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 (now over 12,000) searchable.
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Ways to judge whether your character is likeable enough for readers: http://bit.ly/A7fc0A @lisagailgreen
Surviving the Publishing Industry's Looking Glass: http://bit.ly/ABKZro @writerboyESPN
Do you have a marketing plan? http://bit.ly/yr66Yl @robeagar
10 Types of Hypercorrection: http://bit.ly/wNsR76 @writing_tips
Making Friends Without Making Them Feel Used: http://bit.ly/zlg5Mg @JodyHedlund
Your Top 12 Author Marketing Moves for 2012: http://bit.ly/Apz3G6 @writersdigest
Do You Know Your Characters? Do You Know Yourself? http://bit.ly/xuuwAu @curiosityquills
G is for Gerund: http://bit.ly/zMhAjH
6 Ways to Create Writing Goals That Stick: http://bit.ly/zBy8cQ @msheatherwebb for @krissybrady
Building emotional cues into scenes: http://bit.ly/wO6O4C @JulieWuAuthor @BTMargins
Your Top 12 Author Marketing Moves for 2012: http://bit.ly/Apz3G6 @robeagar for @writersdigest
J.K. Rowling's Writing Process in Her Own Words, part 2: http://bit.ly/wAhxoA @shelleysouza for @HP4Writers
Being The Evil Overlord: http://bit.ly/yCJ51M @katepaulk for @sarahahoyt
How to create mood: http://bit.ly/wO5PxU
The 7 Components of Book Marketing Strategy: http://bit.ly/wJyYVF @JenniferAFusco
The Difference Between Dreaming and Starting: http://bit.ly/y9GRes @jeffgoins
An Agent on Why The Writing Process Trumps Everything: http://bit.ly/ApZ76j @greyhausagency
The drive to write: http://bit.ly/xOIit4 @kalayna
How to Catch More Life in Your Writing: http://bit.ly/AwWax7 @write_practice
Revision: A Fine Line Between Polish And Overkill: http://bit.ly/zZ9uKD
All my tweets from the past week: http://bit.ly/ADefRm
Goal setting for writers: http://bit.ly/xN8lba @eMergentPublish
Why perfect endings rankle: http://bit.ly/w5bSkr @SolomonAnna for @BTMargins
Why books make the best movies: http://bit.ly/xT6Bin
75 Synonyms for "Talk": http://bit.ly/wikVpf @writing_tips
Playbook For Self-Promo: http://bit.ly/zIvrhK @bigblackcat97 for @WriteAngleBlog
Is Your Website Hurting Your Writing? http://bit.ly/xdzvGq @menwithpens for @thecreativepenn
Are readers really ready for the self-published author? http://bit.ly/ABbKWW @tonyakappes11
Writers--Will Work for Cheap: http://bit.ly/xPwbA5 @KristineRusch
When promo gets pushy: http://bit.ly/x5M8or @blurbisaverb
Genrefication: Romance, the Novel, and Literary Fiction: http://bit.ly/yWAfDX @JustBethanne
Giving our characters epiphanies: http://bit.ly/xSdi1H
Thoughts on setting writing goals: http://bit.ly/wagTru @/andrewgreybooks
Crime fiction--creating ordinary people for readers to pull for: http://bit.ly/xWx5Uw @mkinberg
An Authors' Guide to the Almighty 3% Rule: http://bit.ly/AcinQw @TweetTheBook
Approaching Success or Avoiding Failure? http://bit.ly/xHyYU2 @WriteNowCoach
4 Ways To Develop Your Authentic Voice For Book Marketing Success: http://bit.ly/wgEhnt @Beth_Barany
Using small questions to get past a block with your manuscript: http://bit.ly/wvuje5 @SusanSquires
Using data to develop a social media strategy: http://bit.ly/wTK4bf @andrewphelps
9 Villains in Literature & Film--& Making Your Own Better: http://bit.ly/y1Ffcr @joebunting
Making Backstory Work for You: http://bit.ly/xSlkv4 @janice_hardy
Your YA Protagonist–Some Dos and Don'ts: http://bit.ly/wFvt0j @Kristi_Cook
What stillness reveals: http://bit.ly/AwqPXc @OllinMorales
For the disorganized writer: How to tackle clutter: http://bit.ly/xistZ7 @zen_habits
How to Find Your Inner Sadist: http://bit.ly/yRpH7O @Ava_Jae
