2014-03-09

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.

I also wanted to mention a cool new tool for writers (free) that I helped to test drive before its release.  Vook released a new ebook tracking tool that  tracks sales across all major retail channels.  Publishers Weekly wrote about it here .  I liked that I didn’t have to pull up my KDP page, my Smashwords page, my iBookstore page, and my Nook page to get a sense of my sales for the last month, because it compiled them all…what’s more, it puts results in dollars and cents, which is helpful for the math-challenged like me.   You can track up to ten titles for free.

When to Add a Scene Break:  http://ow.ly/u9lGj @janice_hardy

Warning Signs that Your Character Is Acting Out of Character: http://ow.ly/u9luH @KMWeiland

What to do when you get an offer while your MS is still with other agents:  http://ow.ly/u9mJX

The Fantasy Language Problem:  http://ow.ly/u9mjO @DjangoWexler

Understanding the storytelling arc:  http://ow.ly/u9luZ @nownovel

So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’: Protagonist and Shifting Goals:  http://ow.ly/u9luP @gointothestory

The Artist’s Alphabet Guide to Writing About Your Art :  http://ow.ly/u9lGz @ArtMktgMentor

How 1 Writer’s Day Job Helped Me Get Published:  http://ow.ly/u9lYN  @MKAlexander1

Intense and Marketable Novels? A Simple How-to:  http://ow.ly/u9mjC @Jenslattery

Keep Writing—Sometimes You Have to Go Through the Junk to Get to the Gems:  http://ow.ly/u9lZ9 @EdieMelson

7 Free Tools to Organize and Prioritize Your Writing Life http://ow.ly/u9lZ5 @thewritelife

3 Experiments You Shouldn’t Try:  http://ow.ly/u9mjs @mythcreants

Checklist and Rulebook Casefile: Morally Ascending in Alien:  http://ow.ly/u9mK0 @cockeyedcaravan

On Diversity Within Diversity:  http://ow.ly/u9lG0 @ava_jae

Copywriting: A 3-Step Formula for Captivating Your Audience With a Few Opening Lines: http://ow.ly/u9lv0

Identifying our writing style:  http://ow.ly/u9lFM @rfwriters

4 Benefits Of Using The KDP Select Program For Kindle Book Promotions:  http://ow.ly/ucutV @bloggless

How Can We Identify a Good Editor? http://ow.ly/ucutw @jamigold

London Author Fair and the role agents might play in self-pub: http://ow.ly/uegoC  @Porter_Anderson @HellieOgden @andrewlownie

A Most Audible Alarm: ACX Chops Royalties:  http://ow.ly/uiSx8   @ChuckWendig @Porter_Anderson @brianoleary

Gentrification as an element in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/ug2HV  @mkinberg

Crime fiction–when police disregard citizens’ reports of crimes: http://ow.ly/ul7pz  @mkinberg

Is There a Place for the Slow Writer in the Digital Age? http://ow.ly/ucuQb @annerallen

Oyster Books: Disrupting the disruptor:  http://ow.ly/uctx8 @OliveSoftware @jwikert

Publish or self-publish? Advice for the 2014 writer:  http://ow.ly/ucuQ9 @Roz_Morris

10 Dialogue Tips To Make Your Novel Shine:  http://ow.ly/uctwo @sdwriter

The Rules for Writing for Struggling Readers:  http://ow.ly/ucuEG

The Rites of Feedback:  http://ow.ly/ucuu1 @StinaLL

Screenwriting  – The Unconventional Writing Approach (Good or Bad?) – ScriptShadow http://ow.ly/um88C

10 Things That Every Brand New Creator of Science Fiction Should Know:  http://ow.ly/um7Zm @io9

What should a writer assume from lack of response to queries?  http://ow.ly/um7Nz @Janet_Reid

Discoverability, or The Two Hundred Copy Pocket:  http://ow.ly/um7ph @Dario_Ciriello

10 Reasons Indie Authors Will Capture 50% of the Ebook Market by 2020:  http://ow.ly/um7gg @markcoker

10 Reasons 1 Editor Rejects Short Stories:  http://ow.ly/um78R @manzanitafire

Learning to be a Novelist:  http://ow.ly/um6fu @megwolfewrites

Sentence Length: Is Shorter Always Better?  http://ow.ly/u8KIM

A writer in residence wish list:  http://ow.ly/u8KEp @EliseVanCise

15 Quick and Dirty Writing Tips:  http://ow.ly/u8KIO @WritingForward

The Year-Long Book Launch:  http://ow.ly/u8KsY @DanBlank  @writerunboxed

The 5 Reasons Writers Write:  http://ow.ly/u8KDt @AnneBorrowdale

Is Your Subconscious Mind Setting You Up for Failure?  http://ow.ly/u8KIE @kristenlambtx

Becoming a Self-Published Author:  http://ow.ly/u8Ktg @janice_hardy

How Pre-Made Book Covers Inspire Writing: http://ow.ly/u8KEi @write_practice

What It Is To Write :  http://ow.ly/u8KSf @raulfelix275 @thoughtcatalog

What every writer needs to succeed:  http://ow.ly/u8Kt6 @hoodedu @salon

How to Keep Your Writing Warm When You Can’t Write | Holly Robinson:  http://ow.ly/u8KVb

The 6 Motives of Creativity: Mary Gaitskill on Why Writers Write:  http://ow.ly/u8KDl @brainpicker

How to Write a Blog Post Every Single Day:  http://ow.ly/u8Ktc @gsosk

1 writer would rather be a successful writer than a successful female writer: http://ow.ly/u8Kt9 @McDougallSophia @NewStatesman

Writer’s block? 5 easy jumpstarts to get you flowing:  http://ow.ly/u8KOx

Amazon Hack: Get Your Book into the Hands of an International Audience: http://ow.ly/u8L3s @bookgal

Differences Between Commercial and Literary Fiction:  http://ow.ly/u3Mip @AnnieNeugebauer

7 Activities to Keep Kids Busy While You Write:  http://ow.ly/u3L9Q

5 Successful Authors On How They Overcame Creative Blocks To Write Their 1st Book: http://ow.ly/u3OAh @fastcompany

Pitching to the new Gatekeepers: http://ow.ly/u3KOe

Tech Tips for Writers: Google +: http://ow.ly/u3Lb0

Harriet the Spy: The most unlikable hero in children’s lit :  http://ow.ly/u3NY4 @magiciansbook @salon

So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’: Flashbacks:  http://ow.ly/u3Mhh @gointothestory

“Writing a book by committee is a great idea in every way!” said everyone but the writer.  http://ow.ly/u3NY3 @rchazzchute

5 Reasons You Need a Mentor:  http://ow.ly/u3MhJ @Xtal_Rose

Gadgets and Spreadsheets and Apps for Writers:  http://ow.ly/u3KMK @RMFWriters

You have something special to say: Write with abandon:  http://ow.ly/u3KMc @onewildword

3 Reasons Dialog is Important, 3 Reasons It’s Not: http://ow.ly/u3La2 @victoriamixon

Special Needs in Strange Worlds –When Abilities Becomes Disabling: http://ow.ly/u3Mi4 @sfsignal

5 habits of productive novelists:  http://ow.ly/u3MS9 @chrisrobley

Finding Voice in Middle Grade: http://ow.ly/u3Nvu @MLConklin

A Thousand Words: Writing From Photographs: http://ow.ly/u3Ofw @cncep @newyorker

Amazon, Goodreads, and the Death of Criticism:  http://ow.ly/u3LaC @keithr34

50 Shades of Grey Matter: Creative Publicity for Authors:  http://ow.ly/u1V4W @pubsmartcon

Status as Character Calling Card: http://ow.ly/u1W24 @mooderino

3 Keys of Self-Publishing:  http://ow.ly/u1YcA @shelfmagazine

The Problem With Book Returns & How to Solve it: http://ow.ly/u1V4m @111publishing

Readers on what constitutes too much description: http://ow.ly/u1WKH @DianneDHarman

Miss You, SASE: On Postal Submissions:  http://ow.ly/u1V5b @nickripatrazone @The_Millions

Creating a Rock Star Publishing Team for Your Book: http://ow.ly/u1Zb5 @miralsattar @BiblioCrunch

6 Ways to Survive Rewrite Hell:  http://ow.ly/u1Z3a @shleyBdavis

The Only Thing Writers Can Control:  http://ow.ly/u1W1h @DanaLeipold

Where to turn when it’s time to research:  http://ow.ly/u1Z9W @erin_bowman

9 Tips on Pinterest for Writers:  http://ow.ly/u1YCZ @LPOBryan

How to Use Subtitles for Targeted Book Marketing:  http://ow.ly/u1W1A @BookMarketer

When is writing a good book a bad thing?  http://ow.ly/u1X3n @stephenwoodfin

The biggest mistake in writing for children:  http://ow.ly/u1YTo

Writing romance: imagery and characterization: can the two ever meet outside of English class?  http://ow.ly/u1X3k @JadeLeeAuthor

10 Apps to Help You Stay Focused on Your Writing:  http://ow.ly/u1WNQ @CaballoFrances

Launching a Book–By Throwing a Party:  http://ow.ly/ufU6j @DuffyBrownCozy

Writing is a Selfish Task But It Needs to Be:  http://ow.ly/u1W23 @nutschell

The Emotionally Healthy Publishing Career:  http://ow.ly/u1V4y @SaraMegibow  @janice_hardy

Why 1 Writer is No Longer Cautiously Optimistic about the Future of Publishing: http://ow.ly/u1a4x @passivevoiceblg

5 steps to self-publishing success:  http://ow.ly/u1aBy @Bookbaby

Where Did Our love (of craft) Go?  http://ow.ly/u1b8g @Jordanrosenfeld

How to deal with writer’s block http://ow.ly/u1bQh @tannerc

Show vs Tell: Talking About The Narrator:  http://ow.ly/u1cgk @woodwardkaren

How To Earn More From Your Writing: Maximize Your Rights: http://ow.ly/u1cfx @writetodone

How To Cultivate A Creative Thinking Habit: http://ow.ly/u1aaF @fastcompany

Reaching Readers with Kindle Countdown: http://ow.ly/udtuh @podixon

5 Reasons Conferences are Good for Writers:  http://ow.ly/u1b8M @Andilit

Authors and social media: Too many tweets?  http://ow.ly/u1cfO @TheEconomist

Common Ground in the Debate of Self v. Traditional Publishing:  http://ow.ly/u1b9h @passivevoiceblg

A Quick 5-Point Checklist for Writing a Scene:  http://ow.ly/u1cJT @jodyhedlund

‘Self-publishing changed my life, but my publisher grew my sales’  http://ow.ly/u1a3R @thefuturebook @kerrywk

Building Your Writing Space: http://ow.ly/u1aBa @TheSprintShack

Rules for Writing Fiction:  http://ow.ly/u1cfp @cwrg65

Why Grammar, Spelling, and Usage Matter http://ow.ly/u1bvo @epbure

Writing Romantic Tension:  http://ow.ly/u1aC4 @bethvogt

Balancing Writing & Life—The World Rewards Finishers Not Perfection:  http://ow.ly/tYrMq @kristenlambtx

A Guide to Finding One’s Voice as a Writer:  http://ow.ly/tYqWM @elephantjournal

In a Digital World, What Does Out of Print Mean?  http://ow.ly/tYrMt @pubperspectives

Treating the contagonist favorably:  http://ow.ly/tYm55 @glencstrathy

10 Famous Film Scripts and What You Can Learn from Them:  http://ow.ly/tYsyI @flavorwire

15 Ways to Boost Your Confidence in Your Writing:  http://ow.ly/tYsqb @EzineArticles

Is My Book a Novel or a Novella | Indie Authors and Books:  http://ow.ly/tYsxy

Does what you paid for a book affect how you’d rate it?  http://ow.ly/tYrND @dearauthor

Do Writers Need Agents? http://ow.ly/tYsxP @carolJhedges

What The Sleep Habits of Famous Writers Reveal About Their Productivity:  http://ow.ly/tYsxw @lvanderkam

What Makes A Good Story Portfolio/Story Artist? http://ow.ly/tYqWf

10 Essential Self-Editing Tips:  http://ow.ly/tYqW3 @CSLakin @writetodone

How to Be Loved for the Work You Love to Do:  http://ow.ly/tYrN2 @danasitar

How 1 Agent Reads Slush: 3 Lessons for Writers: http://ow.ly/tYqWJ @carlywatters

7 Reasons You Are Better Off Self-Publishing: http://ow.ly/tYrNo @111publishing

Literary Friendships: http://ow.ly/tYm5B @womenwriters  @emilymidorikawa @emmacsweeney

The Truth About Twitter Contests: http://ow.ly/tYm5m @KristineAsselin

Is the Amazon Ebook Market Model Broken? http://ow.ly/tYsyl @claudenougat

The Other Side of Self-Publishing: The Rise of a New Service Industry:  http://ow.ly/tVC8l @RichMeyer1964

Where to put the entrepreneur in publishing? http://ow.ly/tVGcb @Tom_Chalmers @thefuturebook

Reaching readers with Kindle Countdown: http://ow.ly/ua3pi @podixon

Bella Swan and the Art of the Audience Surrogate:  http://ow.ly/tVBrX @adearinthewoods

So-Called Screenwriting ‘Rules’:  Parentheticals:  http://ow.ly/tVC93 @gointothestory

How to Become a Freelance Writer in 900 Simple Steps: http://ow.ly/tVCy0 @writerscramp1

The Secret To Succeeding As A Writer: Having A Criterion For Success http://ow.ly/tVFsq @woodwardkaren

The Truth About Twitter Contests:  http://ow.ly/tVGl4 @KristineAsselin

4 Questions to Ask About Each Draft http://ow.ly/tVCyn @LizColeyBooks

Questions for Literary Agent David Gernert:  http://ow.ly/tVFsO @jakonrath

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