Twitterific

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

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Kobo exec @mtamblyn on the impossible task of curating 4 million titles & what should scare authors: http://dld.bz/ddsPz 

6 Tips for Writing With a Chronic Illness: http://dld.bz/cUFtD @jessbaverstock

A Man Writing Female Characters: http://dld.bz/cUFtE @JonSprunk

All the links I shared last week: http://dld.bz/cUGrJ . All the links I’ve ever shared (searchable): writerskb.com

Top Five Highs and Lows of Publishing: http://dld.bz/cUFtv @mpax1

Thoughts on beginning a novel: http://dld.bz/cUFtq @sharonksouza

5 Tips for Trying to Write When the Kids Are Home: http://dld.bz/cUGsk @WeBlogBetter

15 Common Places That Can Inspire Your Creativity: http://dld.bz/cUGsn @TheWallenWay

10 Mistakes Authors Make That Can Cost Them a Fortune (and how to avoid them): http://dld.bz/cUGsx @bookgal

On Becoming a Professional Amateur: Character Acrobatics: http://dld.bz/cUGsz @bookviewcafe

You Know You’re a Writer If…: http://dld.bz/cUGuS @sara_sans_h

Book cover archive: http://dld.bz/cUGuW @raquelbyrnes

9 Odd Stories Behind Book-Inspired Music: http://dld.bz/cUGve @kimber_regator

Poetry Profiles: Copper Canyon Press: http://dld.bz/cUGvj @nytimesarts

Freelance Editor Rates To Guide Your Work: http://dld.bz/cUGvn @galleycat

The top 3 rules of social media for authors: http://dld.bz/cUGvv @chrisrobley @bookbaby

The Effective Use of Flashbacks: http://dld.bz/cUGv8 @marygkeeley

The Highly Underrated Gravatar – Why You Need One and How to Get It: http://dld.bz/cUGv9 @writerplatform

How to Work Faster in Microsoft Word With Hidden Features: http://dld.bz/cUGvX @kingbobsley

How To Sell Books With Amazon Reviews: http://dld.bz/cUGwk @selfpubreview @cattosko

How To Summon Creative Presence: http://dld.bz/cUFt8 @OrnaRoss

Ellipses Use: http://dld.bz/cUKm5 @EditorJamieC

Tips for surviving revisions: http://dld.bz/cUKnz @AlexJCavanaugh

10 Writers Who Couldn’t Get Published Today: http://dld.bz/cVuXT

7 Time Management Hacks: http://dld.bz/cVuXZ @thebookwright

Adverb abuse: http://dld.bz/cVQMv @EditorJamieC

All about perma-free and ranking at Amazon: http://dld.bz/cVQQ4

Nonfiction writing–find your readers before writing the book: http://dld.bz/cVQQC @GLeeBurgett

Rewarding our readers—freebies for our mailing list: http://dld.bz/cVQQM @ladyanakina

Avoiding social media overwhelm: http://dld.bz/cVQQW @uriel1998

How to Find (and Compile) Proofreading Errors on a Kindle: http://dld.bz/cVQRj @byondpapr

Marketing with promo cards: http://dld.bz/cVQSm @WTDiscover

14 Ways to Tick off a Writer: http://dld.bz/cVQSv @rebeccamakkai @pshares

5 things 1 writer wishes he’d known before going indie: http://dld.bz/cVQSH

How Writers and Bloggers Can Use the Rule of 5 To Become Discoverable: http://dld.bz/cVQSS @ninaamir

Pluck Great Advice from Abundant Information by Experimenting: http://dld.bz/cVQSZ @LeslieLSanders

Should you self-publish or not? http://dld.bz/cVQUj @kristeneperron

Forget the Finish Line, Enjoy the Publishing Process: http://dld.bz/cVTpw @DIYWriting

Sudden immersion as part of a writing process: http://dld.bz/cVYqM @RichardLSutton

A Lesson About Leaving Negative Reviews: http://dld.bz/cWa8q @davastewart

Alternatives to GoodReads: Riffle, LibraryThing & BookLikes: http://dld.bz/cWdmY @CaballoFrances

How To Design and Crowd Test your Kindle Cover: http://dld.bz/cWdu6 @EBindery

Getting Book Reviews: The Methods Award-Winning Authors Use: http://dld.bz/cWduA @jimhbs

Freebie Strategies for Indie Authors: http://dld.bz/cWduU @sabsky

5 Steps to Blogging Mastery for Fiction Writers: http://dld.bz/cRdQ2 @writerplatform

Rafflecopter – An Easy Tool for Author Giveaways and Launch Parties: http://dld.bz/cWdvp @BiblioCrunch

Simple Solutions to 10 Common Writing Roadblocks: http://dld.bz/cQBYn @LeslieLSanders

47+ Places to Submit Your Free KDP Select Promotion for Your Kindle eBook: http://dld.bz/cWdww @trainingauthors

Ebook Marketing: Boxed Sets are Gaining Exposure and Sales: http://dld.bz/cWdw9 @jimhbs

Not About The Money: 10 Other Indie Author Motivations: http://dld.bz/cWdwF @EBindery

Best Unkept Book Marketing Secret of the Indie Author: http://dld.bz/cWdyw @JenniferDiaries

If fragmented is how we read now, then how should we write? http://dld.bz/cWdy6 @byondpapr

Mavens, Reviewers, Readers and Buyers: http://dld.bz/cWdyC @bookbuzzr

Manage Your Author Marketing Platform with 4 Easy Steps: http://dld.bz/cWdyF @CaballoFrances

Cover Art for Self-Publishers: http://dld.bz/cWdyP @LeslieLSanders

Emotional Barriers in Fiction: Intro to Emotional Channels: http://dld.bz/cY5TS @NakedEditor

Snark is a Dead Scene: Why It’s Time For Writers to Try Something New: http://dld.bz/cY5Ua @jaceycockrobin

Focused on Fiction: Five Storytelling Tips: http://dld.bz/cY5V5 @postaday

Are you a writer or an author? http://dld.bz/cY5V7 @ladyanakina

The Myth of Daily Word Count: http://dld.bz/cY5V9 @cerebralgrump

The most powerful marketing for a storyteller are the stories themselves: http://dld.bz/cY5VW @storyrally

Are Travel Writers Obsolete? http://dld.bz/cY5Wh @TravelandEscape

10 Tips to Staying Focused When Writing a Novel: http://dld.bz/cY5Wu

Workspace Porn: The ground they walk on: http://dld.bz/cY5W3 @MFAVN

4 Reasons Authors Should Embrace Their Writing Mistakes: http://dld.bz/cY5W7 @vgrefer

6 Keys for a Writing Retreat: http://dld.bz/cY5Yh @SandraMartini

4 Reasons to Write the Hell Out of (What’s Left of) 2013: http://dld.bz/cY5Ym @pshares @goldenthis

9 Ways Writers Can Use Pinterest: http://dld.bz/cY5Yq @pronounced_ing

Why the Writing of Breaking Bad is So Good: http://dld.bz/cY6bJ @GreenLensMedia

Why Writers Should Practice Short Fiction: http://dld.bz/cY6kN @TheIndieChicks

Are There Books Too Private to Publish? http://dld.bz/cY6kU @bookriot

3 Things You Should NOT Do with Your NaNoWriMo Novel: http://dld.bz/cY6md @changeitupedit

Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work: http://dld.bz/cY6mh @neatorama

Turning the Cogs: Content Farming: http://dld.bz/cY6mt @WritersEdit

15 good reasons why we shouldn’t write for a living: http://dld.bz/cY6mz @colin_falconer

Make your blurbs count: http://dld.bz/cY6m4 @GiveMeYourTeeth

Why 1 writer is grateful that her novels failed: http://dld.bz/cY6mE @NinaBadzin

Yes, being a good writer still matters: http://dld.bz/cY6mT @bizjournalism

Tips for a better author bio: http://dld.bz/ddtAq @janefriedman @writerunboxed

Best Practices for Getting Published: http://dld.bz/ddtAr @ajfinnegan

How to choose a writing style: Social validation, creative expression, or both? (Personality test for writers): http://dld.bz/ddtAw

Brand Yourself: How would you sum up your life in just 6 words? http://dld.bz/ddtHs @FirebrandTalent

What one writer learned from carving teeth: http://dld.bz/ddtH4 @KMWeiland

Publishing industry faces serious challenges, but is hardly ‘spiraling down the drain’: http://dld.bz/cVaRc @Porter_Anderson @MikeShatzkin

Great Scene: “Shakespeare In Love”: http://dld.bz/cUPPx  @gointothestory

50 Synonyms for Control: http://dld.bz/cUPPt  @writing_tips

Why autobiography is cursed by an unreliable narrator: http://dld.bz/cUPPU  @guardianbooks

1 writer’s list of writing mistakes: http://dld.bz/cUPRJ

10 great meals in literature: http://dld.bz/cUPRX  @TelegraphBooks

Can’t Take a Research Trip? No Problem: http://dld.bz/cUPSz  @carrieturansky

4 Ways to Reveal Your Character’s Personal Boogie Man: http://dld.bz/cUPTg  @niniehammon

Top 10 Clever Google Search Tricks: http://dld.bz/cUPTH  @WhitsonGordon

Basic Instinct: http://dld.bz/cUPTX  @bang2write

Track Changes is your friend: http://dld.bz/cUPUc  @EditorJamieC

Writing When You’re Tired: http://dld.bz/cUPU5  @jamesscottbell

10 Promotion Pitfalls to Avoid: http://dld.bz/cUPU7

Build Your Own Bestseller: 3 Formulas: http://dld.bz/cUPPN  @noreenmalone

8 Rules For Writing in Bed: http://dld.bz/cUPUF  @writersdigest

POV Issues in a Romance Opening: http://dld.bz/cUPUA  @janice_hardy