Sunday, December 5, 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.

Breaking Into Video Game Writing: http://dld.bz/9pVE

The use of cliffhangers in crime fiction: http://dld.bz/9qvT @mkinberg

6 Ways to Improve Your Writing Skills: http://dld.bz/8Dtm

Best Articles This Week for Writers 12/3/2010: http://dld.bz/9pTD @4KidLit

A useful trait for a protagonist: http://dld.bz/9pMz

Manuscript submission etiquette: http://dld.bz/8DsX

Maintaining Creative Control for Artists: http://dld.bz/8DsF

Your monsters don't want you to write: http://dld.bz/8Ds9

Do Zombies Eat Ivy? The Undead Reach Academia: http://dld.bz/8Ds7 (NY Times)

How to Create a "Kindle for the Web" Sample of Your Kindle Book on Any Blog or Website: http://dld.bz/8Ds5

Top 5 Tips for a Sustainable Home Office: http://dld.bz/8Dsd

Revisions revisited: http://dld.bz/88zj

10 Most Beautiful Public Libraries in the US: http://dld.bz/88zc @janetrudolph

How to Captivate Your Audience with Story: http://dld.bz/88yT

How to put heart & soul into your story structure: http://dld.bz/88yQ

Investing in your writing: http://dld.bz/88yH

5 Common Blogging Disasters to Avoid: http://dld.bz/88yF

12 things one writer learned from NaNo: http://dld.bz/88xH

How To Keep Blogging From Being a Popularity Contest: http://dld.bz/88xB

Reversion of rights: http://dld.bz/88wX

Author blurbs: http://dld.bz/88xa

What editors do at conferences: http://dld.bz/88hZ

Active vs. Passive Voice in Writing: http://dld.bz/88hF

12 Ways To Scare Away Twitter Followers: http://dld.bz/88h9

4 Ways To Deal With Fictional Parents: http://dld.bz/88gy

Writing a book proposal – you are in the driver’s seat: http://dld.bz/88gu

5 Kinds of Blog Posts Proven to Drive Traffic: http://dld.bz/88gn

The writer/editor relationship: http://dld.bz/88f5

Freedom to Write and to Teach Writing: Notes from the Swamp: http://dld.bz/88fp

3 writers on creativity: http://dld.bz/8vXm

The importance of keeping your story interesting: http://dld.bz/8vWV

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Pasta Primavera http://bit.ly/fNOccC @CleoCoyle

Degree options for aspiring writers: http://dld.bz/8vWS

10 of the best fishing trips in literature (Guardian): http://dld.bz/8vWR

Querying publishers directly: http://dld.bz/8vW4

Breaking up (with an agent) is hard to do: http://dld.bz/8vWp

Getting The Call Means Your Work Gets Harder: http://dld.bz/8vWg

Conflict--put it at the front of your story: http://dld.bz/8vVJ

10 Authors Whose Novels Took Over 5 Years to Write and Publish: http://dld.bz/8vVn

Looking for story ideas? Consider the front page news: http://dld.bz/8vUP

Google to move into the ebook market at end of year: http://dld.bz/8Y7G

National Novel Writing Month Writers Produce 2,799,449,947 Words: http://dld.bz/8Y73

A 2011 planner for writers: http://dld.bz/8vUb

The art of the editorial letter: http://dld.bz/8vTV

What a conversation with a seduction guru taught one writer about creativity: http://dld.bz/8vTC

How to write a 1-page synopsis: http://dld.bz/8vT4

When it comes to writing, economize: http://dld.bz/8vTx

Worldview and story approach: http://dld.bz/8vTd

Without libraries, we will lose a mark of our civilization (Guardian): http://dld.bz/8vTc

Friends Don't Let Friends Overwrite: http://dld.bz/8vSX

Putting In the Time to Become a Good Writer: http://dld.bz/8vSR

Front-loading your work as an author: http://dld.bz/8vSM

What one writer learned while writing his latest book: http://dld.bz/8vS5

An example of a query letter that worked: http://dld.bz/8vSu

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Holiday Lights or Lites?? http://bit.ly/fi6UB8 @CleoCoyle

Basic Structure of an Erotic Short Story: http://dld.bz/8vSp

Best Literary Agents on Twitter: http://dld.bz/8vSc

Re-Envisioning a Scene Without Rewriting it: http://dld.bz/8vRW

How to write an author's bio: http://dld.bz/8vRT @clarissadraper

10 signs of an approaching deadline: http://dld.bz/8RWM @elspethwrites

7 Ways to Write When You Don't Have Time: http://dld.bz/8vRM @4kidlit

Overwhelmed by your writing? A hint for overcoming it: http://dld.bz/8vRJ

Romance in a Mystery Series: http://dld.bz/8vR4

Good Writing is Invisible: http://dld.bz/8vRy

9 Ways to Create and Maintain a Successful Blog: http://dld.bz/8vRs

Staying out of the Rejection Pile: http://dld.bz/8vRm

Booksellers (and e-readers) – you have never had it so good (Guardian): http://dld.bz/8vRh

