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My tips for handling
writing and life: http://dld.bz/cQncA @DIYMFA
What’s Important in the Man
Booker Debate? http://dld.bz/cQn3H
/@Porter_Anderson @nicksidwell @meandmybigmouth
Tips for Creating an Online
Community: http://dld.bz/cQde4 @annerallen @AlexJCavanaugh
Making Your Book Promotable – Before It's Published: http://dld.bz/cQnYB @theprexpert
Making Your Book Promotable – Before It's Published: http://dld.bz/cQnYB @theprexpert
Jonathan Franzen takes on
ebooks and Amazon: http://dld.bz/cQrUx
@jenniferweiner @DennisAbrams2 @Porter_Anderson
4 Motivations of Traitors: http://dld.bz/cP6bT @mishaburnett
A poisons resource for crime fiction
writers: http://dld.bz/cP6d3 @clarissadraper
5 Tips for Writing and Marketing YA: http://dld.bz/cP9pc @NatalieWright_
Tips for describing characters: http://dld.bz/cP9pf @glencstrathy
Getting Rid of the Parts Readers Skip: http://dld.bz/cP9pn @SouthrnWritrMag
@DanWalshAuthor
Sell More on Amazon.com:Understanding
Keywords, Categories, and Amazon's Algorithm: http://dld.bz/cP9pt
@bookgal
Down the Rabbit Hole of Research: http://dld.bz/cP9py @JustBethanne @BTMargins
Creativity in pregnancy: http://dld.bz/cP9p6 @womenwriters @EleanorFitz
Keeping your Characters Consistent: http://dld.bz/cP9pC @patbertram
5 Examples of How Hyphens Help: http://dld.bz/cP9pH @writing_tips
13 Surprising Ways to Add Depth to a
Story: http://dld.bz/cP9pR @victoriamixon
Where 1 writer finds ideas for her
stories: http://dld.bz/cP9pX @melissadonovan
5 Common Problems in Your YA Manuscript: http://dld.bz/cP9pZ @howtowriteshop
Musicality and Reader Emotions: http://dld.bz/cP9qg @ingridsundberg
5 Issues That Affect How You Should Price
Your Book: http://dld.bz/cP9qw @tonyeldridge
A writing instructor on story arcs: http://dld.bz/cP9q7 @EdanL
Hugh Howey, Liliana Hart and Matthew
Mather: How To Write And Sell Books: http://dld.bz/cP9qN
@woodwardkaren
The Writing Wasteland: http://dld.bz/cP9re
What works and what doesn't with some
recent ebook covers: http://dld.bz/cP9rh
@JFBookman
Don't Split Infinitives – Fact or Myth? http://dld.bz/cP9rp @BrianKlems
Useful Writing Apps for Authors: http://dld.bz/cP9ry @wherewriterswin
What deals will publishers offer in five
years' time? http://dld.bz/cP9r9
@nailyournovel
Using Multiple Texts to Develop Your
Story World: http://dld.bz/cP9rP
@lisawengland
4 ways to Keep Your Story Interesting: http://dld.bz/cP9sA
Writing Fantasy Battles – A Look At
Strategy: http://dld.bz/cP9tc @fantasyfaction
Tips for reaching the teen market: http://dld.bz/cP9wf @InkSlingerPR
Recording things: Emotions and thoughts: http://dld.bz/cP9xG @Le_Shack
Screenwriting by Numbers: http://dld.bz/cP9xR @scottwsmith_com
How to Have a "Productive" Blog
Break: http://dld.bz/cP9yd
Creative Longevity: Always Come Out of
Another Hole: http://dld.bz/cP9yn
@SPressfield
15 of the most overused tropes in YA: http://dld.bz/cP9yu
Writing with Dyslexia: http://dld.bz/cPebJ @womenwriters
@Dandeliongirl01
You're Not a Real Writer Unless…: http://dld.bz/cP9ZS
@julie_glover
1 writer's pre-writing process: http://dld.bz/cP9ZY @roniloren
Anatomy of a book proposal: http://dld.bz/cPAad @lisajjackson
What's the Difference Between an In-Depth
Edit and the Over-Enthusiasm of an Editor? http://dld.bz/cPAaw
@ChilaWoychik
How to Hone in on Memory When Writing
Memoir: http://dld.bz/cPAaX @LilaQWeaver
@mroachsmith
Top Ten Tropes in YA: http://dld.bz/cPAb9 @StrangeChem
Neil Gaiman's Advice to Aspiring Writers:
http://dld.bz/cPAbS @brainpicker
