Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Happy Holidays to all who celebrate.   I will be taking a blog break until I return two weeks from today for an especially long Twitterific that will include my top shared links for 2017.

• 6 Tips to Survive a Writing Disaster:
• 3 Reasons Your Book Might Not Be Selling: @AuthorMelindaC @IndiesUnlimited
• How to Build a Business Around a Book: @JimKukral @thecreativepenn
• How to work with difficult editors: @pubcoach

• How to Write Your First Fiction Novel for Adults: @georgialouclark @WomenWriters

• 200+ Short Story Ideas… And How to Come Up With Your Own: @ReedsyHQ

• “The 10 Writing Quotes that Shape My Writing Process”: @rsrajan1

• What IS a Writer’s Job? @FaeRowen
• 8 Reasons to Write Your Book Now: @lornafaith

• 6 Habits To Develop If You Want To Be Truly Productive: @KarenBanes
• Handling distraction as a writer: @LeeConell @glimmertrain
• How to keep writing after NaNoWriMo 2017: @beprolifiko
• Finding Work-Life Balance with Writing: @ShelleyWidhalm
• How to Schedule Your Writing Time: @paulalandry @scriptmag

• Maybe You Don’t Need to Write Every Day: @SchollAnnie @brevitymag

• How to Write A 5 Day Novel: @ScottKing @lornafaith
• Got 15 Minutes? How to Write 500+ Words: @colleen_m_story @AngelaAckerman
• Professional romance novelists can write 3,000 words a day. Here’s how they do it: @qz @thuhuongha
• How to Overcome Perfectionism to Boost Your Writing Productivity: @colleen_m_story @WritetoDone

• JK Rowling’s 8 Rules of Writing: @RuthanneReid

• 7 Ways to Keep Your Book Alive When You Don’t Have Time to Write It: @LisaTener
• How Long Is Writing Supposed to Take? @jbakernyc @ElectricLit
• Healing from Grief: Pixar’s Up: @mari_ness @tordotcom
• Sleep Better with a Shutdown Routine:
• The benefits of journaling for writers: @MarshaIngrao @pokercubster
• Am I Still a Real Writer If I Don’t Feel Compelled to Write? @egabbert @ElectricLit
• “How I Use Yoga to Achieve Writing-Life Balance”: @melissagmcphail @colleen_m_story
• 7 ways writers can stay sane during the holidays: @pubcoach
• 5 steps to Creative Focus, in sickness and in health: @knittahknits
• How to Get Your Creative Brain to Sleep: @colleen_m_story
• Finding Solace in Bookstores, in the Face of Cancer: by Mary Ladd @lithub
• Colombia’s Gabriel García Márquez’s Archive is Digitized and Available Online: http://ow.ly/w1D130hccQK  @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives #wkb31

• How to Come Up with Names for the Characters in Your Fantasy Book: @JillWilliamson @GoTeenWriters
• 5 Essentials of Historical Fantasy: by Andrew Falconer @mythcreants

• Writing the Memoir: @Lindasclare

• What should you know when writing a mystery? @MarilynLevinson

• Writing Romance? Avoid These 5 Mistakes When Crafting Relationships: @BellaRosePope

• Screenwriting: THIS Is The Difference Between Amateur And Pro Writers: @Bang2write

• LGBTQ Characters: How to Write for the YA and MG Audiences: @FreemanAloha @WritersDigest

• What’s Ahead For Facebook Ads in 2018? @cksyme

• 10 Simple Steps to Steady Blogging: @DanBlank
• Tips for better blog posts: @pubcoach

• Generating Book Sales: How to Convert Potential Readers into Buyers: @KimberleyGrabas

• 5 International Sales Strategies for Indie Authors: @Bookgal
• Don’t stop with the book launch: @sandrabeckwith
• How to Overcome Book Marketing Overwhelm: @SmartAuthors

• 5 Myths About Email Marketing for Authors: @timgrahl

• The Writer’s Guide to Social Media Organization: @diannmills
• 5 Ways to Create Quality Content for Social Media: by Phil Stamper-Halpin @penguinrandom

