by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Have a great week!
How to Start Your Novel: http://bit.ly/IfpSS1 @joebunting
A roundup of analysis on the MS/B&N deal: http://bit.ly/JPPHVo @Porter_Anderson @JPManga @sarahw @maryjofoley @ThadMcIlroy @mikecane
Updating Traditional Motifs to Create Fresh Fiction: http://bit.ly/Ijs5MY
Style Sheets for Consistency: http://bit.ly/IjsdMt @Artzicarol
Why e-books will soon be obsolete (it’s not just because of DRM): http://bit.ly/InmHF6 @jpatokal
For writers on the go--a $10 folding whiteboard: http://tcrn.ch/IbRLFA @mjburnsy
Mouth-Watering Book Nooks: http://bit.ly/Ijsuiy @BookishWallace
Miniature fairytale for royal dolls' house to be published full size: http://bit.ly/IjsBuk @alisonflood
Character intelligence: a matter of consistency and context: http://bit.ly/IZmG9F @JulietteWade
5 Tips for Making Time to Write: http://bit.ly/IZmNSn @lynnegarner
What Amazon's ebook strategy means: http://bit.ly/IZn2gh
Sites for Ideas and Inspiration: http://bit.ly/IZnjA1 @cherylrwrites
Precision increases plausibility: http://bit.ly/IZnmMc
The Danger of Authors Being Too Clique-y on Twitter: http://bit.ly/IbboPr @roniloren
Note to publishers: Your addiction to DRM is killing you: http://bit.ly/IbbUNl @mathewi
The difference between edits and copyedits: http://bit.ly/Ibc3QV @MiriamForster
Discrepancy vs. Disparity: http://bit.ly/Ibcbjg @writing_tips
The Trouble With Tagging and Liking – How an Amazon Tag and Like Aren't Enough: http://bit.ly/Ibchr3 @beth_barany
Writers should broaden their marketing efforts: http://bit.ly/JsSaY3 @KristenLambTX
The Writer's Version Of The Seven Deadly Sins: http://bit.ly/JsSjuB @ChandlerWrites
Choosing a Historical Fiction Topic, or Any Topic: http://bit.ly/IHtlr7 @msheatherwebb
Literary magazines for new and emerging writers: http://bit.ly/IHtxa2 @rebeccaberto
5 Ways to Reduce the Working-Mom Whine Syndrome: http://bit.ly/IHtHOL @jodyhedlund
How to use, not abuse, jargon, slang, idioms: http://bit.ly/IHtYB4 @writeitsideways
Consumers Increasingly Choosing Tablets Over E-Readers, Study Says: http://bit.ly/IEmZ87 @DigiBookWorld
A brief history of Microsoft's e-reader efforts: http://bit.ly/JNhvNN @kevinctofel
How to become an e-book sensation: http://bit.ly/JNib5S @Beverly_Akerman
8 tips to get the most out of attending a writers conference: http://bit.ly/JNiQ7n @michellerafter
What years as an agent brought to 1 writer: http://bit.ly/JNiZrl
15 Ways to Write Tight: http://bit.ly/JNj7qM
Creative Ways to Kill a Character: http://bit.ly/JNm6PW @writersdigest
Is Your Work Commercially Viable? http://bit.ly/JNm9LH @janefriedman
What does the DoJ settlement mean for customers? A summary: http://tinyurl.com/c4b8c8f
Tips for writers who suffer from repetitive strain injury: http://bit.ly/JNmj5R @byRozMorris
The relative respectability of various contractions: http://bit.ly/JNmIFq @writing_tips
Self Publishing on Amazon: Kindle Direct Publishing: http://bit.ly/JNmRIO @woodwardkaren
A refresher on punctuation and parentheses: http://bit.ly/JXQqFZ @livewritethrive
How to Create Distinctive Character Voices: http://bit.ly/JXQBAZ @KMWeiland
12 Ways to Create a Mailing List that Will Sell Books: http://bit.ly/JXQSnt @bookgal
What Not To Do or What 1 Writer Learned from Watching Season 4 of Castle: http://bit.ly/Kn3bX9 @anna_elliott
An example of line editing: http://bit.ly/Ko86Hk @theresastevens
A capitalization refresher, with an infographic: http://bit.ly/Ko8k17 @grammarnet