7 simple rules for good writing: http://dld.bz/cPA3U @MsLianneLaroya
10 Bizarre Work Habits of Famous Authors:
http://dld.bz/cPA4c @JennyHansenCA
5 tips for being a better writer: http://dld.bz/cPA4m @storyfix
The Sounds of Writing – Why Some Pieces
Work & Some Don't: http://dld.bz/cPA4x
@ChilaWoychik
De-rotica – the Sad New Literary Genre: http://dld.bz/cPA4y @gregmischio
Tips for First-Time Horror Writers: http://dld.bz/cPA42 @WriterlyTweets @kculpepper1
7 Ways to Write to the Future: http://dld.bz/cPA4G @Orion_Magazine
Twitter's effect on writers and writing: http://dld.bz/cPPnM @walkthelinesldn @lucyinglis
Tips for approaching authors for guest
posts or interviews: http://dld.bz/cPPpn
@jodimeadows
Summer Lessons from an Unpublished Essay:
http://dld.bz/cPPp4 @BTMargins @andrealvolpe
Why Fan Fiction? http://dld.bz/cPPp8 @CarrieMesrobian
Becoming Shakespeare: http://dld.bz/cPPpC @TheEconomist
"Why I'm Not Writing YA (though I
often wish I was)": http://dld.bz/cPPqd
@KameronHurley
Gothic Intersections: Between the
Creative and the Critical: http://dld.bz/cPPqq
@GothImagination
You don't write books alone: http://dld.bz/cPPqy @AlissaLukara
Productivity for Writers: http://dld.bz/cPPq2 @KOMcLaughlin
How to win a Pulitzer Prize: http://dld.bz/cPPq9 @TheWriterMag
Tools to Organize Your Book Manuscript: http://dld.bz/cPPqE @grubwriters
10 Things 1 Writer Has Learned about
Crowdfunding (and why writers should try it): http://dld.bz/cPPqP
@MaryDeMuth
The Hidden World of the Typewriter: http://dld.bz/cPYVx @jjamesjoiner
The 5 Rookie Mistakes Writers Make When
Negotiating A Contract: http://dld.bz/cPYV6
@WritersRelief
5 Steps To Develop A Terrific Writing
Style: http://dld.bz/cPYWa
How Not To Treat Your Editor: http://dld.bz/cPYW4 @edsikov
Pet words: http://dld.bz/cPYWA
@pageturner @newyorker
2 tips for finding your writing voice: http://dld.bz/cPYWK @KatieAxelson
Freelancers: What to Put On Your Writer
Website if You're a Newbie: http://dld.bz/cPYWZ
@ticewrites
A Genealogy of Speculative Fiction: http://dld.bz/cPYXh @kaath09
6 ways to be more like Hemingway: http://dld.bz/cPYXs @fastcompany
1 writer's journey to publication and her
advice for writers: http://dld.bz/cPYXE
@KatZhang
Even if you don't live great stories, you
can write them: http://dld.bz/cPYXT
@ventgalleries
9 Epic Literary Burns: http://dld.bz/cPYYb @mental_floss
'Think About Characters Like a Sphere': http://dld.bz/cPYYg @joefassler
Poetry Isn't as Useless as a Lot of Poets
Say It Is: http://dld.bz/cPYYh @theatlantic
4 Ways To Create A Strong Antagonist: http://dld.bz/cPnaw @woodwardkaren
4 Ways to Improve Your Writing: http://dld.bz/cPz2m @ava_jae
What you should work on now: http://dld.bz/cPz8q @tannerc
7 Craft Lessons Every Writer Must Learn: http://dld.bz/cQdrH @Readwritestory
Steps to deal with writer's block: http://dld.bz/cQdsa @LeahMcClellan
5 Reasons Every Writer Should Journal: http://dld.bz/cQd6z @shewritesdotcom
The Power of Understatement in Fiction
Writing: http://dld.bz/cQd6D @JaneFriedman
@carmelbird
Do you need an agent to sell your book? http://dld.bz/cQd6M @deanwesleysmith
How Not to Be a Writer: 15 Signs You're
Doing It Wrong: http://dld.bz/cQd6V
@KMWeiland
An analysis of Agatha Christie's appeal: http://dld.bz/cQd7e @Writers_Write
The magic of the new idea: http://dld.bz/cQd8e @altait
17 writers' quotes on writing: http://dld.bz/cQd8t
The Grief Writer: http://dld.bz/cQd8K @elephantjournal
10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly: http://dld.bz/cQd9p @chronicle
23 Writers Who Were Famous by Age 23: http://dld.bz/cQd9Q @FrugalAndrea
The 6 Habits of Highly Tormented Writers:
http://dld.bz/cQdAp @gripemaster @BTMargins
On Being a Writer of Genre Fiction: http://dld.bz/cQdA3 @herebemagic
"Illegal downloading is moral
squalor" (and commenters weigh in): http://dld.bz/cQgVx
@passivevoiceblg
12 Famous Authors on Writer's Block: http://dld.bz/cQgV5 @A_WritersStudio
Scene Description Spotlight: "Saving
Private Ryan": http://dld.bz/cQgV6
@gointothestory
Secrets of writing short: http://dld.bz/cQgVD @katysteinmetz @time
Two More Ways for Writers to Milk the
Cash Cow: http://dld.bz/cQgVP @jamesscottbell
Vague settings: http://dld.bz/cQgVY @Ross_B_Lampert
Literary Architecture: http://dld.bz/cQgWX @parisreview @SadieStein
7 Advantages of a Verbal Pitch: http://dld.bz/cQgXd @rachellegardner
3 lessons for great storytelling: http://dld.bz/cQgXt @DrNickMorgan @Forbes
How to Create a Three-Phase Writing
Ritual: http://dld.bz/cQgX2 @DebraEve
@writeitsideways
Life and Death: Proofreading Your Novel: http://dld.bz/cQgXB @evmysterywriter
The Importance of Knowing Why You Write: http://dld.bz/cQnZy @LyndaRYoung'
Face It: You Wrote a Bad Book: http://dld.bz/cQpa9
Talking the Story: http://dld.bz/cQpaA @shalvatzis @TrishaNicholson
Using a graph to revise: http://dld.bz/cQpba
What Your Shelves Say About You: http://dld.bz/cQpbd @BTMargins @nicholebernier
How to Avoid Twitter-Fritter and
Facebook-Fail: http://dld.bz/cQpbf
@annerallen
Double trouble: two authors in the house:
http://dld.bz/cQpbh @nailyournovel
A Straightforward Technique to Make Your
Writing More Immediate and Effective: http://dld.bz/cQpd4 @chavelaque
How to Use KDP's Cover Creator: http://dld.bz/cQpdM @joleene_naylor
Quick Guide: Becoming a Power User on
Goodreads: http://dld.bz/cQpdU @Bookgal
Freelancing---Being a "Kept"
Writer: http://dld.bz/cQpeB @Jenpens2
What Should an Author Blog About? http://dld.bz/cQpeJ @annerallen
How to Build Engagement With Story,
Strategy, and Structure: http://dld.bz/cQs6u
@JFBookman
42 Fiction Writing Tips for Novelists: http://dld.bz/cQs6y @melissadonovan
15 Places to Promote Your Book for Free: http://dld.bz/cQs65 @jasonboog @galleycat
Should writers branch into print instead
of offering only ebooks? http://dld.bz/cQs7j
@JanetKGrant
Top Six Agent Pet Peeves: http://dld.bz/cQs7n @LynnetteLabelle
The $55 Wooden Pencil: http://dld.bz/cQs7s @ChandlerWrites
4 Reasons You Procrastinate and How to
Break the Cycle: http://dld.bz/cQs8c
@MenwithPens
The Alphabet in Crime Fiction:
Technology: http://dld.bz/cQs8g @mkinberg
How Filmmakers Build Twitter Authority On
15 Minutes A Day: http://dld.bz/cQs8m
@raindance
Savvy Writing Advice from Famous Authors:
http://dld.bz/cQs8t @livewritethrive
8 Places to Look for Your Characters: http://dld.bz/cQs8x @victoriamixon
7 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Book Sales
Without Even Realizing It: http://dld.bz/cQs8M
@JonathanGunson
5 Reasons Why Perseverance is the Most
Important Quality for a Writer: http://dld.bz/cNf35
@Woollz
Using Multiple Texts to Develop Your
Story World: http://dld.bz/cP9rP
@lisawengland
Neil Gaiman's Advice to Aspiring Writers:
http://dld.bz/cPAbS @brainpicker
What you should work on now: http://dld.bz/cPz8q @tannerc
7 Craft Lessons Every Writer Must Learn: http://dld.bz/cQdrH @Readwritestory
Do you need an agent to sell your book? http://dld.bz/cQd6M @deanwesleysmith
Gothic Intersections: Between the
Creative and the Critical: http://dld.bz/cPPqq
@GothImagination
Writing About Shock and Trauma: http://dld.bz/cP5XR by @cateartios