Sunday, April 3, 2011

Twitterific

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Here are writing links that I’ve posted to Twitter in the last week.

I’m delighted that now we have an efficient method of locating resources on writing topics when you need them—via the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine and software engineer and writer Mike Fleming’s ingenuity. The links I tweet (which are writers’ blogs, agents’ and editors’ blogs) all are added to the engine to make it easier for you to access the information you’re looking for.

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3 Layers of ‘Layering’ in Fiction: http://bit.ly/hu97Ct

Will They or Won’t They? Plotting With Yes or No Questions: http://bit.ly/igYkCB

Desk Fitness: A Series of 11 Simple Stretches for Writers: http://bit.ly/dGBDIy

An agent on: What the Fiction Editor Looks For: http://bit.ly/gQ0Wna

7 Books on Writing for Every Writer: http://huff.to/hEGNOh

Is Your Procrastination Misdiagnosed? http://bit.ly/fiqaTM

The Art of Handling Criticism Gracefully: http://zenhabits.net/criticism/

Honor Your Readers, Hire an Editor: http://huff.to/hzJjb5

3 Writing Lessons I Learned from an Elementary School Field Trip: http://bit.ly/gNMwDh

Good Cop, Bad Cop of the Digital Future: http://bit.ly/hscKZR

Why you need to make yourself completely unavailable: http://bit.ly/hAfyoE

Query Tips: Knowledge Gleaned From Years of Stalking Agent Blogs: http://bit.ly/eAqQt6 @WriteAngleBlog

How to Get Reviews for Self-Published Books: http://bit.ly/eaR0rN

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: AWFUL FOOD http://bit.ly/fD5bGW @CleoCoyle

It’s just make-believe: http://bit.ly/hmgsoU @rachellynes

Eliminating Often Used Words: http://bit.ly/fUShzy

Magical Words and Amusement Parks: http://bit.ly/dLFR5a

Tools For Writers: 14 Free Alternatives To Microsoft Word: http://bit.ly/fRH5i5 @bubblecow

Some thoughts on mystery reading and writing: http://bit.ly/f1dssc

Dummies guide to publishing an ebook on Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords: http://bit.ly/hRAdIg

Creativity Tweets of the Week – 4/1/11: http://bit.ly/hT3wpT @on_creativity

Fear Management for Storytellers: http://bit.ly/ghUw9y

Best Articles This Week for Writers 4/1/11: http://bit.ly/ftdFuv @4kidlit

The most important problem for publishers to solve over the next 10 years: http://bit.ly/gUElZj

Kurt Vonnegut Story Grids for Writing & Editing: http://bit.ly/gmQPCe

A List of Literary Rejections: http://bit.ly/gJgxaA

Establishing An Author Presence on Social Networking Sites: http://bit.ly/i4mHTa

2 sides to motivation: http://bit.ly/fapEor @WriteAngleBlog

Taxes and the Expenses Related to the Business of Writing: http://bit.ly/fbHMkb @hopeclark

Grammar Blip: The Serial Comma: http://bit.ly/g8YV3r @mesummerbooks

Formatting tips for Scrivener 2.x: http://bit.ly/gGQKBc

Publishing expert @janefriedman on the future of publishing http://bit.ly/ibHzVf & her new e-release: http://bit.ly/gbh8Y6

Why Looking at the “Big Picture” Can Be Bad: http://bit.ly/hvUDCa

8 Great Fantasy Cities: http://bit.ly/hMfSzr

Writing the breakout novel: Part 6--voice: http://bit.ly/hk19FB

A look at libraries in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/fLVLyB @mkinberg

Ask Your Characters Some Tough Questions: http://bit.ly/ecpKq7

And The Winner Is ... Brevity: http://bit.ly/fijpVK

An Agent On Why "No" Comes Quickly...But "Yes" Seems to Take Forever: http://bit.ly/gKbj8V

4 Key Self-Publishing Categories: http://bit.ly/dV0DBN

An Erotica Writer's Manifesto: http://bit.ly/fAx3RX @WriteAngleBlog

Of Spatting Gods, Extraordinarily Heavy Laptops, Flights, Quests, Contests, Archetypes, Stuff Like That: http://bit.ly/fkoBaj

