by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.
Have you visited the WKB lately? Check out the new redesign where you can browse by category, and sign up for free writing articles, on topics you choose, delivered to your email inbox! Sign up for the Hiveword newsletter here.
***Just a note that I’m planning on my site being down several days this week for maintenance and redesign.
- Make 2020 Your Year: Finding Experts Who Can Help: @AngelaAckerman
- On Writing Fears, Blue Titles, And Why 6-Figure Advances Are Bad For Your Health: by PJ Parrish @killzoneauthors
- DSC Prize on ‘Half the Night Is Gone’: ‘Profound in Class and Gender’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- UK Costa Book Awards: Public Voting Opens Today on Short Stories: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Writing Workshops and Conferences 2020: Requiring Early Registration: @Diana_Hurwitz
- The UK’s Parliamentary Book Award Announces Delayed 2019 Shortlists: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- New Year’s Writing Resolutions You Actually Can Keep: @NinaAmir
- Are Your Goals Smart Enough for 2020? @10minnovelist
- How to Set Writing Goals and Plans that Work: @the_writing_pal
- Taking Small Steps Toward a Big Goal:
- Lit Hub’s Best Books of 2019 List: @knownemily @lithub
- Why the books we read as children are the ones that shape our psyche: @Gwendolyn_Smith @GuardianBooks
- Best Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2019: @QueenOfRats @tordotcom
- 8 of the Most Genuinely Terrifying Novels Ever Written: @mjseidlinger @CrimeReads
- Why Penny Dreadfuls Scandalized Victorian Society—But Flew off the Shelves: @Bookish_Wendy @alicia_zaloga @CrimeReads
- Five Books About Artists and the Magic of Creativity: @mstiefvater @tordotcom
- The Year in Sherlock Holmes: by Lyndsay Faye @CrimeReads
- How To Effectively Work From Home: @amanda_brown @thecreativepenn
- How a Writing Mentor Can Change Your Life: @nathandeuel @lithub
- 23 Tips for a Zero Waste Home Office: @KMWeiland
- Breathing Effectively for Writers: Reduce Anxiety and Stress: @pubcoach
- Keep Running to Keep Writing: @Peter_Rey_
- Managing the Writer’s Mind: @WritersTable
- 10 Recommendations for Good Writing Habits: by Lydia Davis @lithub
- Finding Your Ideal Creative Environment: @AnneJanzer
- What Is the Point of Writing? @MegDowell
- 5 Writing Lessons Learned in 2019: @BeingTheWriter @womenonwriting
- Understanding Screenwriting: Crash! Run! Invasion! Riot! by Tom Stempel @scriptmag
- Screenwriting: Ten WTF-Did-I-Just-Watch? TV Episodes: by Dan Persons @tordotcom
- Amazon Advertisements: Free Online Course: @DaveChesson
- “How I Hit a Bestseller List with a Traditionally Published Book”: @Christinamac79 @BookBub
- How to Kill Your Blog in 5 Easy Steps: @kseniaanske
- Learn How to Pitch Guest Articles @kelseyatclutch @ProWritingAid
- 7 Tips to Blogging: @cyallowitz
- How Indie Authors Can Approach the Media: @RuthBadleyPR @IndieAuthorALLI
- How to Market a Book on Amazon in 7 Easy Steps: @Bookgal
- Self-Publishing Predictions for 2020: @OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI
- US National Endowment: $1.2 Million for Translation, Creative Writing: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Audiobooks for Indie Authors: @DavidGaughran @Draft2Digital
- London Book and Screen Week 2020: For Writers and Watchers of Television: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- AAP’s StatShot for October: Mixed Report With a Boost in Children’s Books: @Porter_Anderson @AmericanPublish
- NPD BookScan Finds Growing Self-Help Book Sales in the US: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Wales’ International Dylan Thomas Prize Expands Its 15th Jury: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Publisher Marion Charlet in Avignon: ‘Operate Within a Niche’: @jaroslawadamows @pubperspectives
- France’s Bookstore Report: A ‘Positive Assessment’ for 2019: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- IPA Seeks Presidential Pardon for Egyptian Prix Voltaire Winner Khaled Lotfy: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
