by @elizabethscraig
Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links searchable. Sign up for the free monthly WKB newsletter for the web's best links and interviews: http://bit.ly/gx7hg1 . Recent news: the 3rd book in the Memphis Barbeque series released November 1—Hickory Smoked Barbeque.
Ghostwriting: Does It Matter If You Don't Get The Credit? http://bit.ly/uuDUp4 @shurleyhall
Why Bloggers Should Be Stalkable: http://bit.ly/w3aPqu @charissaweaks
5 Ways to Stay Motivated While Writing a Novel: http://bit.ly/sU8JHo @nathanbransford
Speaker Tips for Authors: http://bit.ly/uuMjxN @sparrowgrp for @Bookgal
50 Quick, Dirty, and Cheap Ways to Improve Your Social Media Presence: http://bit.ly/vkKGT2 @smartwoman
11 Ways to Improve your Writing: http://bit.ly/urCf6G @soulofaword
Correct use of commas: http://bit.ly/ueQbTn @FantasyFaction
Smashwords to Start Accepting More eBook Formats in 2012: http://bit.ly/vDWdyU @ebooknewser
10 SEO Optimizations That Make A Difference: http://bit.ly/vndJXO @danny_cooper for @seanplatt
Chekhov's Gag Tropes for Brainstorming Humor: http://bit.ly/sipyH7
Twitterific--my week in tweets: http://bit.ly/umy50a
1 indie author's October sales report and analysis: http://bit.ly/s9btQK @DavidGaughran via @PassiveVoiceBlg
Getting the most from your Facebook fan page: http://bit.ly/vCI1Pn @curiosityquills
How to Write a Cover Letter That Is Both Modest and Confident: http://bit.ly/vAuqeE
7 things to remember when writing for young adults: http://bit.ly/u5AE7Q
How to Download Ebooks onto an Ereader from Project Gutenberg: http://bit.ly/u4svFI @PassiveVoiceBlg
10 reasons why pursuing your creative work is actually highly productive: http://bit.ly/rN3ggk @justinemusk
Keys to self-pub success: http://bit.ly/vvQ0r8 @TweetTheBook
How to Query a Book Review Blogger: http://bit.ly/sdG0xK @AnneRAllen
Do Readers See Your Characters the Way You Want Them To? http://bit.ly/vcZXW9 @KMWeiland
Tips for readings and signings: http://bit.ly/ukyK1A @marthawells1
Tips for book promo from @Janice_Hardy: http://bit.ly/vWmqeZ
10 resources for educating yourself on contracts: http://bit.ly/sgKpvL @/BryanThomasS
Structure-Getting Primal & Staying Simple: http://bit.ly/tTSmmt @KristenLambTX
5 Mistakes Writers Make When It Comes to Virtual Book Tours: http://bit.ly/rG9Cdv
6 Strategies To Help Get Your Family On Board With Your Passion: http://bit.ly/ugDLpz @OllinMorales
Barnes & Noble Introduces $249 Nook Tablet; Calls Kindle Fire 'Deficient' : http://bit.ly/vpOaJ7 @laurahazardowen
Writing memoirs – meeting the burden of marketability: http://bit.ly/tmgyKD @behlerpublish
10 Steps to Writing Mindfully for Your Blog: http://bit.ly/ugO8af @SeanMMadden
HarperCollins to pay $200 mil for Thomas Nelson: http://bit.ly/vsqqtv @GalleyCat #publishing
The Art of Performance = Not Wasting Your Audience's Time: http://bit.ly/tO8f3u @kameronhurley
Why moving on to our next book is a good tactic: http://bit.ly/teKMJM
Inspiration vs Perspiration in Writing: http://bit.ly/tUjH0P @FaeRowen
1 agent's concerns with NaNo: http://bit.ly/sSNsol @greyhausagency
5 writers with great Twitter bios: http://bit.ly/sSh8g7 @MarianSchembari
Download Seven Free Writing eBooks from @WritersDigest: http://bit.ly/urhVI8 @galleycat
The Challenges of Editing an Anthology: http://bit.ly/vrQCXk @Colin_Barnes
What 1 writer has learned about improving plot: http://bit.ly/sW0wzD @@Kathy_Crowley
