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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Twitterific

Terry3_thumb[1] Here are writing links that I’ve posted to Twitter for the past week.

If you’re looking for a particular topic, just plug in your keyword into the search box at the top left-hand corner of the blog (on the black header right above my blog name…next to the Blogger symbol…the small search window is next to the magnifying glass) and the roundup with your subject will come up. To narrow your search down on the page, do a CTRL+F, type your subject, and hit enter.

In Praise of Unlikable Characters: http://dld.bz/ySxk

Best Articles This Week for Writers 10/8/2010: http://dld.bz/ySxj

Self-publishing--baby steps: http://dld.bz/ySxa

Dialogue tags: http://dld.bz/ySwX

10 of the best wolves in literature (Guardian): http://dld.bz/ySwV

How can one afford to be a writer? http://dld.bz/ySwS

The Top 25 Underrated Creative Writing MFA Programs (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/ySwH

Why you should read debut authors: http://dld.bz/ySwB

How Linguistics Can Help You Part 4: Semantics: http://dld.bz/ySwA

For the traveling writer--international travel tips: http://dld.bz/ySw7

Writing our book's climax: http://dld.bz/yBvW

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Sweet Tooth Chicken Breast http://bit.ly/9ZcIwY @CleoCoyle

How to Pick an Agent if You Write for Many Audiences: http://dld.bz/yBvA

The importance of knowing your intent: http://dld.bz/yBvk

7 Ways to Promote Your Book With Video: http://dld.bz/yBuX

How to Attract Influencers to Your Blog: http://dld.bz/yNRT

Taking Your Writing Off the Back Burner: Writing in the Moment: http://dld.bz/yBuD

Should you start a blog? Yes! Blogging benefits for writers: http://dld.bz/yNRz @HartJohnson

How to Get a Foot in the Door With Agents: http://dld.bz/yBu9

Planning for a Writing Push: http://dld.bz/yBu5

7 Tips to Mastering Facebook Advertising: http://dld.bz/yBuz

6 Tweets To Promote Your Online Fiction: http://dld.bz/yBuu

Creating Characters Using the Dialectical Method: http://dld.bz/yBue

What do Amazon rankings mean to authors? http://dld.bz/yBtW

Using smell to improve your fiction: http://dld.bz/y3G7

A Stranger in a Strange Place: Migrant Writing: http://dld.bz/yzcm

I Want to Publish My Book. Now What? (Writer's Digest): http://dld.bz/yubm

Who Does What? A Breakdown of Each Job in Publishing and Marketing a Book: http://dld.bz/yuaU

National Book Foundation Announces 5 Under 35 Honorees (GalleyCat): http://dld.bz/yuaR

National Graphic Novel Writing Month (part 1): http://dld.bz/yuaH

Being a writer vs being a blogger: http://dld.bz/yuaE

The 4 Golden Rules of Being a Writer: http://dld.bz/yuap

Writing, social media, emails--how do you stay on top of it all? http://dld.bz/yHkY

Writing Dreams in the Age of Twitter: http://dld.bz/ytZU @PauloCamposInk

London Police Catch Prankster Who Stole Writer Jonathan Franzen's Eyeglasses (NPR): http://dld.bz/yuax

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: A Dinner to Die For (Literally) and My Answer to the $40 Lamb Chop by Cleo Coyle http://bit.ly/cFnDI0 @CleoCoyle

Demystifying industry terms: http://dld.bz/yBvG

The Doldrums – Latitude and Longitude: http://dld.bz/ytgA

Your Old Job in Publishing Doesn’t Exist: http://dld.bz/ytg7

Freelancers--5 Tips to Getting Out of an Assignment Rut: http://dld.bz/ytgv

War, Peace, and Fantasy: http://dld.bz/ytgu

Revision tip--be specific: http://dld.bz/ytgk

How to write a novel in 30 years or less: http://dld.bz/ytgd

Upstart Publishing, Staying Human in a Digital World: http://dld.bz/ytfU

'It Was A Big, Big Surprise,' New Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa Tells NPR: http://dld.bz/yDC5

10 ways writing is like renovating: http://dld.bz/yDGA @elspethwrites

On the character therapist--from anger to amore: http://dld.bz/ytfS

E.B. White on the tricky valuation of a writer’s time: http://dld.bz/yD9K @maudnewton

