by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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A publisher with series criteria and whether you should pitch all the books when querying: http://bit.ly/NIsbfc @behlerpublish
Tips for bookstore events: http://bit.ly/PMJW0T @kalayna
Creative writing *can* be taught: http://bit.ly/PMKa8i @GuardianBooks
Penelope Trunk interviewed after choosing self-pub instead of trad.: http://bit.ly/NDP3Ms @penelopetrunk @laurahazardowen @Porter_Anderson
When your book doesn't sell: http://bit.ly/PMKjIW @79SemiFinalist
Tips for Dealing with Bad Book Reviews: http://bit.ly/PMKtjw @goblinwriter
The Origins of Creative Insight & Why You Need Grit: http://bit.ly/PML2tw
An agent on the new contractual language she's seeing from publishers: http://janefriedman.com/2012/07/19/writing-on-the-ether-47/#5 @rachellegardner @Porter_Anderson
How to Cultivate Creativity: What Science Teaches Us About Freeing the Mind: http://bit.ly/MiGW7d
How to Blog a Finished Novel and Land a Traditional Contract: http://bit.ly/MiH9Hv @NinaAmir
DRM, Pricing and How to Help Piracy End Itself: http://bit.ly/MiHdqK @pubperspectives
An editor looks at memorable titles: http://bit.ly/MiHpGu
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Turns 150: http://bit.ly/MiHvhb @galleycat
How Your Day Job Is Preparing You For Your Writing Career: http://bit.ly/MiHFFr @krissybrady
Reading With An Agenda: http://bit.ly/MiHKJg @mooderino
Worldbuilding--gender roles: http://bit.ly/MiHSs7 @juliettewade
A literary writer tackles gritty writing and its challenges: http://bit.ly/Ml4kzP @_JoyCastro
How to Build a Platform and Get Noticed in a Noisy World: http://bit.ly/Ml4reI @smexaminer
Making Money From Paperbacks: http://bit.ly/Ml4xmy @davidgaughran
Writing Series: The Cliffhanger Dilemma: http://bit.ly/Ml4N53 @erin_bowman
10 sites with free images: http://bit.ly/Ml4V4x @amberrisme
Your 1st ideas are probably not your best ones: http://bit.ly/Ml5awv @nataliewhipple
4 tips for getting more traffic to your author website: http://bit.ly/Ml5ATG @LynnettesBooks @JFBookman
Is your conflict strong enough? Could you have too much? http://bit.ly/Ml6ZcI @karalennox
Promote Your Book on a Budget: 20 Thrifty Ways to Get Your Writing Out There: http://bit.ly/Ml8yri @chrisrobley
3 Steps to Recycling Your Half-Finished Novels: http://bit.ly/Ml8Azm @joebunting
How not to be a successful self-pub author: http://bit.ly/N28t1z @ava_jae
Author Bios: Concise, Relevant and Fascinating: http://bit.ly/MlaPTk @fictionnotes
4 Ways to Discover More About Your Audience With Social Media: http://bit.ly/Mlb6pi @smexaminer
Having it all: Life as a Working Mother and Author: http://bit.ly/N28TVF @shawnarhill @womenwriters
Profanity in fantasy fiction: http://bit.ly/MlbdkL
The 10 Most Bizarre Pieces Of Literary Merch: http://bit.ly/N2bgI3 @kimber_regator
Why We Shy Away from Writing Good Conflict and What We Can Do about It: http://bit.ly/MleIYt
Strong Nouns and Verbs: http://bit.ly/N2bn6s @livewritethrive
If We Remember More, Can We Read Deeper– and Create Better? http://bit.ly/MyPGJz @mkonnikova
7 Networking Tips for Authors: http://bit.ly/LTUmI2 @thecreativepenn @chrisrobley
3 Steps to Pinpoint Your Readers' Favorite Hangouts: http://bit.ly/MH5zxF @duolit
15 Stock Characters — and How to Restock Them: http://bit.ly/LTUirU @writing_tips
How To Publish Your Book On The Kindle And iPad: http://bit.ly/LXiObw @bubblecow
5 Stages of Editing Grief: http://bit.ly/LXiRnN @LyndaRYoung
Crafting Natural-Sounding Internal Thoughts: http://bit.ly/LHAgTh @Janice_Hardy
Tips for making a book trailer: http://bit.ly/QTTF3A @beth_barany