Konrath releases his ebook v. print sales numbers: http://bit.ly/tcwV2O @jakonrath
Author Blogging 101: The Blogging Mindset: http://bit.ly/s9h6L9 @JFBookman
YA writers--a reminder of the many 1sts that kids face: http://bit.ly/u3MMrK @CherylRWrites
Tips for Using a Plot Board to Plot: http://bit.ly/vowoU6
An agent on Amazon Kindle Owners' Lending Library: http://bit.ly/w3wdrA @RachelleGardner
Why story beats character: http://bit.ly/vjYugd @jammer0501
Create, Publish, Market, and Sell Your Own E-Book: http://bit.ly/rzIjJS @TheCreativePenn
How to hire the right website designer: http://bit.ly/rC8gq1 @JaneFriedman
The Nook tablet's target audience: http://bit.ly/ujV9kj @laurahazardowen
Fantasy stories in a non-fantasy world: http://bit.ly/ugLGTo @DirtyWhiteCandy
Using Character to Fuel Momentum: http://bit.ly/tkF6Px @VictoriaMixon for @jan_ohara
How to gain perspective on your work: http://bit.ly/tS61KE @writersdigest
A Pulitzer-winning biographer with 6 writing lessons: http://bit.ly/vXImSq @michellerafter
Good Writing Habits & Motivation: http://bit.ly/u1MVXg
Authors can't skimp on cover design or editing: http://bit.ly/vXc8Nd @novelpublicity
A Better Way Of Managing Your Author Website: http://bit.ly/sbc3GE
How to Recognize and Recover When You've Started Believing Your Own PR: http://bit.ly/se97vU @lizstrauss
8 rules for developing a good plot: http://bit.ly/vMsmih
5 Ways to Take the Ickiness Out of Marketing Our Books: http://bit.ly/uh2Grd @JodyHedlund
1 writer explains how his focus and motivation: http://bit.ly/tsthsH @RobertSharenow for @Janice_Hardy
Using The 12 Stages of Physical Intimacy To Build Tension In Your Novel: http://bit.ly/sIfqiI @JHansenWrites
Best self-publishing sites: http://bit.ly/v5Hdex @rule17
Tips for marketing your novel from @Janice_Hardy for @AngelaAckerman: http://bit.ly/vDSsqo
Using triggers in our writing: http://bit.ly/ssAr9W @authorterryo
Publishing in literary journals--an endangered rite of passage: http://bit.ly/vKtr90
A Love Affair...With Index Cards: http://bit.ly/vdFbfw @JulieMusil
True "do-it-yourself" publishing success stories will probably become rare? http://bit.ly/rQKY8o @PassiveVoiceBlg
An agent with "Submissions 101": http://bit.ly/uUun06 @BookEndsJessica
Be a More Confident Writer: 5 Choices That Might Be Hurting Instead of Helping: http://bit.ly/siaqvS @AnnieNeugebauer
10 phrases freelancers hate to hear: http://bit.ly/vmB4lD @michellerafter
How movie money works: http://bit.ly/sre3qG #screenwriting
10 Intensifiers You Should Really, Absolutely Avoid: http://bit.ly/vyks5u
Attaining the impossible: http://bit.ly/tF0MiB @HP4Writers
Indie publishing is professional suicide? Authors respond: http://bit.ly/tPfDkc @PassiveVoiceBlg
Kobo Acquired by Japan's Rakuten for $315 Million: http://bit.ly/sPbZ0q @GalleyCat #publishing
Tips for writing dialogue: http://bit.ly/slMVWY
How To Succeed At Screenwriting… By Really Trying, Part 2: Watch Movies: http://bit.ly/tgA5qr
Thoughts on what pages authors should sign books: http://bit.ly/t1lQ0p
Magic Bullet: The WISE Screenwriting Method: http://bit.ly/t0peDn @scriptmag
8 Ways Writers Cause Trouble: http://bit.ly/toSt3s @dollycas
The Creation of an Agent's TBR Pile: http://bit.ly/t4Am91 @SaraMegibow
10 tips for getting published: http://bit.ly/tVrENb @nicolamorgan
1 writer's experiment with Facebook ads: http://bit.ly/satEYq @LizzyFord2010