Finding the Inspiration to Write: 10 Tips for Immediate Results: http://bit.ly/gT7H9Z

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Ruby Glazed Cornish Hens on warm spinach salad http://bit.ly/fdYS7z @CleoCoyle

10 Steps for Editing Your Own Writing: http://bit.ly/h9evKy

Writers must be resilient enough to handle rejection and long waits: http://bit.ly/hv5xrA @wendypmiller

Published authors offer advice to their pre-published selves: http://bit.ly/gtjitp

How to Leave the Best Comment in the History of the Web: http://bit.ly/hH4yCI

Choose Your Own Adventure—Plotting Solutions When You’re Stuck : http://bit.ly/gvrr92

DIY MFA chats and general info on Twitter chats: http://bit.ly/i2jeTt

10 New Twitter Tools That Will Make Your Life Easier: http://bit.ly/gizYvL

In the Company of Debut Writers: http://bit.ly/fYIf6o

How not to handle bad reviews (Guardian): http://bit.ly/ikAhia

7 Cheat Sheet Resources For Your Blocked Blogging Brain: http://bit.ly/hvB18M

How to speak publisher - B is for Black plate: http://bit.ly/hfjgmX

Search my tweets-- http://dld.bz/KPgS

Real Writers Aren't "Aspiring": http://bit.ly/eSVPgv

A Bucket List for Writers: http://bit.ly/hqZ472

The need for your protagonist to have someone to love and someone to hate: http://bit.ly/hCI3Bl

Writing the breakout novel: : Part 5 - A Vivid Setting: http://bit.ly/gRS18s

Book Marketing: Your Online Press Kit: http://bit.ly/gSgEcn

The Five C’s Of Creating A Likeable Protagonist: http://bit.ly/gkvswX @ajackwriting

4 Useful Twitter Automation Tools and How to Use Them: http://bit.ly/hWOf1F

Getting Started with Barnes & Noble’s Pubit!—A Mini-Tutorial: http://bit.ly/emQuvO

How to Do a Structural Edit on Your Book: http://bit.ly/e1cs4u

How to Write and Publish the (almost) Perfect Book: http://huff.to/fEtSIm

Shhh; When A Reaction To Your Work Really Means: Shut Up! http://bit.ly/hFntin

Your Book Launch: Soft or Hard? http://bit.ly/e1to2n

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Red Potatoes with Cheddar http://bit.ly/ijoiou @CleoCoyle

Finding Something When You've Got Nothing: http://bit.ly/eZ67Ik

Plotting Method: The Blind Men and the Elephant: http://bit.ly/g5KPKF

5 signs you left your heart on your pages: http://bit.ly/fVsAEO

Just Say No to Everyone But the Voices in Your Head: http://huff.to/e6NTUo

Social Media for Authors: Start Slow: http://bit.ly/gHsWyY

How to Create an e-Book in 7 steps: http://bit.ly/gCygFW

Three Story Skills that Self-Published Novelists Need: http://bit.ly/hDoQBE

4 Links To Overcome Publishing Despair: http://bit.ly/ecLyZP

3 ways to know your novel’s great before you even write it: http://bit.ly/fN2yA1 @jammer0501

Top 10 hashtags for writers on Twitter: http://bit.ly/i3kFpy & some for fun: http://bit.ly/gXr8JK

5 Tips for Writing Better Settings: http://bit.ly/fX12OJ

The 4 Cs of Grading Your Story Like a Diamond: http://bit.ly/eDrIzl

The 10 Commandments of the Successful Author: http://bit.ly/h10F7e

Traditional vs. Self Publishing: How Much Does the Debate Matter? http://bit.ly/eG2GBz #jamigold

