Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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• 4 Mistakes Amateur Self-Publishers Make That the Pros Don’t: @DaveChesson
• Everything You Need To Know About Fiction Editing: @TheStoryEditor @IndieAuthorALLI
• Grants for Freelancers and Artists During the COVID-19 Pandemic: @womenonwriting

• Coronavirus Updates: Publishing Award Programs Make More Changes: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• The UK’s International Booker Prize Shortlist: Digitally Announced From London: @Porter_Anderson

• Camp NaNoWriMo Gearing Up for April: @NaNoWriMo
• Join Camp NaNoWriMo: @NaNoWriMo

• 10 Tips for the Aspiring Author: @DragonspireUK
• Six Crucial Differences Aspiring Writers Should Be Aware of: @Peter_Rey_

• 5 Books That Leave You With Hope for Humanity: @GeektasticLib @tordotcom
• 11 Indie Literary Magazines You Should Be Reading: by Steven Watson @ElectricLit
• Reading Challenge: Overcome the Algorithms: @JamiGold
• Hostile Work Environment: Women in Today’s Thrillers: @RealLiveCritic @CrimeReads
• Is Jane Austen the Antidote to Social Media Overload? @awsamuel @JSTOR_Daily
• Download Classic Works of Plague Fiction: From Daniel Defoe & Mary Shelley, to Edgar Allan Poe: @openculture
• When Murder Is a Family Affair: @TiffTsao @CrimeReads
• Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village: @maureenjohnson @CrimeReads
• Why Goodnight Moon is missing from the New York Public Library’s list of the 10 most-checked-out books of all time: @dankois @Slate
• 7 SFF Stories That Reimagine Some of Your Favorite Classics: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom

• The 1 Tool You Need to Become a Better Writer This Year: @MegDowell
• How to Create a Time Blocking Schedule with Google Calendar: @authorbrittwang

• How to Write Faster: 7 Steps for Writing More Productively: @DaveChesson
• 12 Simple Strategies For Writing More In Less Time: @MegDowell

• Quaint English Village Murder Mystery TV Shows with a Million Seasons, for Your Binge-Watching Pleasure During These Hard Times: @oldrutigliano @CrimeReads
• How to Build Confidence as a Writer: @MichaelLaRonn
• How to Write a Character with Dissociative Disorder When You Have Dissociative Disorder: @OtherGloria @CrimeReads
• 12 Signs You’re Finally Ready to Write That Novel: @MegDowell
• Plan with me | Writing & Social Media Planner | Mar 30- Apr 5: @jlw_writes
• Short Existentialist Plays Starring You, Your Coworkers, and Your Family During Quarantine: @MikeJungman @mcsweeneys
• Can you manage a newsletter and a book? @pubcoach
• The Art of Single-Tasking and Writing Your Book: @CathyFyock @EdieMelson
• Writing In The Time Of Pandemic: @MaryGillgannon @RMFWriters
• Days Without Name: On Time in the Time of Coronavirus: @lithub @HeidiPitlor
• Boredom is a pit stop: @austinkleon
• Writing Every Day Won’t Make You More Successful — But This Daily Habit Might: @MegDowell
• How To Nail Writing From Home: @KMAllan_writer
• One writer’s struggle with depression: @ritetig

• Do Rulers in Fantasy Need to be Evil or Inept? @cyallowitz
• Fantasy Fortifications: Technology and Materials: by Toni Šušnjar @mythicscribes
• Fantasy Fortifications: Design: by Toni Šušnjar @mythicscribes

• https://t.co/ZWBRtfkCjm: @Janet_Reid

• The Vengeful Female Ghosts of J-Horror (Japanese Horror): @LOHFiction

• In Praise of the Richly Detailed Historical Crime Novel: by Burt Solomon @CrimeReads
• Crime Writing: The Danger of Complacency for Police Officers: @LeeLofland

• A Fiction Writer Tackles Nonfiction: @jemifraser
• What’s Harder and Easier About Nonfiction vs Fiction: @jemifraser