Tips from a self-pub success story: http://bit.ly/rVDxoG @JFBookman
3 Essential Guidelines for NaNoWriMo: http://bit.ly/uUSaMT @VictoriaMixon
When to Modify Your Name Due to SEO Concerns: http://bit.ly/sVMZM3 @JaneFriedman
7 More Fixes for Dangling Modifiers: http://bit.ly/rp1Fyi
Ebook as artifact: http://bit.ly/u8DKvI @camillelaguire
Crime fiction writers: 1 way to write sleuths that readers identify with: http://bit.ly/s8AaRA @Mkinberg
Creepy houses in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/s7NEhw @mkinberg
Save The Bookstore Day: http://bit.ly/uJUa4L @NicholeBernier
Why indie authors need to produce professional products: http://bit.ly/szDyls @joebeernink via @p2p_editor
The Brit Writers Awards: Questions and Threats: http://bit.ly/ue4dYg @VictoriaStrauss
The Art of Receiving Criticism: http://bit.ly/ttk36a @storyfix
Understanding Advances And Royalties: http://bit.ly/ssHVBy @HeatherMcCorkle
Social media--1 size doesn't fit all: http://bit.ly/vdXKWP @KristenLambTX
The Secret to Writing While Driving: http://bit.ly/rq1iDn @christi_craig
5 Things To Consider When Turning Real Life into Fiction: http://bit.ly/rvkVlX @ProcrastWriter
Thanks to @AngelaAckerman & @beccapuglisi for making me a hero! http://bit.ly/vOG89f . Ck out their sidebar resource for writers.
How and why 1 writer changed his book's title: http://bit.ly/v6IF4c @AuthorGuy
Create Visibility Before Getting Published: http://bit.ly/uD3IV5 @KarenCV for @spunkonastick
5 levels of slush pile manuscripts: http://bit.ly/sp0VLv @camillelaguire
5 Mistakes Virtual Book Tour Mistakes: http://bit.ly/tJjPKM @Working_Writer
Tips for organizing information: http://bit.ly/tfWY2D @CherylRWrites
How to Keep Writing When the Honeymoon is Over: http://bit.ly/vrEOxk @JodyHedlund
Indie pub drama, Amazon's library, book piracy, con-confusion. Great wrap-up by @Porter_Anderson for @JaneFriedman : http://bit.ly/uAI8PI
An agent on the stages of an edit: http://bit.ly/tNgtf3 @BookEndsJessica
8 Press Kit Elements for Your Author Website: http://bit.ly/suQt8H @sandrabeckwith for @FriesenPress
The trouble of calling ourselves writers: http://bit.ly/smxWxs @writeitsideways
Keeping your writing interesting to keep yourself engaged: http://bit.ly/uLjmXW @originalimpulse for @fuelyourwriting
How to speak publisher - D is for Design: http://bit.ly/uDYwLM @annerooney
Great covers--tips from 4 design pros: http://bit.ly/sTxzoa
'Every Book is a Leap of Faith': Int'l Lit. Publishing: http://bit.ly/tXkBKs @pubperspectives #publishing
The different types of plotting writers: http://bit.ly/s2tNo6 @C_Herringshaw
Author platform--it's not about you: http://bit.ly/sDkqyC @JFBookman
Book Bloggers: The New Publishing Gatekeepers: http://bit.ly/sjNc0M @jenniecoughlin
Faking It – acting like you know what you're doing: http://bit.ly/sosm0N @behlerpublish
A Get Out of Jail Free Card for Some Authors: http://bit.ly/uPwXGN @PassiveVoiceBlg
What Makes a Story Feel Unrealistic? http://bit.ly/uGLflu @JamiGold
Survey of Low Fantasy Subgenres: http://bit.ly/sygKZp @FantasyFaction
When Characters Betray Other Characters: http://bit.ly/vR4glj @janice_hardy
Tips for using a storyboard for revision: http://bit.ly/vYUQHU @joanswan
When, in your drafts, to add the details of your worldbuilding: http://bit.ly/rAGXtw @HP4Writers
Examples of description used in novel openings: http://bit.ly/v0c0yL @KarenMusings
How to feel miserable as a writer: http://bit.ly/viq2Sm @JamesScottBell