Just because they offered you a contract doesn't mean you need to take it: http://bit.ly/xwEsfP @behlerpublish
Why You Should Add E-mail Subscription Service to Your Blog: http://bit.ly/wnRoC6 @JaneFriedman
When authors are swallowed whole by their books: http://bit.ly/wWOxR1 @FebruaryGrace
Finding time to blog *and* write: http://bit.ly/Amg1gL @dirtywhitecandy
The author/reviewer relationship: http://bit.ly/zFFOOl @YAHighway
How to generate a year's worth of content in an hour: http://bit.ly/ygz6JJ @viperchill
5 Ways to Bring Your Blog into the Spotlight: http://bit.ly/yYMkXT @youngprepro
Don't Drown Your Reader in Explanations: http://bit.ly/x8hecT @KMWeiland
Commenting On Reviews: A Different Type of Author Intrusion: http://bit.ly/z67817
How Images Improve Blog Traffic: http://bit.ly/zrVW6y @robertleebrewer
Weekend Writing -Writing as a Second Job: http://bit.ly/A8mxGs @camillelaguire
Possible Problems and Obstacles for Superheroes to Face Besides Supervillains: http://bit.ly/A6yNNe
The New World of Publishing: Writer vs. Author: http://bit.ly/A8crBJ @deanwesleysmith
Pros and Cons of Multiple First Person: http://bit.ly/xRBn8i @Janice_Hardy
Story structure--set-up: http://bit.ly/wcpzOx @rebeccaberto
Your new writing blog: avoid these faux-pas: http://bit.ly/y8fATp @dirtywhitecandy
Use a Rewrite to Add What Your Story Lacks: http://bit.ly/w1g5jE @noveleditor
12 Ways To Give Your Career A Jump Start For 2012: http://bit.ly/xUzbMJ @lilywolf
How to Develop a Successful Multi-Author Blog: http://bit.ly/yOFu4v @smexaminer
The Loneliness of the Icelandic Translator: http://bit.ly/xLtcvS @oliviasnaije for @pubperspectives
What Costco can teach us about writing: http://bit.ly/z2IxR5 @JulieMusil
How to Buy eBooks from an Indie Bookstore: http://bit.ly/zvRYV5 @galleycat
Lord of the Rings: The Revised Edition: http://bit.ly/AfJz7T @ChrisDolley
How to Make Chapters for a Novel Manuscript in Microsoft Word 2010: http://bit.ly/xHTeg1
Hooks, Loglines, and Pitches: What Every Writer Needs to Know: http://bit.ly/zQF8Z7 @AnneRAllen
Revive Your Creativity by… Not Being Creative: http://bit.ly/w2Ys7A @misfitsmascara
Blogging (or writing) with kids--9 tips: http://bit.ly/zlQKtn @WritingH
Why Bequeathing Your Intellectual Property is Crucial: http://bit.ly/wsvyvQ @DebraPurdyKong
Unleashing creativity begins with a timeline of your past: http://bit.ly/AxuGlb @tobywneal
Technical Aspects of Creating A Nontraditional Ebook: http://bit.ly/yyMumV @indieauthor for @thecreativepenn
Tips for preparing your doc for epublishing: http://bit.ly/wSPl2K
1 writer on what she likes about romantic suspense: http://bit.ly/wSPl2K
10 New Year Resolutions For Writers (that might actually stick): http://bit.ly/x3f84x @ajackwriting
Stabilizing Influence: http://bit.ly/xK0luH @Ravenrequiem13
An agent's tips for aspiring memoir writers: http://bit.ly/Ajfpap @rachellegardner
3 Secrets to e-Book Cover Design Success: http://bit.ly/xmoHlX @jfbookman
Literary Devices to Help Writers Who've Lost the Plot: http://bit.ly/yo66Wi
The Mirage of Fixity — Selling an Idea Before Understanding the Concept: http://bit.ly/zEr7QE @scholarlykitchn
6 Dos and Don'ts for Busy Parents Who Blog: http://bit.ly/z8Ijy8 @writeitsideways
Getting The Most From A Critique: http://bit.ly/Anbf1d @marcykennedy
A Tested Social Media Success Formula: Talk as Yourself, Not about Yourself: http://bit.ly/AALRCB @danzarrella @copyblogger
Worldbuilding with Horses: Preindustrial Revolution: http://bit.ly/z9RsUc @dancinghorse
Stop Waiting to Be Picked: http://bit.ly/w9TIYs @JeffGoins
35 Genres and Other Varieties of Fiction: http://bit.ly/w7rHN6 @writing_tips