• An Easy Way to Write a Book Cover Blurb: @ZoeMMcCarthy

• Book Promotion in the Time of Coronavirus: @FauziaBurke
• Book Promotion: Tips for Making it Work: @StephPostAuthor @LitReactor

• 7 Expert Tricks To Improve Your Author Newsletter: @DavidGaughran

• 11 Must-Have Instagram Apps for Writers: @CaballoFrances

• 55 Social Media Hashtags For Book Authors (And How To Use Them): @webdesignrelief
• How to Set up Your Author Website Quickly and Easily: @PaulineWiles @theindiepubmag
• How to Drive Traffic to Your Author Website: @FauziaBurke

• Independent bookstores turn to crowdfunding to stay afloat during the crisis:
• Indie Booksellers: Tips for Setting Up an Online Storefronts Quickly: @JaneFriedman
• Producing an Audiobook with Audible’s ACX: @WendyNikel @sfwa
• Happy ever after: why writers are falling out of love with marriage: @mialevitin @GuardianBooks

• 3 Ways to Combat Amazon Reviews Disappearing: @Bookgal

• Coronavirus: Italy’s Creative Industries: ‘On Their Last Legs’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Coronavirus Industry Resource Lists: IPA Focuses on Policy, Support: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @IntPublishers
• Coronavirus: US PubWest Appeals to Amazon for Relief on Fees: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Publishing Amid France’s Coronavirus Lockdown: ‘We Don’t Want To Panic’: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
• Coronavirus: Malaysia Cancels Its Kuala Lumpur World Book Capital Opener: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Tomie dePaola, children’s author and illustrator, has died: by @rriess_TV @hrsilverman
• US S&S Partners With https://t.co/Ii7MpPQQBf; UK Books Are My Bag Has Mackesy Designs: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• BolognaFiere Announces an Online Rights Trading Option: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• International Children’s Book Day: WHO, UNICEF, and IPA Open ‘Read the World’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Garzanti’s New Book for Bergamo: ‘Creativity Does Not Stop by Decree’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• Why Rejections From Literary Agents and Editors Aren’t Always Bad: @MegLaTorre

• Considerations for the First Page of Your Novel: @LiveWriteThrive

• How to Write Character Voice: @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ
• Cause and Effect: Does Your Character’s Behavior Make Sense? @AngelaAckerman

• How Can We Make Our Protagonist More Proactive? @JamiGold

• How to End a Story Well: @davidfarland

• Writing Lessons from Video Games: Forgotton Anne: @VictoriaGHowell

• How to Use Symbolism: @shaelinbishop
• How To Master Similes And Metaphors In Your Writing: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks

• Approaching Disability in a Pirate Story: by Fay Onyx @mythcreants
• Writers: Embrace the Bleak in Your Stories: by Bonnie Randall
• Getting to the next level as a writer: @Janet_Reid
• Types of Narrators: @victoria_grif7
• Stitching Together Multiple Timelines: @constancesayers @DIYMFA
• The Core of Every Novel: The Big Want & The Big Fear: @Spencimus
• Don’t give your Readers a Reason to Reject Your Novel: @JodieRennerEd @annerallen

• Beat Sheet for “The Office” Episode You Haven’t Seen: @Zhangarang @savethecat

• Canceled vs. Cancelled (Grammar Rules): @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest

• Revision: Making a Mess Less Complicated: by S.E. Jones @TheRyanLanz

• Find your writing problems before editing: @pubcoach
• When to Bring in Beta Readers: @BookEndsJessica

• How to Use Scrivener to Write Scenes That Work: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice
• Creating Custom Scrivener Templates: @Gwen_Hernandez

• How to Write Better With Dictation: @SelfPubForm @TheKJA

• Cartoonist @tomgauld with a ‘Choose Your Own Writing Adventure’ that sounds very familiar:
• An important thread for writers to read. Think ahead and ask questions: