Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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• Max Boot’s ‘Corrosion of Conservatism’: A ‘Big Book’ for WW Norton at Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @MaxBoot
• Tips for Avoiding Awkward Author Photos: @IndieReader
• Readers Don’t Care Who Publishes Your Book: @writeabook
• Frankfurt: Self-Censorship and Morality in Publishing Today: @rogertagholm @FabricePiault @arpitayodapress

• Wattpad Announces 600 New 2018 Watty Awards in 10 Languages: @Porter_Anderson
• Inger-Maria Mahlke Wins the 2018 German Book Prize: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
• How to Create an Unforgettable Author Visit: @erikaliodice @WriterUnboxed
• US National Book Awards Finalists: This Year Including Translations: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• Top Resources for NaNoWriMo Preparation: @the_writing_pal
• To Nano or Not To Nano: @JennyHansenCA

• Tips for Writing Your First Book: @TCKPublishing

• 5 Reasons to Use Pictures as Writing Prompts: @sarahstypos
• Cross-Pollinating Our Work: @cleemckenzie @TheIWSG
• The Mysteries of Creativity and Meditation: @barbaraoneal @WriterUnboxed
• Writing Prompts: 60 Ideas You Can Use Today: @Carlton_Mukasa

• 7 Books We Wish We Could Read Again for the First Time: @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads
• Urban Fantasy Noir: 7 Urban Fantasy Crime Novels With Dark Sensibilities: @Richard_Kadrey @CrimeReads
• 10 Favorite Moments from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: @EmmanuelNataf @ReedsyHQ
• Six Literary Visions of the Future: @cloudy_vision @tordotcom
• Prepping for NaNo? 15 Books for the Writing Life: @HachetteUS @KateHarveston @jessicaesquire
• 9 Best Novels About Films: @TobiasCarroll @SignatureReads
• 10 Little-Known Children’s Books by Famous Writers: @knownemily @lithub
• The Real Reason The Sorting Hat Placed Albus Potter in Slytherin House: @use_theforce_em @tordotcom

• Writing Shouldn’t Be Its Own Reward: @RosanneBane

• Too Much To Do? How To Re-Focus Your Writing Priorities: @thecreativepenn

• How To Beat Writer’s Block in 30 Minutes: @NatRusso

• From Chester Himes to Judy Blume, 10 Writers and Their Cats: @alistasi @lithub
• How Can We Write in Today’s Troubling World? @p2p_editor
• If You Want to be a Writer, You Need to be Fearless: Here’s Why: @CVDalcher @SignatureReads
• Confessions from a Weary Writer: @jmunroemartin @WriterUnboxed
• 3 Ways to Tell if a Manuscript Is Worth Going Back to: @Janice_Hardy
• When Abandoning Your Novel Makes Sense: @bclaypolewhite @WomenWriters

• Making the Case for the Surreal Memoir: @TobiasCarroll @lithub
• Why should you write a Memoir? Memoir writers weigh in: @CalebPirtle
• Why You Should Write Your Memoir — Even If You Don’t Plan to Publish It: @writingthrulife

• Crime Writing: The One-Plus Rule: Fight Fair, Or Fight To Win? @LeeLofland
• A hundred years on from Agatha Christie’s first novel, crime fiction is going cozy again: by Sarah Hughes @GuardianBooks
• Writing the Cozy Mystery: Series Tropes and Rituals:
• Tense Home v. School Relationships as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
• Gap Years as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
• Crime Fiction: Using Domestic Scenes to Contrast With Tension: @mkinberg

• 10 Reasons Storytellers Should Dabble in Poetry: @WritingForward
• Marketing Poetry and How to Find More Readers: @Bookgal

• Drug Development for Writers: @DanKoboldt

• 9 Ways To Write Strong Screenplay Hooks: by Dan Hoffmann @CreativeScreen

• How to format your short story manuscript for the best chance of publication: @NathanielTower

• How and Why to Cite Stock Photos When Blogging: @writingsolo

• Tips for Quoting From Reviews: by Big Al @IndiesUnlimited

• 3 Steps to Finding Target Readers (Video): @SmartAuthors @IndieAuthorALLI

• How to Submit Your Author News to Newsletters: by Ann Meier

• How to Keep Your Book Promotion Going Strong for Years: @AnjaliMDuva @sharonbially

• 3 Proven Ways To Boost Your Author Profile: @DaveChesson

• Is Building a Social Media Platform Worth the Effort? @EdieMelson
• How 1 Writer Uses Social Media As An Author: @jules_writes
• 6 Common Social Media Marketing Mistakes to Avoid: @davidjohn_wyatt @kikolani
• How to effectively use Facebook Groups as an Author (Video): @LPOBryan @IndieAuthorALLI

• Why Does the US Change British Titles? @TerenaBell @GuardianBooks
• Interview with Kobo’s Pieter Swinkels: ““We fail as an industry to create readers for our content.”: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• The 12 Best and Worst Things That Can Happen After Your Freelance Article Is Accepted: @Susanshapironet @WritersDigest
• How (Not) To Start a Publishing Company: by Richard Charkin @pubperspectives
• “Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (on) the strength of literature and women”: by Roger Tagholm @pubperspectives
• “Publishing Experts (on) Revenue Models…and the Need to Better Understand Consumers”: @Porter_Anderson @MarkPiesing
• Writing for Magazines: The How-To Article and Querying it: by Deborah Lyn Stanley
• Hugo Setzer, Bodour Al Qasimi, Confirmed at Frankfurt for IPA Leadership: @Porter_Anderson @HugoSetzer @Bodour
• How to Make an Audiobook: A Guide to Self Publishing Audiobooks: @TCKPublishing

• Penguin Random House Opening Southeast Asia Operation Based in Singapore: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’ Conference: Pablo Laurino of Argentina’s https://t.co/1xgCklUkaP: @Porter_Anderson @laurinop @pubperspectives
• Tuesday Rights Buzz from the Frankfurt’s Literary Agents Center: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
• Women Should Be Seen AND Heard: Women Writers from Asia Pacific: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
• Macmillan CEO John Sargent answers questions from journalists on ‘Fire and Fury,’ Rowohlt, More: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• Tips for the Query Process: @atrueblood5

• How to Sell Books by Optimizing Your Book Cover Design: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice

• Ins and Outs: Opening and Closing Images: @SPressfield
• 5 Ways to Give Your Character a Memorable Entrance: @dougeboch

• How to Write an Antagonist That Everyone Loves — And Why You Should: @melissafreyauth

• Writing Extraordinary Characters: @Lindasclare
• Characters and Craft: Learning To Leave Yourself Behind: @AnneLParrish @WomenWriters
• Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Locksmith: @beccapuglisi
• 5 Ways to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters: @KMWeiland

• Why Comic Relief Characters Often Don’t Make Good Main Characters: @VictoriaGHowell

• Why a Well-Written Novel Can Still Stink: @Janice_Hardy
• Does Your Story Have a Solid Foundation? @SueColetta1

• The Ins and Outs of Internal Dialogue: @LoriAnnFreeland

• Three Ways of Revising (or Avoiding) Preachy Themes in Your Story: @SaraL_Writer @DIYMFA

• 10 Exercises to Become a Better Writer: @ReedsyHQ
• A Warm-Up Exercise for Writers: @jamesagard
• Put Some Snap in Your Style: @jamesscottbell
• Writing Exercises for Stretching Your Style: by T.L. Bodine

• Plot, PoV and Agenda. Or: Is This Your Story to Tell? @sona_c

• Tips for Choosing Names: @PhilAthans

• Manchester by the Sea: Using Story Grid: by Leslie Watts @StoryGrid

• Writer @kaath09 on the Research Rabbit Hole:

• Five Reasons Not to Write a Persecution Flip Story: by Dave Lerner @mythcreants

• Don’t Forget the Basics: Punctuation: @AndreaMerrell

• How to Identify and Cut Your Story’s Filler: @kristen_kieffer

• Writing Groups Might Be Terrible, But You Probably Need One: @AnneHawley @rsmonterusso
• How to Handle a Difficult Critique: by Linda Wilson

• 8 Things Learned Writing a Sequel: by A. E. Lowan @mythicscribes

• How to Choose Setting with a Purpose: @LiveWriteThrive

• 3 Story Uses for a Synopsis: @KerryGans
• How to Write a Novel Synopsis: @Kid_Lit

• Creating Tension Between the Lines: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors

• 500+ Ways to Describe Body Build and Physique: @KathySteinemann

• Build a World, Hook a Reader: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed

• 3 Ways to Search in Scrivener 3: @Gwen_Hernandez
• Getting Your Word Counts to Match in Scrivener: @aprildavila
• Organizing Scrivener to Plot Your Novel (Video): @AllanLMann @IndieAuthorALLI

• How to use the Thesaurus Properly: @SeptCFawkes