Sunday, June 16, 2013

Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Jailhouse deaths in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/11aqTzH @mkinberg 

Downsides to using pseudonyms: http://bit.ly/12fX3Pb @spunkonastick

Tackling a first draft: http://bit.ly/11TiCic @JoannaShupe

Both publishers and authors should tone down rhetoric, anger: http://bit.ly/ZH0Br2 @Porter_Anderson @DavidGaughran @timdavies1998

There's No Such Thing as Good Writing: http://bit.ly/11xF0iv @theAtlantic @joefassler @craignova

When our stories give off unintended implications (regarding race, misogyny, etc.) http://bit.ly/18wX0C2 @PAShortt

Falling out of love with writing: http://bit.ly/192KHdl @billycoffey @RachelleGardner @Porter_Anderson

Chick-lit will survive - but don't count all female authors in: http://bit.ly/18wwDMo @KatyFBrand



3 useful additions to your mystery: http://bit.ly/18wGhic @lindasclare

The mounting pressure on authors to write faster: http://bit.ly/1ac7btW @Porter_Anderson @cjlyonswriter @jamesscottbell

How to Lengthen Your Nonfiction Book When You Feel Like You've Said Everything: http://bit.ly/18JZGMM @jevonbolden

Ways to Announce That You’re a Successful, Unpublished Writer (And Have The World Agree): http://bit.ly/17bCS8b  @grubwriters

The Secret Recipe for Writing a Perfect Pitch: http://bit.ly/16D7PSj @kristenlambtx
Blurb etiquette: http://bit.ly/14nBkAE @rachellegardner
How to Approach a Literary Agent: http://bit.ly/16D7WNC @bubblecow
The Writer's Vices: http://bit.ly/14nBw2H @storydepartment
4 Ways to Improve Your Prose: http://bit.ly/16D89QW
5 Tips to Help You Make Your Deadline: http://bit.ly/14nBPKW @writersdigest
What You Stand to Gain from Sharing Your Dirty Laundry: http://bit.ly/16D8d3k
5 Things Indie Authors Do Very Well: http://bit.ly/14nC2O5 @alisonbav
The daily routine of Sylvia Plath: http://bit.ly/16D8nHO @Explorer
Revision tips: http://bit.ly/16D8wen @amsmibert @LeagueWriters
Interactive novels: pretty but pretty exhausting: http://bit.ly/16DbKyy @guardianbooks
Tips for Twitter and ways to keep it from driving us crazy: http://bit.ly/14nHfFJ @kristenlambtx
Uncomfortable Social Media: http://bit.ly/14nHkcq @jgetzler
Does Your Website Reflect Where You Are in Your Career? http://bit.ly/16DbU99 @hostbaby
Boundary setting for sensitives and writers: http://bit.ly/14nHzV9 @jennaavery
Editing Tips and Tricks: http://bit.ly/16DbYWz @bethrevis
Managing Critique in Writing Workshops: http://bit.ly/14nHSz6 @BTMargins
Planning Your Marketing as You Write Your Novel: http://bit.ly/14nI4yi @dineenmiller @livewritethrive
5 Authors Who Prove It's Never Too Late To Start Writing: http://bit.ly/16Dcd3P @kimber_regator
How Many Books Would You Have To Write To Quit Your Job? http://bit.ly/14nIdSu @woodwardkaren
What Batman Can Teach You About Proofreading: http://bit.ly/16DcfZq
Getting the Most out of Smashwords: http://bit.ly/16DcmUW @AuthorKSBrooks
The Most Important Thing Literary Agents Owe Their Clients: http://bit.ly/14nIzZ9 @jamesscottbell
Heroes Should Ascend, Not Descend: http://bit.ly/16DcuDO @cockeyedcaravan
Story breakdown: Sense and Sensibility: http://bit.ly/14nJ4Tb
How Paradoxes Deepen Character: http://bit.ly/16DcKmq @shalvatzis
5 Principles for Dialogue That Delivers: http://bit.ly/16DcP9F @mythicscribes
The Author Exploitation Business: http://bit.ly/14nJqcj @davidgaughran
Stress for writers: http://bit.ly/17fY107
The importance of instilling a need to read: http://bit.ly/16Ddjwg @JDLiteracyTrust @telegraph
How 1 writer got her writing groove back: http://bit.ly/14nL9P5 @KSElliott_Shark
The fractured writer: http://bit.ly/16DdVSQ @sarahahoyt
Changing the Image of Self-Publishing: http://bit.ly/14nLzEU @IPPYmag @tpersun
An analysis of a book's beginning: http://bit.ly/14nLFwf @janice_hardy
Get One Link To Your Book In All International Amazon Stores: http://bit.ly/17SpSnO
A screenwriter on a scene he'd written for Cheers (and a joke that fell flat at the time): http://bit.ly/11zoNIj @KenLevine
The Dos and Don'ts of Dialect: http://bit.ly/11zoWLI @KMWeiland
Agent stalking: http://bit.ly/17SqCcG and a response from the stalkee: http://bit.ly/17Sqz0t @literaticat @StinaLL
Chuck Wendig On Finding Your Voice: http://bit.ly/11zpbGw @woodwardkaren
So Bad They're Good: Sympathizing with the Bad Guy: http://bit.ly/17SrQod @quippy @crimehq
Why is the hero or heroine so often the least interesting character in the book? http://bit.ly/17SI3d5 @melissadonovan
Bad Revision, in 3 Easy Steps: http://bit.ly/17SIeoX @victoriamixon
10 things you can do with a Kindle--10 things you can't: http://bit.ly/11zxmTx and http://bit.ly/11zxn9L @AuthorKatherine
Build a better blog: Resources to start with: http://bit.ly/17SITGN @amytschubert
10 Ways to Find Inspiration for Fantasy Writing: http://bit.ly/11zxxho @The_Drill99
Atmosphere in a Southern Gothic: http://bit.ly/11zxQcf @MartinaABoone @tessagratton
Lessons From a Book Signing: http://bit.ly/17SKfRN
Greek myth in Game of Thrones: http://bit.ly/11zyg2l @DelReySpectra
3 lessons for writers to learn from marketers: http://bit.ly/17SKQ6d
10 Essential Neo-Noir Authors: http://bit.ly/17SL0dP @flavorwire
Writer's groups: http://bit.ly/17SLlNB @CuriosityQuills
Using Fantasy Agent Responses as a Writing Tool: http://bit.ly/11zyGpi @juliabucks
Trying out Authorgraph.com to digitally sign & doodle autographs: http://bit.ly/17SP25L @inkyelbows
A review of commas: http://bit.ly/11zArmw @BryanThomasS
Top 20 Picture Book Agents: 171 Sales: http://bit.ly/17kOPaD @fictionnotes
How to Use Pinterest Analytics: 6 Metrics Worth Measuring: http://bit.ly/1aZrV5L @smexaminer
Classification Necessary: Problems with Horror Films: http://bit.ly/1aZsj4e
Character arc: http://bit.ly/1aZsw7A
Character Archetypes 101: The Explorer: http://bit.ly/17kPkBr @jeanniecampbell
Energize your writing with verbs: http://bit.ly/1aZsFIi @write_practice
Write Tight: http://bit.ly/1aZsLQb @EarlStaggs
Creating likeable characters: http://bit.ly/17kPBV2 @sdwriter
How to Pitch an Agent in Person: http://bit.ly/15AhzrT @carlywatters
All about New Adult lit: http://bit.ly/15AhJ2G @wordforteens
Write, Learn, Revise, Rinse, Repeat: http://bit.ly/15Ai8Sv @atrueblood5
Freelancers--how to master a query letter: http://bit.ly/12sdglA @LFormichelli
How to Stay Focused in a World of Distraction:  http://bit.ly/15Ait7I @CarlaYoung
10 Great Commencement Speeches by Writers: http://bit.ly/12sdnh8 @bookriot @JoshACorman
The Complexity of the Creative Personality: http://bit.ly/15Aj6hQ @PsychCentral @DouglasEby
The Complicated Relationship Between Horror and Video Games: http://bit.ly/15AjlJy @GamerGirlTay
Life cycle of a novel: http://bit.ly/12seihA @amazingstories0
Pinterest Tip: How to Shape-Shift and Frame Images: http://bit.ly/15AmAki @bloggingbistro
Writing meaningful dialogue: http://bit.ly/12sd9Xk @scriptmag
Character Archetypes 101: The Explorer: http://bit.ly/17kPkBr @jeanniecampbell
Do writers need agents? http://bit.ly/12sev4f @CMKaufman
Launching a Blog Is Easier Than You Think: http://bit.ly/15An4XH @jeffgoins
Non-compete clauses: http://bit.ly/12sfpOk @passivevoiceblg
25 Helpful Writerly and Twitter Terms: http://bit.ly/15AqCcz @ava_jae
Why use simple words? Because it's easier to control connotations. http://bit.ly/12sfxx2 @juliettewade
The asterisk: http://bit.ly/12sfAZT @justinedell
Plot Structure Chart: http://bit.ly/15Arm14 @carrieryan
Writing is a Humiliation Banquet: http://bit.ly/12sfKjU @SaraMTaber
Your book in one sentence: http://bit.ly/15ArHAU @mooderino
5 Ways To Stay Motivated in Your Writing Career: http://bit.ly/13FDhJS @bookbaby
Straying From the Party Line: Casablanca: http://bit.ly/13FDv3N @cockeyedcaravan
8 Must Have Elements in Your Newsletter's Subscriber Welcome: http://bit.ly/13FK8mD @karencv
How to Create Tension Through Misdirection: http://bit.ly/18Ww4uP @writersdigest
Author Beware: Self-Publishing Book Scams Abound: http://bit.ly/13FKnhy @janvbear
8 Places to Get Inspired Online: http://bit.ly/13FKx8y @emilywenstrom
How To Maximize Your Word Count And Write More Every Day {Lang.}: http://bit.ly/13FKF7X @chuckwendig
Are Tense Shifts Advisable? http://bit.ly/13FKMAD @writing_tips
What Do Authors Have in Common with Orchestra Conductors? http://bit.ly/13FM8LB @fcmalby
The staleness of historical romance: http://bit.ly/13FMkuk @dearauthor
Social Media for Writers: A Kool-Aid Drinking Cult? http://bit.ly/13FMuBS @jodyhedlund
Screenwriters--how to be serious about your writing career: http://bit.ly/13FMEJF
How Long Does it Take to Edit a Novel? http://bit.ly/13FMLF1 @patbertram
8 ways to take the pain out of writing slideshows: http://bit.ly/18WBgyJ @MichelleRafter
5 Ways to Get Your Book into Bookstores: http://bit.ly/18WBplL @bookmarketer
7 Types of Plots: The Quest: http://bit.ly/13FN2HU @write_practice
Is your query trying to tell you something about your manuscript? http://bit.ly/17q3IIT @RC_Lewis
Flexing your verbs: http://bit.ly/18PO2fQ @woodwardkaren
How To Get Over A Destructive Critique: http://bit.ly/18ZJ2aV @woodwardkaren
No, E-book Sales Are Not Declining: http://bit.ly/12UBnWs @nathanbransford
Creating a catastrophe plan for our writing: http://bit.ly/ZqJFat @bob_mayer
Does your picture book premise have power? A checklist: http://bit.ly/ZqKwI5 @jeanreidy
Rags to Riches plots: http://bit.ly/10Korjb @write_practice
How Retailers Fight Back Against Shoppers Who Use Them As Showrooms: http://bit.ly/13ncVNI @RWW @TheTechScribe
Does a good query equal a good novel? http://bit.ly/18ZNfvj @SharonBayliss
3 YA Sub-Genres That Should Exist: http://bit.ly/13nd1Fk @BooksAreMyBFs @bookriot
Pay Closer Attention To YouTube: http://bit.ly/18ZNPcq @mitchjoel
What makes a good book adaptation? http://bit.ly/13ndeIq @guardianbooks @alanyuhas
How to Make a Video with Google Hangouts: http://bit.ly/13ndyqO @freelanceswitch
Why steampunk cons can be confusing for genre authors: http://bit.ly/18ZOPxl
5 tropes 1 writer likes: http://bit.ly/18ZOURC @mistymassey
Just keep writing: http://bit.ly/18ZPnTY @YAStands
The most incongruous book covers of all time: http://bit.ly/12fZtgC @guardianbooks
The 24 types of journal entry when Journaling for Creativity: http://bit.ly/12ga5w0 @J4Creativity
How To Write Whether You Feel Like it Or Not: http://bit.ly/11RLbwF @joebunting
Where to find cover artists: http://bit.ly/ZH23d6 @woodwardkaren
How Prog Rock Influenced Writers: http://bit.ly/11TnlAA @galleycat
Self-pub insights from a Q&A with a successful MG author: http://bit.ly/ZH2eVD @diymfa @EricDelaBarre
Driving your Young Adult Novel's Plot: http://bit.ly/11Tny70 @howtowriteshop
Write Hot, Edit Cold? It's Still Great Advice: http://bit.ly/ZH2rbv @noveleditor
The Year of The Bookstore: http://bit.ly/ZH2vYU @kristinerusch
Publishers Should Empower Authors to Sell Their Own E-books: http://bit.ly/11TnSme @nathanbransford
Wills in Author Estate Planning: http://bit.ly/ZH2HqT @susanspann
What House-Sitting Teaches You About Writing: http://bit.ly/11To0Cb @KMWeiland @JessBaverstock
Sustaining Your Creativity During Fiction Withdrawals: http://bit.ly/11ToqbK @jessbaverstock @vgrefer
Did Your Project Stall? http://bit.ly/ZH3c4k @jillkemerer
The end of the print run: http://bit.ly/11TowQF @deanwesleysmith
Revealing your story's ending in your synopsis: http://bit.ly/11ToCrs @Dear_Editor
Finding DIY Authors: http://bit.ly/11TJ4bF @heroesnhearts
Fantasy Meets Crime Fiction: http://bit.ly/11TJleE @crimehq
6 tips for better tweeting: http://bit.ly/11TJrmC @mybookshepherd
An agent on copyright: http://bit.ly/ZHn5rV @Janet_Reid
Pulitzer Prize: huge sales neither required nor guaranteed: http://bit.ly/11TJFdv @csmonitor
Putting Passion in the Pages: http://bit.ly/11TJO0r @livewritethrive
How the Act of Writing Changes Your Ideas: http://bit.ly/ZHnpqI @JessBaverstock
9 agents tell what they're looking for: http://bit.ly/11TK2EL @MartinaABoone