7 tips for rising above rejection: http://bit.ly/eRurEa

Writing the breakout novel: Part 4 - A Deeply Felt Theme: http://bit.ly/fXAyy0

How to Increase Your Novel’s Word Count: http://bit.ly/fGPuQ5

Standing up for libraries: http://bit.ly/fSgRX9

The Editor’s Hat – 11 Tips for Your Second Draft: http://bit.ly/idjFBc

Breakdown of a terrific first chapter: http://bit.ly/hpzMma

The Path to Publication: http://bit.ly/dYcqTf

7 Questionable, Yet Widely Accepted Devices in SciFi: http://bit.ly/i7SM2x

What's it like going to the iPad2 release? http://bit.ly/g28qx0 @ipadgirl

Creative Confidence: http://bit.ly/f1434O

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Quick Bacon and Mushroom Pasta http://bit.ly/hteo3F @CleoCoyle

How to Write Faster Prose (And Why): http://bit.ly/ervbti

Building your fantasy world – Fantasy Creatures part 3: http://bit.ly/gXhSy0

Story Structure vs Voice in YA: http://bit.ly/g5WPaW

Creating a Steampunk World is Not as Easy as It Might Seem: http://bit.ly/gfGeck

Foolproof Ways to Attract Your First 1,000 Blog Subscribers: http://bit.ly/hUxGl6

Mystery Writer's Guide To Forensic Science - Collecting Evidence VII: http://bit.ly/eVrOKR @clarissadraper

Quick and Dirty World Building: http://bit.ly/htvm8b

Spring Forward! 5 Writing Exercises to Season The Poetic Muse: http://bit.ly/gX2PVd

Deep POV: http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2011/03/deep-point-of-view-part-two.html

What were this month's most popular writing articles? Sign up for the monthly WKB newsletter for links & interviews: http://bit.ly/gx7hg1

Tips for chapter writing: http://bit.ly/eX52ds

4 ways to use the Myers-Briggs personality types in your novels: http://bit.ly/fyRZWL @p2p_editor

8 Keys to Self-Publishing Success: http://bit.ly/gjufWx

Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing: Which Way Will You Make More Money? http://bit.ly/dKIGKD

Do you love your characters enough to torture them? http://bit.ly/heXPVf @authorterryo

Thoughts on whether writers should write to a genre or "dumb down" their books, if requested: http://bit.ly/gWs9iQ

Visuals of our characters: http://bit.ly/f3ZFfD

Surviving Edits in 12 Easy Steps – advice from an editor: http://bit.ly/idka3D

10 Reasons Writers Might Drink: http://bit.ly/gjlfWD @elspethwrites

4 things not to do at an agent panel: http://bit.ly/gOi305

You THINK it’s on the Page, but … NOT! (Making sure our writing is clear for our readers): http://bit.ly/hUxbSY

The Beauty of Things Unsaid (Advice for the 2nd Draft): http://bit.ly/g0iK2f

Writing the breakout novel: Part 3 - A High Stakes Plot: http://bit.ly/hjw4SO

What exactly goes into Act I anyway? http://bit.ly/h3qKbA

10 Steps to Secure Your WordPress Blog From Hackers: http://bit.ly/fIfjzy

10 Reasons Why You Should be Blogging: http://bit.ly/hICrU0

6 Reasons Google Books Failed (NY Review of Books): http://bit.ly/g7vyEk

Avoiding the conditional in our writing: http://bit.ly/gM0aVg

Info on and tips for the RWA National conference: http://bit.ly/eJ0Pc9

Interview with Mark Coker, Creator of Smashwords: http://bit.ly/gFRZ3o

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Maple Madness: Smoky-Sweet Maple Vinaigrette from Cleo Coyle http://bit.ly/gfU1VT @CleoCoyle

A gift to the muse: http://bit.ly/f2MGqM

In praise of crummy day jobs: http://bit.ly/dJNcJq

Introducing the villain: http://bit.ly/eSQmvV

What one writer has learned from judging writing contests: http://bit.ly/honTuF

Resource roundup for historical fiction: http://bit.ly/dLOQwO

How to form a quick revision list for your weaknesses: http://bit.ly/eGDxSl

Tips for restless writers: http://bit.ly/fojZJt

Building a Magic System for Your World: http://bit.ly/e8wsnl

10 steps for growing novel-sized story ideas: http://bit.ly/fIgFTP

The Death of the New York Times Book Review? http://huff.to/eBU56v

The #scriptfrenzy challenge--30 days. 100 pages. Held during April. Info: http://bit.ly/fOOucc and daily inspiration: http://bit.ly/ez57jE