Which League Are You Playing In? http://bit.ly/wP4op7 @bob_brooke
Reasons to give writing poetry a go: http://bit.ly/yccQ85 @eMergentPublish
How Not To Mutilate A Foreign Language: http://bit.ly/zCMH8B @StinaLL
5 things 1 writer wishes she'd known before she sold her manuscript: http://bit.ly/z85mIz @PBRWriter
When is your manuscript ready to be sent out: http://bit.ly/w1Z5E6 @lisagailgreen
10 signs you're not in the writing zone: http://bit.ly/yVNPYg @elspethwrites
Tips for better book openings: http://bit.ly/wxAQXo @anasleuth
Tips for writing dialogue tags: http://bit.ly/wiwFUq
Approaching agents who rejected you...after you've gotten an offer from a publisher: http://bit.ly/wmniWF @bookendsjessica
5 Narrative Mistakes You Can Fix Right Now: http://bit.ly/wut7Hy @EliseRome for @RoniLoren
Tips for creating effective characters: http://bit.ly/yLYc2t
Making a living writing--1 writer's story: http://bit.ly/wngwmt @MeredithEfken for @HowToWriteShop
Show Editors & Agents How You Meet Their Guidelines: http://bit.ly/z9irTQ @greyhausagency
Knowing Where to Start Your Novel: http://bit.ly/xa6zwU @Janice_Hardy
Why the internet is a trap - and how 1 writer deals with it: http://bit.ly/xJoEFu @JulietteWade
How to mine your childhood for story gems and more: http://bit.ly/AcYp23 @CAMorganti
Subtext: What is this Story Really About? http://bit.ly/xAfj1C
Story ideas--what they are, what they're not: http://bit.ly/xzrNcB @SarahAHoyt
Apple v. Amazon,libraries & piracy, authors & e-rights--& more top ind. news from @Porter_Anderson for @JaneFriedman: http://bit.ly/y9VFI0
Top Ten Made-Up Literary Couples: http://bit.ly/yhSbiU @deadwhiteguys
Author Rex Pickett on Surviving Rejection: http://bit.ly/xMLCIz @GalleyCat
Advice for authors from social media guru Seth Godin: http://bit.ly/yc0Xqr @passivevoiceblg
Proper Nouns vs. Pronouns: http://bit.ly/zDEzmA @KeliGwyn
A Model for Crowdsourced Publishing: http://bit.ly/wnMGRm @mightyscoo for @JaneFriedman
Thoughts on staying motivated when writing that first novel: http://bit.ly/zb3Ljn @KatieGanshert
Build Your Author Brand in 5 Easy Steps: http://bit.ly/yuCGR5 @scribblinghappy
How to Explore Your Characters' Motivations: http://bit.ly/yK7Ix1 @write_practice
How to Make Sense of Critiques: http://bit.ly/AbAxu5 @DiyMia
An Industry for Arts Graduates Who Can Count: http://bit.ly/xD8n9S @PassiveVoiceBlg
Writing on the Ether's @Porter_Anderson features: @johnemcintyre @DonLinn @lizcastro @michellelegro @naypinya : http://bit.ly/y9VFI0
Daily writing vs. weekday writing: http://bit.ly/wDH9nP @camillelaguire
Finding a good balance for crime fiction endings: http://bit.ly/wzDWe3 @mkinberg
Tips for moving forward with your manuscript after getting stuck: http://bit.ly/x6AWUj @alanorloff
Vocabulary has to be true to our POV character (and familiar to our target reader): http://bit.ly/yxdmXP @authorterryo
An Author's Guide to NetGalley: http://bit.ly/zvWdVQ
What Star Wars "A New Hope" Can Teach Us About In Medias Res: http://bit.ly/z2pzfV @KristenLambTX
Fewer copy editors means embarrassing errors in newspapers: http://bsun.md/z60zzA @johnemcintyre
The Same River Twice: On Rewriting Your Past: http://bit.ly/yvZe3C
10 Ways Writing Fiction is Like Performing for a Camera: http://bit.ly/wcye8l @victoriamixon
Are New Tablets Slowing The Growth Of E-Readers? http://bit.ly/zmnrJ7 @laurahazardowen
5 Things You Have To Think About Before You Self Publish: http://bit.ly/Alu1Y1 @Ajackwriting
7 Tools for Tracking Ebook Sales: http://bit.ly/xmmY03 @PYOEbooks
Games Agents Play: http://bit.ly/xSKcL2