Should you write all-dialogue scenes? Not really: http://dld.bz/8vQV

An agent with querying tips: http://dld.bz/8vQN

10 things for writers to be thankful for: http://dld.bz/8vQM

Holiday gift books for authors – 2010′s best writing books – Pt. 1: http://dld.bz/8vQE

9 tips for querying: http://dld.bz/8vPW

3 rules of dialogue: http://dld.bz/8vPU

The Difference Between Good & Bad Literary Fiction: http://dld.bz/8vPN

What writers have to go through: http://dld.bz/8vPF

Writers pick their favorite translations (Guardian): http://dld.bz/8vPd

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Ham and Hash Brown Casserole http://bit.ly/hlINhJ @CleoCoyle

5 Procrastination Strategies to Become More Productive: http://dld.bz/8vPa

What you say to yourself matters: http://dld.bz/8vNU

3 lessons in publishing: http://dld.bz/8vNF

Is it time to start revising your manuscript? http://dld.bz/8vN7

A Guardian interview with Margaret Atwood: http://dld.bz/8vNw

5 best free Wordpress plugins for your writer website: http://dld.bz/8vNg

The New Yorker's holiday gift guide for book lovers: http://dld.bz/8vMx

Become a fictional character for free speech (LA Times): http://dld.bz/8FmV

10 Realizations that Will Crush Your Little Heart In Your First Year of Blogging: http://dld.bz/8vMp

3 Tips on Writing Love Scenes: http://dld.bz/8vMk

The Best Time of Year to Query Literary Agents: http://dld.bz/8vKW

How Reading And Book Buying Has Changed With The Kindle: http://dld.bz/8vKR @thecreativepenn

How to Write the First Draft – 6 Writing Tips From Writers: http://dld.bz/8vKF

Fan-Fiction: Worth a Writer’s Time? http://dld.bz/8Dvn

No sex, please, we're literary! (Salon): http://dld.bz/8CQQ

Can't find an agent? Go to Plan B: http://dld.bz/8CA6

How to speak publisher - A is for Apps: http://dld.bz/8vKt

Getting Better at Bad: Why Practice Doesn’t (Always) Make Perfect: http://dld.bz/8vKn

Hit a roadblock in your manuscript? 7 ideas for getting around it: http://dld.bz/8BYm @authorterryo

Making a plan to write: http://dld.bz/8vKb

Description: Friend or Foe? http://dld.bz/8vKa

The Great F-Bomb Debate: http://dld.bz/8vJT

Writing: The Character Dilemma: http://dld.bz/8vJK

How to get a 100% full-request rate (lol): http://dld.bz/8vJC

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Chanukah Latkes and a Chocolate Candle Giveaway from Cleo Coyle http://bit.ly/e21Juv @CleoCoyle

What’s Your Novel’s Log Line? http://dld.bz/8vJ6

How To Write Honest Fiction. If Not, How To Fake It: http://dld.bz/8vJn

7 Timeless Principles of Achievement: http://dld.bz/8vJa

Top 10 ways to get your word count in during the upcoming holidays: http://dld.bz/8vHW

Fake Writing Jobs: RealWritingJobs.com: http://dld.bz/88w2 @victoriastrauss

Writing Devices: Transitions: http://dld.bz/8vHG

Mystery Writer's Guide to Forensic Science - Poisons VII: http://dld.bz/8vHB @clarissadraper

Turn your computer into a typewriter: http://dld.bz/8vH5

Six Ways to Polish Your Book Proposal Before Sending It Off: http://dld.bz/8vHe

How to Get More Subscribers for Your Email List: http://dld.bz/8vGZ

The Nine Circles of Writing Hell: http://dld.bz/8vGY

Is Boston the hub of steampunk? http://dld.bz/8vGS

Handling Your Word Count: http://dld.bz/8vGM

Revision tips--issues to watch out for: http://dld.bz/85ke

8 Tips for Writing in the Flow: http://dld.bz/8vGG

What a 'short bio' should include (Writer's Digest): http://dld.bz/8vGA

Comprehensive review of the NOOKcolor: http://dld.bz/84zW @authorterryo

Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling’s writing style: http://dld.bz/8vGj

How Google Can Save America’s Books (NY Review of Books): http://dld.bz/8vGg

Three Simple Ways to Make Your Writing Just Like Everyone Else’s: http://dld.bz/8vFQ

How Not to Launch a Career in Publishing: http://dld.bz/8vFK

Distraction-free writing: http://dld.bz/8vFF