Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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• Do this before you promote your next book: @JustKindleBooks @womenonwriting
• Aid Your Editor: Five Tips: @mrs_hanni @DIYMFA
• How much money do writers earn when they write? @pubcoach

• Coronavirus: ReedPop Postpones ‘Emerald City’; S&S Exits Bologna; Abu Dhabi Postpones; SXSW Cancels: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Coronavirus: The Brussels Book Fair Is Open for Business: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
• Coronavirus: CAMEO Awards Canceled; Sharjah Children’s Festival Is Off; PublisHer Misses Its Anniversary: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• International Publishers Association Names 2020 Prix Voltaire Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Coronavirus: PRH Worldwide Exits Bologna; Amazon NYC To Work at Home; Hay Festival Wales Still On: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• London Book Fair Announces Its 2020 International Excellence Award Winners: @Porter_Anderson
• Publishing Scotland: 10 Newly Named International Publishing Fellows: @Porter_Anderson @PublishScotland @pubperspectives
• Coronavirus: Madrid Fair Moves to October: BISG and Bogota Postpone – Events Updates, March 13: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• What’s Missing from Your Goal Achievement Toolbox? @MichaelHyatt

• Five Fantasy Multiverses: @AKLarkwood @tordotcom
• The 20 Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2020: @GiveMeYourTeeth @LitReactor
• 25 Classic Crime Books You Can Read in an Afternoon: @DwyerMurphy @CrimeReads
• The Lure of the Boarding School Mystery: @thrillerchick @CrimeReads
• A Brief History of Strong Women in Mystery: @CharlesToddBks @CrimeReads
• Top 10 books about toxic masculinity: @anibkatz @GuardianBooks
• 15 Great Books That Speak to the Lives of Middle-Aged Women: @adacalhoun @lithub

• On the Mathematical Problem of Human Creativity: @Kit_Yates_Maths @lithub

• How to Make It Through the Middle of Your Book: @colleen_m_story

• Getting Back On The Writing Track After a Break: @KMAllan_writer

• The Myth of Author Multitasking: @JudithBriles @JFbookman
• What to Create Before You Take a Writing Break: @KMAllan_writer
• Building a Writing Community and Magazine for the British and Irish: @Damo_Dangerman @BardIsles @TheIWSG
• 12 Ways Writers Can Kick Fear and Do Their Best Work: @Frank_McKinley
• Writing a Genre That’s New to You: @theladygreer @WriterUnboxed
• How Facing Your Space Could Improve Your Writing: @LiveWriteThrive
• Harnessing the Power of Writer Karma: @KarenDeBonis
• What’s the Ideal Writing Environment? @KristinaAuthor
• What Authors Can Learn About Writing From Teaching Others: @greggmillman @thecreativepenn

• History for Fantasy Writers: Time Was: by E.L. Skip Knox @mythicscribes
• Fantasy Names are Hard: @PhilAthans

• Using History to Change the Future: https://t.co/Ekz8r8LpTD and @pmterrell @SouthrnWritrMag

• How to Write a Mystery Novel: @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest
• Crime Writing: Prisoner Weapons: @LeeLofland
• Writing Crime: Myths And Misconceptions About The FBI: @JerriWilliams1 @thecreativepenn

• Submitting Screenplays: @RobTobin

• Why You Should Flash Your Fiction: @ClaireFuller2 @A_WritersStudio

• Embracing the Women’s Fiction Genre Label: @OrlyKonig

• Make Your Blog User-Friendly: @JoanHallWrites @StoryEmpire
• 12 Web-friendly Formats for Structuring Writing Posts: @brotzel_fiction @hopeclark

• 7 Kindle Keywords: Use all 50 Characters or Not? @DaveChesson

• How to Use Endorsements on Amazon and IngramSpark: @Wogahn
• 6 Categories of Effort for a Book Launch and Their Collected Tactics: @EJWenstrom
• Tactics for a Book Launch: @EJWenstrom
• How to Promote a Flash Sale on Facebook and Instagram: by Stephanie Fisher @SMExaminer