• Wattpad reports on 2017 trends and what’s coming up in 2018: @Porter_Anderson @AshleighGardner @wattpad
• US libraries seek non-English content (greatest needs in Chinese, Arabic, Spanish): @Porter_Anderson
• Bowker Data to Power Siteabook; VitalSource To Partner With eCampus: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Ticking Down: Year-End Observations on Publishing Trends From ‘Beyond the Book’ : http://ow.ly/cVwN30he6Bo  @Porter_Anderson @copyrightclear #wkb88
• Curation is important to the survival and identity of book publishers: http://ow.ly/TZAD30h8QOX  By Adam Critchley @michaelbhaskar @pubperspectives #wkb88
• A free download to help determine fair use from @Auths_Alliance : http://ow.ly/NkHx30hdTal  #wkb5c

• Cambridge University Press Content Sharing Platform in Pilot Launch: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Helsinki Literary Agency Authors Win Finlandia Prize and Junior Prize: @Porter_Anderson
• Book Aid International on Track in ‘Inspiring Readers’ in Africa: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Brazil-Based Lit. Agency Sells Self-Published Authors’ Work to Editors for Translation: http://ow.ly/iPEE30he6hn  @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives #wkb5b
• Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches
• Pitching Your Work at a Conference: by Bryan Fagan @aprildavila
• International Prize for Arabic Fiction Writers Workshop Opens in Abu Dhabi: http://ow.ly/uNTl30hccyd  @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives #wkb64
• Selling African Lit. Rights to Germany and ‘Facing Unfair Assumptions About African Writing’: http://ow.ly/rLcg30he5Q5  @Porter_Anderson @s_hirsbrunner #wkb64

• Tips for dealing with rejections: @writingfriend

• 5 Ways a Professional Cover Design Can Boost Book Sales: @RicardoFayet @ReedsyHQ

• How to Define Your Character’s Story Goal: @kristen_kieffer

• Brainstorming Your Character’s Emotional Wound: @AngelaAckerman
• 5 Reasons You Need to Know Your Character’s Emotional Wound: @beccapuglisi
• Character Personality, Arcs and Relationships Resources: from Writeblr Connects
• Your protagonist’s family: @JohnJKelley @WriterUnboxed
• Character Flaws: @ml_keller
• Character Turning Points: @Kid_Lit
• Finding character voice: from Just a Writing Aid

• How to Tell if That Throwaway Character Is Really a Star: @Janice_Hardy

• Being aware of ‘plot armor’ as a writer: @AuthorCoH

• How to Write Thrilling Action Scenes: by Vincent H. O’Neil

• Hooks versus Themes: @ml_keller

• 3 Keys to Writing Effective Action Scenes: @LiveWriteThrive
• Writing About Emotional Trauma Without Triggering Readers: @AngelaAckerman @TheIWSG
• Tips for writing a sword fight: by How to Fight Write
• Using a growth mindset to hone your craft: @LisaPoisso
• Back to the Future: How to Use Our Craft’s Own Backstory: @barryknister @WriterUnboxed

• Inconceivable! Dealing with Problems of Unbelievability: @SeptCFawkes

• First Plot Point: @ml_keller

• Vetting Your Book Idea: Is it Worth Writing? @StoryGrid

• Cutting Open the Sausage:A Hard Look at Rewriting: by PJ Parrish

• Tips for critiquing another writer’s work: @writingandcoe
• 5 Reasons to Kill Your Critique Group: by Bucket Siler

• Walking Away From a Popular Series: @JAWalkerAuthor @RomanceUniv
• 6 Things to Consider Before Writing a Series: @Janice_Hardy

• How to Create a Setting From Nothing In 5 Steps: by Jonathan Vars
• How to Make Your Descriptions Less Boring: by Bucket Siler

• How to write a synopsis for a novel: @NathanBransford

• 3 Tips To Creating A Time Bomb Plot Device: by Jonathan Vars @beccapuglisi

• 4 Helpful Character Archetypes: @kendralevin

• What Writers Can Learn About Voice From Opera: @Jeff_Shear @JaneFriedman

• The Laws of Simple Sentences: by Jeff Dolven @parisreview
• End Paragraphs With a Meaningful Punch: @ZoeMMcCarthy

• Worldbuilding Round Table with Fantasy Writers: @JCKang804

• 21 Great Podcasts for Writers: @EricaVerrillo

• Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Emergency Dispatcher: @beccapuglisi