Twitter Cheat Sheet for Writers: http://bit.ly/QUwNRs @jasonboog @galleycat
How To Write A Successful Book Proposal: http://bit.ly/QUxY3B @bubblecow
12 Most Fundamentally American Literary Works: http://bit.ly/LxZzsX @12Most
8 tips for increasing Facebook followers: http://bit.ly/Oima73 @KristinNador
Writers pick the best literary sex scenes: http://bit.ly/Ll7zfz @guardianbooks
Learning from "The Dark Knight" (spoilers): http://bit.ly/Ll7Jng
An author's thoughts on writing quickly: http://bit.ly/Ll8gWe @ChuckWendig
Show, Don't Tell, in Your Opening: http://bit.ly/Ll8qwG @janice_hardy
Promoting Your Book At Publishing Events: http://bit.ly/Ll8wEs @thecreativepenn
5 Problems with Parallelism: http://bit.ly/Ll8AUR @writing_tips
Strategies for Overcoming Writer's Block: http://bit.ly/Ll8IDL @ThereseWalsh
The cons of series writing: http://bit.ly/Ll92m5 @JeffSalyards
More to consider when deciding whether to trad. publish or self-pub: http://bit.ly/Ll9LUb @susanspann
How to Use Touch to Pull Your Reader Into Your Novel: http://bit.ly/Ll9Qr5 @marcykennedy
Talent vs. Learning: Do You Have to Be Born a Writer? http://bit.ly/NwfFNK @KMWeiland
Blogging – should authors go self-hosted or not? 2 bloggers who don't: http://bit.ly/NwfQsu @dirtywhitecandy
Learning from Spider-Man (spoilers): http://bit.ly/Nwg6b2
Document Look Good? Back it up: http://bit.ly/Nwgczn @YAHighway
Benefits of Multi-Genre Writing: http://bit.ly/NwgkyP @ssvik @womenwriters
11 ways to rekindle your creative spark: http://bit.ly/NwguWP
Prologues: Keep or Cut? A critique of one manuscript's prologue: http://bit.ly/NwgDcT @janice_hardy
POV Choices: http://bit.ly/NwgK8d @theresastevens
10 of the best wills in literature: http://bit.ly/Nwh3Aa @guardianbooks
Create a strong ending with a book jacket structure: http://bit.ly/NwjGBK @write_practice
The complex link between pride and creative achievement: http://bit.ly/NuVPFP @sbkaufman
The Key to Descriptive Writing: Specificity: http://bit.ly/P8lsy3 @glencstrathy
Your outline doesn't have to be perfect: http://bit.ly/P8lEx7
Audience In The E-book Age: http://bit.ly/P8lIwQ
Tips for writing the long synopsis: http://bit.ly/P8m0E1
Blogging for authors – should you be self-hosted? Two bloggers who self-host: http://bit.ly/P8m8U0 @dirtywhitecandy
Bad Reviews—6 Reasons to Be Glad You Have Them: http://bit.ly/P8mnOX @annerallen
Peak/peek/pique: http://bit.ly/P8mE4s @JLeaLopez
Online tools for writers: http://bit.ly/P8ne27 @AnnieNeugebauer
Indie Epubbed Authors: How Often Do You Check Your Ebook Sales? http://bit.ly/P8ngXC
Writing Religion And Spirituality: http://bit.ly/P8njTx @thecreativepenn @JillCarroll
5 Things A Writer Can Do to Evolve: http://bit.ly/P8ns9o @LyndaRYoung
Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing–Either or Both? http://bit.ly/P8ntdB @thecreativepenn @livewritethrive
The balance found in small press publishing: http://bit.ly/NuYlMd @DavidBCoe
Eliminating Filter Words: http://bit.ly/Lt5zBU @Janice_Hardy
3 Tips for Developing Characters: http://bit.ly/Lt5FcT @annastanisz
Every time something is repeated in your story, it has to be different: http://bit.ly/Lt5Kxb @kid_lit
5 basic marketing tips: http://bit.ly/Lt5ONs @KarenCV
Create idiosyncrasies for characters: http://bit.ly/Lt62Ec @lisagailgreen
Tips for staying inspired: http://bit.ly/Lt666Q
5 Steps to Telling Engaging Stories on Your Blog: http://bit.ly/Lt67Ys
Various ways that authors spam others: http://bit.ly/Lt6aUl @ava_jae
The importance of a realistic promo plan in a query: http://bit.ly/Q437oo @behlerpublish
Your villain is there to serve the story: http://bit.ly/Q44GCJ @PaulTobin
What Do The Authors Of Serialized Works Owe To Their Fans? http://bit.ly/Q44Mdx @robwhart