Five Resources For Freelance Writing: http://bit.ly/Ko8w0p @howtowriteshop
5 Reasons Other Writers Aren't Showing You The Love: http://bit.ly/Ko8Dt0 @jeanoram
Know Your Reader, Know Your Setting: http://bit.ly/Ko8LJ0
In electronic author collectives, writers band together to promote their books: http://bit.ly/IngRDF @robotech_master
Why 1 agent doesn't think New Adult is marketable yet: http://bit.ly/Inmn9u @sarahlapolla
Back away slowly from 1-star reviews: http://bit.ly/Inmsdh @sierragodfrey
The problem with Twitter hashtags and automation: http://bit.ly/InmzWf @KristenLambTX
Why Do Old Books Smell? http://bit.ly/InmBxl
The 7 Bad Habits of Insanely Productive People: http://bit.ly/InmOAF @soniasimone
Make-or-Break Verbs: http://nyti.ms/IkfvHA @sinandsyntax
How to Outline (the Easy Way) Like Janet Evanovich: http://bit.ly/IkfHqk @writersdigest
Social Stereotypes in Worldbuilding: http://bit.ly/K0DdMu @JulietteWade
10 Ways Free iPhone Apps Supercharge Writers: http://bit.ly/Jdp7Fv @jfbookman
1 writer dissects "The Hunger Games" to find 20 things that made it work: http://bit.ly/JdpeRp @annerooney
8 Tips for Naming Characters: http://bit.ly/JnH1Dm @toucanic
Top 5 reasons why Twitter Crushes Facebook: http://bit.ly/JnH56c @speechwriterguy
Self-destructive behavior by writers: http://bit.ly/JnH7ek @sarahahoyt
Think Like a Publisher: Early Decisions: http://bit.ly/JnHc1w @deanwesleysmith
20 Words for That Certain Something: http://bit.ly/JnHg1r @writing_tips
Types of conflict and subtypes of external conflict: http://bit.ly/JnHkhH
5 tips for a successful book event: http://bit.ly/JdqZye @curiosityquills
Story Structure: The Third Act: http://bit.ly/Jdr7xD @KMWeiland
Throughline: Tying Your Story Together: http://bit.ly/JMhoOQ @mooderino
4 tips for writing compelliing erotica: http://bit.ly/JMhBBv
YA Authors on Pinterest: http://bit.ly/JR5I0M
Crime fiction--when protagonists from different series join forces to solve cases: http://bit.ly/JocpS8 @mkinberg
7 things 1 writer learned from working with editors: http://bit.ly/ImlAEU @BryanThomasS
Do Writing Contests Help or Hurt Creativity? http://bit.ly/ImlDQU @jeanniecampbell
How to Form Plurals of Compound Nouns: http://bit.ly/ImlHAg @writing_tips
Train your muse like a puppy: http://bit.ly/ImlKfo @rachellegardner
Perfecting Your First Page: 3 Tasks or Exercises: http://bit.ly/ImlQDJ @janefriedman
Thinking Through a Strategy for DRM: http://bit.ly/IlgZBx @JosephJEsposito
Hiring a Freelance Editor: A Step-by-Step Guide: http://bit.ly/Ilh7AX
12 ways Twitter makes you a better writer: http://bit.ly/Ilh9ZI @eMergentPublish
Setting the Mood with your First Lines: http://bit.ly/Ilhfk7
Tips for ending chapters with a bang: http://bit.ly/IlhGdY @AdriennedeWolfe
How (Not) to Write Great Characters: http://bit.ly/IlhJXf @Ava_Jae
Own the crazy: http://bit.ly/IlhMCw @ChuckWendig @ThereseWalsh
The YA Genre Is Killing Itself: http://bit.ly/JooJlE @fuelyourwriting
The 9 Smartest Things Said about the non-Pulitzer: http://bit.ly/Jop7An @readingape
Taking critique like a pro: http://bit.ly/Jopdbp @behlerpublishing
5 steps for testing your opening scene: http://bit.ly/Jopjj7 @roniloren
Tips for writing better book reviews: http://bit.ly/JopFXb @readingape
Ebooks--Pricing, Visibilty & Experimentation: http://bit.ly/JoqIX3 @DavidGaughran
The Key Ingredient for Dramatic Tension–Understanding the Antagonist: http://bit.ly/JoqRK7 @kristenlambTX
Launching a successful blog tour: http://bit.ly/IEyKlo