Writing Adult Vs. YA Titles, one author's experience: http://bit.ly/uNvBaB @LeannaRenee
Build a questions list to keep writing fresh: http://bit.ly/sKbq2U
Song structure and plot (what novelists can learn from songwriters): http://bit.ly/s3LVVW @JLeaLopez
Best articles for writers--11/11/11: http://bit.ly/uLsMkN @4KidLit
3 tips for giving readings: http://bit.ly/vOxXJB
10 Phrases to Purge From Your Speech & : http://bit.ly/rLsacn @nancyragno for @JaneFriedman
15 Tips for Writing a Murder Mystery: http://bit.ly/ua2ran @JHansenWrites
Write the beginning last: http://bit.ly/vsAL1E @elanaj
Indie v. traditional. Choose according to your project: http://bit.ly/vYNVu6 @LAGilman
Character v. trait: http://bit.ly/tSoOgo @TheresaStevens
Myth-Busting About Uncertainty: http://bit.ly/upfaaq @Later_Bloomer
Backstory: A Lesser Known Reason Not to Dump it Upfront: http://bit.ly/tHOUah @jeanniecampbell
1 writer admits to not being totally present with her family: http://bit.ly/rFfssC @tessgerritsen
15 Words for Household Rooms, and Their Synonyms: http://bit.ly/sTuyOY
How to Be a Better Parent AND a Better Writer: http://bit.ly/svLRxY @write_practice
Why Would You Ever Want to Outsource Your Voice? http://bit.ly/vBYbRN @chrisbrogan
Juxtaposition of relationships: http://bit.ly/rvgdQC @RavenRequiem13
A free directory of #ebook pros--for covers, editing, formatting, & more: http://tinyurl.com/3mxg5zt
Introducing Writer Beware's Small Presses Page: http://bit.ly/tiaTKk @VictoriaStrauss
Why 1 writer has been happy with his decision to self-pub: http://bit.ly/vC4SzI @DavidGaughran for @jakonrath
YouTube Video Marketing Tips for Authors: http://bit.ly/sM2MA8 @curiosityquills
4 Ways to Fix a Stalled Story: http://bit.ly/vIHz3U @Janice_Hardy
Why an author's early works are usually most original: http://bit.ly/rYFCxr
Tips for writing book proposals: http://bit.ly/rUJ2qK
An interesting interview with Stephen King: http://nyti.ms/v3lENZ (NY Times): @errolmorris
10 point website checkup: http://bit.ly/vU1x7m @Bookgal for @KarenCV
Hook your reader from the start: http://bit.ly/vUkcnv @HowToWriteShop
Generating Story: Develop The 6 Core Parts, Start Anywhere: http://bit.ly/tFL0LZ @authorjohnbrown
How The Kindle Fire Will Attack The iPad: Newsstand: http://rww.to/vPJx6Q @JonMwords
How to Write Fast and Well: http://bit.ly/v4hp1J @gatekeeperspost
5 Great Websites for Thriller Writers: http://bit.ly/tYPj8X @worddreams
The Art And Craft Of Story With @VictoriaMixon for @TheCreativePenn: http://bit.ly/rT1D2l
How to Style Compounds After the Noun: http://bit.ly/t2vWqY
3 Hidden Benefits of a Controversial Guest Post: http://bit.ly/rZMzMT @webtrafficcafe
5 Ways to Make More Time to Read: http://bit.ly/tHUZBh @robertbruce76 for @michaelhyatt
Writing for Middle Grades: Voice: http://bit.ly/tMlaeX @magicalwords
1 writer's lessons learned after 20,000 tweets: http://bit.ly/vPVqqn @JeffGoins
Treating characters as if they were real: http://bit.ly/tkIWeM
The subconscious shelf: http://nyti.ms/tWWeMV (NY Times)
The Pleasures and Perils of Rereading: http://bit.ly/sdCOT9 @RealLiveCritic
Speed bumps on the road to publication: http://bit.ly/ryOtVd
5 features to help you grow your ghostwriting business: http://bit.ly/vMuZXI & http://bit.ly/ttqyzU @KarenCV
How Independent Bookstores Sell E-Books: http://bit.ly/vvBDvy @laurahazardowen
Romance in fantasy: http://bit.ly/tOSTb0 @FantasyFaction