The Great Publishing Wars of 2012: http://bit.ly/Q44Qdv @bob_mayer
The bad query paradox: http://bit.ly/NGrCRd @literaticat
An agent explains what 'researching an agent' really means & gives tips for your social media accounts: http://bit.ly/NGrQYC @breeogden
How many hooks are too many? http://bit.ly/NGrXTW
How To Fight Book Pirates: http://bit.ly/NGs55W @jasonboog
Penelope Trunk interviewed after choosing self-pub instead of trad.: http://bit.ly/NDP3Ms @penelopetrunk @laurahazardowen @Porter_Anderson
Is Ignoring The Importance Of Setting Killing Your Novel? http://bit.ly/NGsaqf @bubblecow
Writing crowd interactions: http://bit.ly/NGsipx @juliettewade
A look at Twylah and Topsy Analytics for Twitter users: http://bit.ly/NGstRP @woodwardkaren
Qualities of a good book reviewer: http://bit.ly/NGsNjD @magdalenaball
The trickiness of writing character deaths: http://bit.ly/OEB9sb @mistymassey
The Spectrum of High School Reality in YA Fiction: http://bit.ly/OEBhHW @4everYA
YA writer Ellen Hopkins on Fearless Writing: http://bit.ly/OEBqLI @4YALit
Facebook: Promo vs Privacy: http://bit.ly/OEBxXD @authorems
The emotional seesaw of being a writer: http://bit.ly/OEBUBs @KeithCronin
The Reader Must Want to Know What Happens Next: http://bit.ly/OEC1Nw @janefriedman
5 quick tips writers can use to avoid procrastinating: http://bit.ly/OECajS
Subtext in "The Amazing Spider-Man": http://bit.ly/Q3BIll @jamigold
The New World of Publishing: Editing and Proofing: http://bit.ly/Q3BSZU @deanwesleysmith
The importance of fully-engaged worldbuilding: http://bit.ly/OEHB2c @juliettewade
The 4 Questions Everyone Asks at Conventions: http://bit.ly/OEHNi6 @tordotcom
Villain archetypes: http://bit.ly/OEHZhd
An agent lists 3 common dialogue problems: http://bit.ly/OEIJD8 @sarahlapolla
The types of errors that proofreaders catch: http://bit.ly/OEJ2xA @nicolamorgan
What Writer's Block Is, And What to Do About It: http://bit.ly/OEJ74w @krissybrady
Top 8 Literary References in Seinfeld: http://bit.ly/OEJa00 @NewDorkReview
A tip for writers who get great ideas while showering: http://bit.ly/OEJg86 @woodwardkaren
Outlining For a Fast Draft: http://bit.ly/OEJSdP @denisejaden @janice_hardy
Have You Set the Right Tone for Your Story? http://bit.ly/OEJXyi @KMWeiland
What Every Writer Ought to Know about Flashbacks in Fiction: http://bit.ly/OEK8JN @LoriDevoti
10 Things for Writers to Pack When They Travel: http://bit.ly/OEKCjh @elspethwrites
"Defining moments in...our lives form the basis of our own natural writing rhythms": http://bit.ly/OEKNuH @genelempp
4 iconic types of freelancers: http://bit.ly/O9NV3J @michellerafter
Tips for avoiding bloated writing: http://bit.ly/O9O47n @catewoods
How to pitch your comic book series to a publisher: http://bit.ly/MjZ440 @79semifinalist
How Goals and Good Intentions Can Hold Us Back: http://bit.ly/O9OD0Z @Psych_Writer
Creativity: Change the Way You Look at Things and the Things You Look at Change: http://bit.ly/O9PtL9 @MichaelMichalko
Does worldbuilding have value? Or is it a subcultural "disease"? http://bit.ly/O9PvT6 @juliettewade
The need for ebook formatting standardization: http://bit.ly/NDPJS4 @Porter_Anderson @fakebaldur
Balancing different elements in crime fiction-- book length, violence, narrative vs. dialogue: http://bit.ly/NuL3k5 @MKinberg
Reverse engineering your story: http://bit.ly/MI3XAu @mesummers
Authors, stop spamming--use permission marketing: http://bit.ly/NCLKFp @JFBookman @EditorJamieC @indieauthor @Porter_Anderson
Your Story Cannot Be Published Just Sitting On Your Computer: http://bit.ly/NIs977 @greyhausagency
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