Micro-Tension: @heatherbelladam @WomenWriters

• Writing Scene Breaks and Transitions that Develop Story: @nownovel

• Foreign Phrases in Your Novel: @10MinNovelists

• Automated Editing Tools—Is One Right for You? @ZoeMMcCarthy

• How to Use Track Changes to Collaborate on Edits With Ease: @batwood

• The Prequel & the Sequel: a Worksheet: @EvaDeverell

• Links I shared last week: .All the links (43K+) I’ve ever shared, free and searchable: https://t.co/tjn3OfwnLH
• @Just2Write69 Maybe try a few of these? I know Jeff Cohen writes well: