by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous
Mystery Thriller Week Begins Today: Online Calendar of Events: @MTW_2017
Authors: Think Twice Before Paying to Exhibit at Book Expo (BEA): @JaneFriedman
Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting
7 Debut Novelists on Their 2017 Resolutions: @knownemily
What is your creative intention? @DanBlank
Plan a Sustainable Year for Your Writing Life: @annkroeker
Setting more effective goals: @Writerology
5 Steps to More Achievable Goals: @jeffelk
Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration
Author and Reporter @TamaraLush Boards Amtrak for Continent-Wide Residency: @Porter_Anderson
Top 10 Ways To Beat Insecurity (At Least Temporarily!): @10MinNovelists
A Challenge to Writers: The Balance Between Dreaming and Working @AnnieNeugebauer
‘You get an idea and… it just grows’ – interview with @Roz_Morris
3 Ways for Writers to Use Deadlines: @astoryofmemory
5 Habits To Spark Your Creativity in 2017: @cathysbaker
Want More Creative Breakthroughs? A Step-by-Step Guide: @ahhensel @foxcabane @JudahThinks
Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Quotes
How To Become a Good Writer: 50 Quotes From The Greats: @WritetoDone
Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers
10 Things Every Reader Should Do in 2017: @Gabino_Iglesias
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing
How to trigger your writing routine: @Eva_Bec
How To Fit Writing Into Your Time-Crunched Life: @10MinNovelists
How To Carve Out Time For Writing Without Losing Sleep: @ThePaigeDuke
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block
How to Keep Writing When You Feel Inadequate: @Chef_BoyarDEJI
Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly
The ABCs of Becoming a Super-Productive Writer: @CSLakin
The Pomodoro Technique and Productive Writing Time: @JessDarb
Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life
Why Won’t (Insert Name Here) Read My Book? @SheerHubris
3 Things You Can’t Teach About Writing: @colleen_m_story
The Writer Workout: 11 Minutes Keeping Your Word Count High and Your Calories Low: by It’s a Writer Thing
The Genreless Freedom—and Subsequent Power—of Journals: @jrc2666
Best Ways to Stay Protected Online as a Self-Employed Author: @thomas_milva
Tell them you Love Them to the Wall and Back with Game of Thrones Valentines Cards: by Stubby the Rocket
Famous Literary Relationships from Best to Worst: @knownemily
10 Reasons to Stay Home & Write This Valentine’s Day: @ProWritingAid
Writing a Book You’re Scared No One Will Understand: @losapala
4 Things Every Writer Thinks While Working on a Book: @JonAcuff
Staring into the Soundless Dark: On the Trouble Lurking in Poets’ Bedrooms: by Andrew Kay @The_Millions
8 Tips for Staying Safe Online: @EdieMelson
Coping with negativity: @DanBlank
Genres / Fantasy
6 Forms of Transit That Can Replace the Mount: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
Genres / Memoir
A Memoir Editor Answers Questions: @DiercksDuke
Genres / Mystery
Well-meaning advice in crime fiction: @mkinberg
Legislators in crime fiction: @mkinberg
Non-verbal communication as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg
Plotting A Blockbuster Thriller: @Chris_Kokoski
Genres / Non-Fiction
5 Tips To Rescue Your Failed Nonfiction Ebook: @angee
Genres / Poetry
US Poet Laureates and the Presidents They Served Under: @DanielleMohlman @My_poetic_side
I Will Not Be Able to Write When I Am Dead: @StacySzymaszek @poetrynews
Genres / Romance
What Romance Fiction Can Accomplish: @maxwellcathy @lithub
How to Write Realistic Relationships (video): @Ava_Jae
Top 6 Fictional Couples: @NatePhilbrick
A roundup of posts on how to write intimate scenes: @RomanceUniv
Hot spots: writing love scenes: by Minal Hajratwala @TheWriterMag
How to Write Swoon: @sjaejones
Genres / Short Stories
How to Use Short Stories to Improve Your Writing Career: @crisfreese
Promo / Blogging
4 Ways to Close a Blog Post: @Margo_L_Dill
Maximize your blog’s visual appeal by using widgets: @pokercubster
3 Social-Sharing Tricks to Optimize Your Next Blog Post: @aliciarades
Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting
The Fastest Way To Make All Your Descriptions Better: @Chris_Kokoski
Why your book descriptions don’t look right: @HollowLandsBook
Promo / Book Reviews
Honesty, Likability and Book Reviews: @MarinaSofia8
Promo / Miscellaneous
Use Content Marketing To Sell More Books: @pamelaiwilson
Promo / Platforms
Platform Building-Is It Really Necessary? @wordsbyandylee
Promo / Social Media Tips
5 Questions to Ask Before Joining a New Social Media Network: @a3forme @susanrstilwell
Publishing / Miscellaneous
A Comparison of Audio Book Distributors– ACX, Author’s Republic and Scribl: @TahliaNewland
The most important book elements for reader appeal: @EvaNatiello
10 Trends in Publishing Every Author Needs to Know in 2017: @WrittenWordM
From Novel to Virtual Reality Film: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
The NY Times wants to save itself by becoming like Netflix: @PassiveVoiceBlg @HeyHeyESJ @gabrielsnyder
Publishing / News / Amazon
Is Amazon Exclusivity Right for You? @robkroese @JaneFriedman
Publishing / News / International Publishing
France, China, South Africa, Canada, USA Lead London Book Fair Intl. Award Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson
Ukraine Enacts a Winter Ban on Book Imports From Russia: by Eugene Gerden @pubperspectives
Trade Show Notes: LBF Hosts Fair Use Debate; BookExpo Announces Author-Speakers: @Porter_Anderson
The AWP Goes to Washington With Focus on Lit in a Political Society: @Porter_Anderson
Showcase Offers £7,500 in International Commissions; Nigeria’s Cassava Signs W/ Consortium: @Porter_Anderson
A closer look at serialized fiction startup Radish: @Porter_Anderson @radish_fiction
Thieves Nab More Than $2.5 Million Worth of Rare Books in London Heist: by Jake Rossen @mental_floss
Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches
Reach beyond tropes when pitching your book: @JaneLebak
Publishing / Process / Book Design
Book Cover Design: How indie authors can do it best: @ReedsyHQ
Book Cover Design: What To Consider Before Hiring A Designer: @MsBessieBell
6 Tips to Create Book Covers that Sell Books: @LyndaRYoung @TheIWSG
A Complete Guide and Resources for Choosing Your Book Cover Font: @publishdrive
Writing Craft / Beginnings
Crafting a Powerful Set-Up: @beccapuglisi
Real Life Diagnostics: Is This Short Prologue Working? @Janice_Hardy
Writing Craft / Characters / Development
How to Prevent Your Characters from All Sounding the Same: @LouiseMarley @WomenWriters
Develop your characters by getting to know them: @jasonbougger
Creating Characters We Want To Have Coffee With: @RachelHauck
Writing Craft / Common Mistakes
The Basics of Show Don’t Tell: @JulieEshbaugh
Writing Craft / Diversity
A resource for writers wanting to write books with more diverse characters: from Writing With Color
Writing Craft / Endings
Not all story endings are meant to satisfy: @tobyshmoby
Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film
Using the Modern Love Podcast to Teach Narrative Writing: @nytimes
6 Cinematic Techniques to Apply to Your Novel Right Now: @CSLakin
“Things Learned From Watching ‘La La Land’ : by Lance Morgan @GoIntoTheStory
Pixar’s Inside Out and the Literature of Interiority: @GabbyBellot @ElectricLit
5 Fantasy Books That Ignore Genre Boundaries: @MichaelSwanwick
The Tropes of ‘Supernatural’: @woodwardkaren
10 Politically Subversive Novels Veiled in Absurdism: @chris_shultz81
The Many Bad Moms of Charles Dickens: @RVoronaCote
11 Classics of the New Gothic Canon: by Emily Fridlund @lithub
Writing Craft / Miscellaneous
5 Tips for Telling Prequel Stories: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
How to Make a Good Story Excellent: 9 Tips: @nownovel
Handling inner monologue: @p2p_editor
Supporting Characters in Your Real Life: @SPressfield
7 Keys to Writing Excellence: by Fae Rowen
5 Signs You Treat Your Reader Like an Idiot: @WritingWordBlog
Using a narrator character to create a mythic story: @AlexSokoloff
Selecting the Right Sentence Structure for the Right Emotion: @SeptCFawkes
Social Issues in Your Stories: 3 Strategies for Doing it Right: @tobywneal
Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting
The Keys to Creating Great Twists: @readstevenjames @MTW_2017
Story Structure and The Hollywood Formula: @woodwardkaren
Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar
3 Errors in Using Parentheses: @writing_tips
3 More Sentences Lacking One Word to Be Correct: @writing_tips
Writing Craft / Revision
12 Contemporary Writers on How They Revise: @knownemily
Why we should put drafts aside for a time after finishing: @Roz_Morris
How To Edit Your Book Using the Layers Process: @SukhiJutla
7 Tips to Bring Your Words to Life: @LisaTener
Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques
5 Questions to Ask Beta Readers When They Critique Your Manuscript: @SaraL_Writer
How is a writer like a surgeon? @nevalalee
Writing Craft / Tension
Shaping Story Conflict: @Lindasclare
5 Surefire Ways To Raise The Stakes Of Your Story: @ClaireABradshaw
5 Levers to Create Suspenseful Scenes: @GraemeRodaughan for @JordonMGreene @MTW_2017
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