• 10 Ways Writers Can Fail Spectacularly at Social Media in 2020: @EdieMelson

• Hachette USA Cancels Publication of Woody Allen Book, ‘After Listening’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Remembering Publisher Sonny Mehta in London: ‘This Gracious Man’: @rogertagholm @pubperspectives
• An Interview With the Brussels Book Fair’s New Director Marie Noble: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
• How to Publish with KDP: @harmony_kent @StoryEmpire
• Publishing in Times of Crisis: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• Coronavirus: Canada’s Kobo Joins Mondadori in Providing Free Ebooks to Italians in Lockdown: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @kobo
• Coronavirus: Quick Publishing Event Updates – Bologna Cancels: Full List Here: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Coronavirus: Quick Publishing Events Updates – March 12: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• How to Write a Professional Query to Agents, Editors, and Reviewers: @annerallen

• Rejection Reckoning: Why Was Your Book Rejected? @HankPRyan @CareerAuthors

• Real Life Diagnostics: Infodumping in the Opening Page: @Janice_Hardy
• Critique: 10 Ways to Write a Better First Chapter Using Specific Word Choices: @KMWeiland
• Nail every character’s first impression: @NathanBransford
• The Stage for Your First Page: @sarahjrexford @A3writers

• What’s in a Villain? by Marissa Frosch @StoryGrid

• 5 Essential Hero’s Journey Symbolic Archetypes: @DavidHSafford @write_practice
• Expansion Pack: Character Archetypes: @Virgilante @StoryEmpire
• Using a Personality Test to Enhance Character Development: @jcwalton24 @DIYMFA

• Writing Characters: Why Emotion Matters: @Lindasclare

• Why We Need to Let Female Protagonists Just Be Protagonists: @_HannahHeath
• Advice for Writing Mom Protagonists: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

• Poor Communication Plots: by T.L. Bodine
• 5 Ways to Ruin Your Creative Writing: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice

• Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Having to Work with an Enemy: @AngelaAckerman

• What Your Choice of Dialogue Tags Says About You: @CWCauthorassist @JaneFriedman

• Writing a Great Last Line: @rxena77

• Crafting Effective Backstory: @Lindasclare

• Learning From the Movies: The King’s Speech: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors
• Believe, Care, Invest: Our Choice of Heroes in George R. R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones”: @CockeyedCaravan
• Count Dracula: Misunderstood Monster, Bloodsucking Bastard, And Everything In-Between: @chris_shultz81 @LitReactor

• Let Your Characters Tell the Story: @EldredBird
• Let’s Talk About Stakes: by T.L. Bodine
• Practical Preparedness for your Heroine Facing a Pandemic: @FionaQuinnBooks @MollyMcKew
• Fear: Why Humans Crave Stories That Scare Them: @KristenLambTX
• What Authors Need To Know About The Use (And Misuse) Of Synecdoche: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks
• Top Ten Ways To Improve Your Craft As A Writer: @10minnovelist

• Spotlight On Structure: The Story Circle by Dan Harmon: @Bang2write

• What is a rite of passage? @csmaccath

• Ways to develop plot ideas: by Just a Writing Aid
• Visions and Impressions: @SeptCFawkes

• 3 Things to Remember When Revising from a Critique: @Janice_Hardy

• Split and Merge Scenes in Scrivener: @aprildavila

• 300+ best tools and resources for working from home [2020]: by Maddy Leslie @wearearticulate

• 8 Podcasts That Will Make You a Better Writer: @cmaum @ElectricLit

• Author Debra Eckerling with tips for rebooting your goals this year: @DebraEckerling
• Literary handwashing:
• Ten Writers Reflect on Their First Big YES: @thebenschaefer @lithub wkb3c

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