10 Android Apps for Improving Productivity: http://dld.bz/yD3K

Don’t Let “The Rules” Stifle Your Creativity: http://dld.bz/ytfG

Internalization, Silence and Avoidance: http://dld.bz/ytfp

Stop! Before You Try to Get an Agent, Some Questions to Ask Yourself: http://dld.bz/yCyM

For writing prompts and practice, try http://dld.bz/yCyb and http://dld.bz/yCyd @andymeisen @PauloCamposInk

Serial Characters and the Book Deal: http://dld.bz/ytfj

How Deliberate Practice Can Make You an Excellent Writer: http://dld.bz/yteY

Follett’s Fall of Giants E-Book Outsells Print in Spain: http://dld.bz/yteV

A Lesson in Bad Writing – Why it’s Good to Read Books that Disappoint: http://dld.bz/yteG

Writing inspiration and some links to help you prepare for NaNoWriMo: http://dld.bz/yAfC

Writing For Grownups, Writing For Kids: http://dld.bz/yteF

Book Packagers 101: http://dld.bz/ytem

The Editing Hour: Creative vs Academic Writing: http://dld.bz/yte7

Query letter samples: http://dld.bz/yteq

Editor & Agent Advice: Follows, Tweets, and Posts: http://dld.bz/ytef

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Something Warm and Toasty—Easy Veggie Soup…in the Slow Cooker http://bit.ly/aMwLLW @CleoCoyle

The future of publishing takes shape (Guardian): http://dld.bz/ytdh

Empathize With Your Main Character: http://dld.bz/yk7y

Outlining: The Best and Hardest Planning Tool: http://dld.bz/yk7h

When is e-royalty not a royalty? When 9th Circuit Court says it's not: http://dld.bz/yk7f

30 Ways to Save 30 Minutes a Day (and use it for writing?) : http://dld.bz/yk6z

Could Someone Be Plagiarizing Your Writing? http://dld.bz/yk5R

Writing is like...working out? http://dld.bz/yk5P

How to Overcome Fear & Let Your Creativity Flourish: http://dld.bz/yk5E

5 Ways Facebook Can Boost Your Freelance Biz: http://dld.bz/yk5C

The Artist’s Responsibility: http://dld.bz/yk5v

Defeating Your Inner Critic Part I - Track the Problem: http://dld.bz/yjNV

Six Tips for Selling Your Book: http://dld.bz/yjNN

Behind the scenes--"The Call": http://dld.bz/yjM2

5 Ways to Make Your Novel Helplessly Addictive: http://dld.bz/yjEv @victoriamixon

Public speaking--when your speech goes wrong: http://dld.bz/yjDY

Writing the devil into your bad guy: http://dld.bz/yxQk

How to create sound bites that resonate: http://dld.bz/yjDG

Does paid advertising work for small-time novelists? http://dld.bz/yjD2

Tips for writing query letters from someone in the industry: http://dld.bz/yjDz

Barnes & Noble gets into the self-pub biz with PubIt!: http://dld.bz/yjDm

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Road trips rock! http://bit.ly/bwPRvD @CleoCoyle

Thoughts on Changing Agents: http://dld.bz/yjDg

Write your book & make it as good as it can be. Let that be its own reward. http://dld.bz/yhug

Learning about writing through the golden rules of medicine: http://dld.bz/yhtS

5 Productivity Myths That Need to Be Busted: http://dld.bz/yhtq

Tweeting Interns: Helpful or Hurtful? http://dld.bz/yhte

What to do while you wait for your book's launch date: http://dld.bz/yhsZ

3 Reasons to Start Blogging Before a Book Contract: http://dld.bz/yhsT

The art of introducing your heroes: http://dld.bz/yhsB

Are You Rewarding Yourself through Procrastination? http://dld.bz/yhsz

9 Ways to Prepare for the National Novel Writing Month: http://dld.bz/yhsf

Self Publishing on the Kindle: http://dld.bz/yhsd

How to keep writing when your inner critic screams: http://dld.bz/ycdJ

7 Reasons Why You Should Read Your Book Out Loud: http://dld.bz/ycd7

A group challenge to submit work to 10 markets by the first of each month: http://trunc.it/bjq96 @mercedesmy