Like With Like = Great Story Flow: http://bit.ly/h2UDs0

A Million Ways Not to Write a Book: http://bit.ly/eKWDSR

Have faith – there is a book at the end of the tunnel: http://bit.ly/fLKh5X

Writing the breakout novel: Part 2 - Larger-than-life characters: http://bit.ly/hbDBpB

Should writers follow screenwriting tricks? http://bit.ly/fjhveY

Tips for writing sequels: http://bit.ly/fPKxLB

Recap of a forensics panel from the Left Coast Crime conference: http://bit.ly/ezYgC8 @authorterryo

10 Lessons One Writer Learned From Her Dog: http://bit.ly/eMmMkQ

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies: http://bit.ly/f54b3U

Why Writers Should Take Their Own Advice: http://bit.ly/esRFrg

What’s the Use In Writing? More Than You Think: http://bit.ly/gyN77B

Becoming a Freelance Writer? 10 Keys to a Busy Writing Career: http://bit.ly/hbE31d

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Carrot Purée http://bit.ly/eDTcyL @CleoCoyle

An agent's list of pet peeves: http://bit.ly/dFeVhe

Rules for Short, Effective Emails (writers usually get this concept...but nice to forward to friends who don't) :) http://bit.ly/efOSm3

For scriptwriters--Loglines and how to write them: http://bit.ly/eb0YDV

How to Enrich Your Descriptions: http://bit.ly/dZ26Zo

Top 50 Literary Magazines: http://bit.ly/g3ggIC

How To Deal With Rejection: http://bit.ly/hDDJNU

Key Story Elements: Opening Image: http://bit.ly/fNta7F

Self-Promotion as an Act of Generosity: http://bit.ly/emaW5d

Twitterific--the week in tweets: http://bit.ly/gUo3EJ

How to Become a Copy Editor: http://bit.ly/dX6MVx

The 5 best unfollow apps and why you should use them: http://bit.ly/g12KvQ

The Case of the Best-Selling Author (Mary Higgins Clark--WSJ): http://on.wsj.com/eZGKg0

Royalty-free music for book trailers: http://bit.ly/eYxFr2

Write Scenes Rather Than Reports: http://bit.ly/fhUizi

Subconscious Storytelling: http://bit.ly/hSkfY6 #amrwiting @storiestorm

21 Excuses for Why Your Novel Isn’t Finished Yet: http://bit.ly/dOHYNe

Writing a breakout novel: Part 1 – An Inspired Concept: http://bit.ly/hhUWxo

Creating the best-worst character. Do you need to? http://bit.ly/eeDCIB

How to Organize a Writers’ Night. Loosely. http://bit.ly/dIuVAV

Authors reveal the secrets of their craft (Guardian): http://bit.ly/i1ukfy

WriterDesign: Domain & Web Hosting: http://bit.ly/f2wU5n

The Essential Zen Habits of 2010: http://zenhabits.net/zh2010/

Myst. Lov. Kitchen: Welcome Guest Blogger - Libby Fischer Hellmann! http://bit.ly/gEIVQT @CleoCoyle

5 Ways Romance Can Enhance Your YA Story: http://bit.ly/f0zXXI

Storytelling for Business Bloggers: http://bit.ly/h09WNL @victoriamixon

How To Fill Out Flat Secondary Characters: http://bit.ly/g8CdWq @ajackwriting

How to Write Horror: http://bit.ly/eRh2cL

Want to get up earlier to write? 25 Ways To Wake Up Early: http://bit.ly/fcFLEK

Now with over 7000 links to help #writers find resources: http://bit.ly/dYRayA

Pouring Cold Water on the Kindle-ing: http://bit.ly/gq5nFm