- Inaugural German Nonfiction Prize Attracts 240 Submissions: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 2019 Bestselling Books in Germany: Fiction, Nonfiction, Self-Help: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
- China’s Market: A 2019 Update From the OpenBook Beijing Conference: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Why Do Literary Agents Take So Long to Respond to Submissions? @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest
- The Author Bio in Your Nonfiction Query: @BookEndsJessica
- 5 Reminders For Writers Experiencing Rejection: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters
- Don’t Let Rejection Derail You: @AndreaMerrell
- The 50 Best Children’s Book Covers of 2019: @ReedsyHQ
- Book Covers Ideas Every Author Can Learn From [32 Examples]: @DaveChesson
- How To Invest Readers in Your Story: First Page Critique: @SueColetta1 @killzoneauthors
- How do you Start a Chapter in a Novel? 10 Examples: @nownovel
- An Agent on Beginning Sentences: @Janet_Reid
- Mythic Guide to Heroes & Villains — The Importance of the Villain: by Antonio del Drago @mythicscribes
- “Is My Villain Who Feeds Off Negative Emotions Problematic?” by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
- 4 Tips for Creating Villains: @sacha_black @TheIWSG
- Where Do Character Strengths Come From? @beccapuglisi
- Get Inside Your Character’s Mindset: @WritersTable @ProWritingAid
- Stop Worrying About Character – Start Focusing On Relationships: @decastell @ProWritingAid
- Mind Mapping for the Novelist: @LiveWriteThrive
- Prewriting: Cultivating Your Story: @ShawnerAllen @FloridaWriters1
- How to use quote marks in fiction writing: @LouiseHarnby
- Answering Your Quotation Questions: @victoria_grif7
- On the Importance of Critique Groups: @Kellie_Doherty @FantasyFaction
- Places to Find Feedback as a Writer: by Micah McGuire @ProWritingAid
- Accidentally Undercutting Tension (and How to Stop): @SeptCFawkes
- 5 Tips for a Riveting Novel: How to Add Suspense and Tension to Your Story: @Creativindie @NaNoWriMo
- How to Crowdfund Your Writing With Patreon: @LucyASnyder @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- For the Love of the Writing Process: 6 Questions to Hone Your Workflow: @Bob_Mayer @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- 6 Sub-Plots That Add Style To Your Story: @Writers_Write #TopTweets2019
- The Dos and Don’ts When Meeting Agents at Writing Conferences: @LisaHaganBooks @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- Gaslighting and Writing Villains Who Make Your Spine Tingle: @AmyMJones_5 @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- 10 Tips for Effective Networking at a Writer’s Conference: @johnpwriter @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- Sifting through Mythology: Finding the Grains of Your Story: @Marc_Graham @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- Using Story Tropes to Subvert Reader Expectations: @tay_simonds @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- Why Writers Should Embrace Their Weird Side: @SarahJSover @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- Genealogy Research and the Crime Novelist: @KMLwrites @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- 14 Shirley Jackson Quotes for Writers and About Writing: @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
- Why the Surprise Ending Ultimately Frightens Us: by H.J. Ramsay @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
Thanks for including this week’s IWSG article!
Another great post from the IWSG!
As ever, these are great links, Elizabeth. I was glad to see a few on writing conferences and how to make the most of them. A lot of people know they should go to writing conferences, and they go. But they don’t get the maximum benefit, and they don’t know the ‘ins and outs.’ It’s good to have some guidance.
It sure is because conferences can be expensive and it’s good to get as much out of them as possible!
Great list as always! Really appreciate the work you do curating and putting this together each week.
Thanks so much for coming by, Ellen! Hope you have a great week. :)
Thanks for the links! :-)
Thanks to you for coming by the blog, Karen!
Lots of good stuff to read and learn. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for coming by!