Series writing--thoughts and resources: http://dld.bz/yqYc

NaNoWriMo starts right here, right now: http://dld.bz/ycd4

Why writing is like riding a bike: http://dld.bz/yq4R @SimonCLarter

5 reasons writers should be on YouTube: http://dld.bz/ycdu @clarissadraper

A Word to Children's Writers: Spend Time at Schools: http://dld.bz/ycdh

Enjoy the Luxury of the Unpublished Life: http://dld.bz/ycde

The Writer Himself: http://dld.bz/yccT

Quick writing tips--on permission: http://dld.bz/yccM

Spiderpunk: http://dld.bz/yccC

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: PHILADELPHIA FOOD http://bit.ly/bYBtZR @CleoCoyle

The Worst Writing Advice: http://dld.bz/yccz

Books on Writing... Lyrics, Screenplays, and Science Fiction: http://dld.bz/yccf

Surviving the cheap seats of the writing journey: http://dld.bz/yccd

What’s the Career Path for Ambitious Freelancers? http://dld.bz/ycbX

As one writer sees it--why writers don't make money: http://dld.bz/yjN5 @KarenGowen

Tips For Writing Effective Dialogue: http://dld.bz/ycbT

Twitter and Facebook cannot change the real world, says Malcolm Gladwell: http://dld.bz/ycbF

Too many books? Far too few, more like (Guardian): http://dld.bz/ycb8

8 Steps to Hiring the Agent You Need: http://dld.bz/xXxk

The White Noise That Is Twitter: http://dld.bz/xXxj

Non-Stop Writing: the Index Card Trick: http://dld.bz/xXxh

The rules of contemporary romance novels: http://dld.bz/xXxd

Adding Sensory Details to Your Writing (Part 2): http://dld.bz/xXxb

Should You Self-Publish, Then Get a Literary Agent? http://dld.bz/xXwX

Is paranormal romance hijacking urban fantasy? http://dld.bz/xXwR

A quick tip for keeping our writing momentum: http://dld.bz/yfrB

A Writer's Diary: http://dld.bz/xXwK

For crime writers--information on medical examiners: http://dld.bz/yfdD @authorterryo

Surviving the MFA: http://dld.bz/xXw9

Who should rescue Barnes and Noble? Maybe a publisher: http://dld.bz/xXw8

One writer's evolving novel opener: http://dld.bz/xXrA

When plotting goes wrong: http://dld.bz/xXrb @jillkemerer

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Veal Delicious http://bit.ly/9TBeRS @CleoCoyle

Does a writer need talent? http://dld.bz/xXqV

Tips for writing in restaurants, etc.: http://dld.bz/xXn2

Ten of the best vendettas in literature (Guardian): http://dld.bz/xXnP

Three Traits of Compelling Characters: http://dld.bz/xXnH

How to Use Vivid Descriptions to Capture Attention: http://dld.bz/xXnG

10 great science fiction novels that have been banned: http://dld.bz/xXn9

New Twitter, New Rant: http://dld.bz/xXnf

Advice for aspiring writers from a freelance editor: http://dld.bz/xXnb

8 Things We Can Learn About Freelance Writing From The Movie Making Business: http://dld.bz/xXmH

One writer tells the problems she's experienced with author events: http://dld.bz/xXmG

Best Articles This Week for Writers 10/1/2010: http://dld.bz/xXmw

Midlist and backlist authors are losing out with the agency model: http://dld.bz/xUk3

Earning A Reader's Time: http://dld.bz/xUjQ

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: What's Your Favorite Cookbook? http://bit.ly/96N1hW @CleoCoyle

There Is More to Reading Than Digital: http://dld.bz/xUjd

The Magic of Rituals: http://dld.bz/xUjb

How to be a writer in 15 easy steps: http://dld.bz/xUhQ

To make it as a writer, outwit, outplay, and outlast: http://dld.bz/xUhH

The privatization of libraries (NY Times): http://dld.bz/xUhD

Writing 100 facts about your characters: http://dld.bz/xUhy

Agatha Christie--5 of her best books: (Guardian): http://dld.bz/xUhq

Children's publishers: focus on content, not platform: http://dld.bz/xUa6