The Starburst Method: The Character Grid: http://bit.ly/IEyXF2 @woodwardkaren
Tips for writing villains: http://bit.ly/IEzrel
No sympathy for the creative class: http://bit.ly/IHjQI5 @TheMisreadCity
The Introvert Blogger's 5-Step Guide to Acing an Interview: http://bit.ly/IHjTU3 @catseyewriter
15 Tips for Children's Book Authors: http://bit.ly/IHkANo @pictsandprint
The Criterion For Evaluating An Agent: http://bit.ly/IHkPYy
Guest blogger etiquette: http://bit.ly/IHkTrf @curiosityquills
23 Timeless Quotes About Writing: http://bit.ly/IHkVQ2 @writersdigest
10 keys to a great writer's conference: http://bit.ly/IHkYv6 @CherylRWrites
Fantasy characters with disabilities and imperfections: http://bit.ly/IHl7P8 @fantasyfaction
How to be both original and universal: http://bit.ly/IHladM @jammer0501
Do characters really need to be likeable? http://bit.ly/IvMVa1 @JulietteWade
Tips for on-air interviews: http://bit.ly/JPSCNJ @Porter_Anderson @LinLacombe
1 industry insider's acknowledgment of the case for self-pub--with 4 qualifiers: http://bit.ly/JPRoSv @Porter_Anderson @MikeShatzkin
2 Tests That Can Help Writers Sort Through Feedback: http://bit.ly/JPTrGn @jodyhedlund
Tips for keeping your writing fresh: http://bit.ly/JPTGBe @jhansenwrites @MargieLawson
Tenses and Person: http://bit.ly/JPTORg @MistyMassey
Six Great Reasons to Write Your Novel: http://bit.ly/JPTZMu @thecreativepenn
Character stereotypes and archetypes: http://bit.ly/KhgHBT @AlexSokoloff
5 Reasons to Keep Blogging When You Want to Abandon the Mission: http://bit.ly/Khh4fI @originalimpulse
Good Writing Isn't Good Enough Anymore, Especially in Queries: http://bit.ly/Khhhj0 @greyhausagency
7 Tools For Pacing A Novel & Keeping Your Story Moving At The Right Pace: http://bit.ly/KhhmDq @writersdigest
Plot vs Arc: Effecting Change: http://bit.ly/KhhzGB @behlerpublish
The digital-only model is cool for cats - and even Shakespeare: http://bit.ly/INwsA2 @thefuturebook
A look at juries in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/INBDQu @mkinberg
The secret truth about writing: http://bit.ly/INFiOr @speechwriterguy
What are the primary goals of your protagonist & antagonist? http://bit.ly/INFJs6
Tips for creating literary fiction: http://bit.ly/ING2mv
How to cut thousands of words without shedding a tear: http://bit.ly/INGgdl @rachellegardner
20 Middle Grade Fiction Agents: 83 Sales: http://bit.ly/INGmBY @fictionnotes
Tips for designing a story using mood collages: http://bit.ly/INHbe0 @diymfa
Author Blogging 101: Listening: http://bit.ly/INHhCj @JFBookman
Write How You Write, Not How You Speak: http://bit.ly/INHq8W @writing_tips
Sexual Tension Is Not Just About The Next Morning: http://bit.ly/INJTA2 @greyhausagency
Writing and receiving book reviews: http://bit.ly/INKqC3 @beth_barany
Using archaeology to inspire--troglodyte dwellings: http://bit.ly/INKRwl @GeneLempp
5 Things 1 Writer Learned About Self-Publishing: http://bit.ly/INLIwT @elephantguy68
How 1 writer built her author website: http://bit.ly/INNDlc @roniloren
5 Things You Don't Need To Include When Writing Summaries: http://bit.ly/INNPRt @writersdigest
Dos and Don'ts for fantasy language: http://bit.ly/INO3Ie @fantasyfaction
Publishers should focus on the 19% (infographic): http://bit.ly/INOiD0 @galleycat
Reviewing Your Reviews: How to Absorb Feedback from Writing Contests: http://bit.ly/INOMt1 @jeanniecampbell
Resist the urge to explain: http://bit.ly/INPeY8 @TheresaStevens
How to create a remarkable writing voice: http://bit.ly/INQ33b @KristenLambTx