by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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8 Ways Creative Types Can Increase Focus And Productivity: http://ow.ly/10nz2d @colleen_m_story
How to Develop the Discipline of a Professional Writer: http://ow.ly/10nyV6 by Brian DeLeonard
Setting as Character: http://ow.ly/10nzjO @judithkeim
3 Top Tips For Delivering A Sensational Speech: http://ow.ly/10nzb0 @Writers_Write
How to Take Charge of Your Novel’s Symbolism: http://ow.ly/10nyZc @BetterNovelProj
10 Tips to Pitch Your Book to Review Bloggers: http://ow.ly/10pcVn @missriki
The Pros and Cons of Offering Preorders: http://ow.ly/10pdbu @ceciliaedits
Hero Archetypes: http://ow.ly/10pdzl @kylieday0
How not to talk about African fiction: http://ow.ly/10pdL6 @brittlepaper
Emotional Wounds Thesaurus: Being Raised by Overprotective Parents: http://ow.ly/10pe02 @beccapuglisi
Write What You Love and Still Sell: http://ow.ly/10pe6T @Rachel_Aaron
15 Instagram Book Marketing Ideas from Publishers: http://ow.ly/10pecT @DianaUrban
How to Title Your WIP (video): http://ow.ly/10pdph @Ava_Jae
The easy way to launch a book (with a list): http://ow.ly/10pel5 @Creativindie
Adding Humor to Our Writing Using The Rule of 3: http://ow.ly/10pcI7 @cyleyoung
Why you shouldn’t pull all-nighters: http://ow.ly/10pdGC @pubcoach
How to Rock Out on Goodreads: http://ow.ly/10pcR0 @Bookgal
The Most Dangerous Writing App Lives Up To Its Name: http://ow.ly/10nyDi @helpfulsnowman
Why Traditional Publishing Takes So Long: http://ow.ly/10lHUm @sjaejones
Learning from Failed Movies: http://ow.ly/10nyGv @dougeboch
Creating a Supporting Cast of Characters: http://ow.ly/10nyjJ @AJHumpage
Sell More Books in More Formats in More Territories: http://ow.ly/4mJzYO #IAF16 @Thecreativepenn @pbackwriters @tobymundy
The Future of Publishing: 7 things an Author Must Know: http://ow.ly/4mJzpE @JaneFriedman @IndieAuthorALLI #IAF16
The Trouble With Reactive Protagonists: http://ow.ly/10lH8E @Janice_Hardy
Reader-based: on Virginia Woolf and writing a novel readers will read: http://ow.ly/4mJxDf @lynnsstrong @CatapultStory
The Basic Author Platform: http://ow.ly/4mJrEk
Tropes in Literature: ‘This is My Story’ Openings: http://ow.ly/10lHGz by Melinda Brasher
4 Reasons Most Authors Fail at Book Marketing: http://ow.ly/10nymU @RachelintheOC
9 Reasons To Index-Card Your Manuscript: http://ow.ly/10nyoR @NatePhilbrick
What Works & What Doesn’t: ‘Citizen Kane’: http://ow.ly/10nyuI @chris_shultz81
How to Write a Novella: 6 Essential Tips: http://ow.ly/10nyzs @nownovel
5 Questions New Writers Ask: http://ow.ly/10nytc @monicamclark
Elements that give crime fictions series longevity: http://ow.ly/4mIWBt @mkinberg
Translation as Activism: http://ow.ly/4mIWah @OliviaSnaije @pubperspectives
10 Ways To Write a Self-Rejecting Query to a Blogger, Agent or Publisher: http://ow.ly/4mITqP @annerallen
Tricks for writing fast-paced action scenes: http://ow.ly/10lHoY @RayneHall
How To Write Like J.K. Rowling: http://ow.ly/10lHgY @Chris_Kokoski
An Author Shares her Top 10 Items For a 2016 Marketing Plan: http://ow.ly/4mHDNV @mollygreene
7 Vibrant Publishing Markets: http://ow.ly/10EOP3 @erinlcox @pubperspectives
The Pathetic Fallacy Made Flesh: Edgar Allan Poe’s “Fall of the House of Usher”: http://ow.ly/10lI0t @r_emrys @AnneMPillsworth
Stairway to (copyright) Heaven: http://ow.ly/10EsGI @PassiveVoiceBlg @VolokhConspirac by David Post
How Writers Can Create Continuity in Showing the Passing of Time: http://ow.ly/10iU4M @CSLakin
Life Problems Only Writers Understand: http://ow.ly/10iUND @DianeDeMasi
A look at the success of @OpenRoadMedia and @JaneORIM in maximizing backlists: http://ow.ly/10ENRg @chgreig @Porter_Anderson
3 Common Qualities for Science Fiction Lovers: http://ow.ly/10iUnv @PeevishPenman
Kobo Expands Kobo Writing Life Services: http://ow.ly/10EsyN @DigiBookWorld @KoboWritingLife
Post apocalyptic or Post-apocalyptic or Postapocalyptic? http://ow.ly/10iUzh @PeevishPenman
A site that helps children’s lit and YA writers find agents: http://ow.ly/10EuMe @LyndaRYoung
The Writing Lessons of Hamilton: http://ow.ly/10lHRc @theladygreer
Supernaturally Dysfunctional Towns: http://ow.ly/10lI7d @tvdotcom
Settings and the Romantic Novel: http://ow.ly/10lHvP @Ella_Carey @romanceuniv
Tropes In Literature: Mr. Exposition and Captain Obvious: http://ow.ly/10lHMW by Melinda Brasher
Initials in Author Names: http://ow.ly/10lIby @DebbieYoungBN
Sourcing and using photos for self-pubbed books: http://ow.ly/10lIe4 @writerjeangill
10 Great Teens In Contemporary Fiction: A Reading List http://ow.ly/10lHcR @JonLeeWriter
A blog dedicated to writing and resources centered on racial & ethnic diversity: http://ow.ly/10DICJ
Imperative character questions: http://ow.ly/10DzJJ @wendypmiller
“On Prescribing Poems for the Sick, the Dying, the Grief Stricken”: http://ow.ly/10iV1D
@ronnabloom @thelithub
How to write several narrators and make them sound distinct: http://ow.ly/10DwZd @Roz_Morris
How to Attend Online Author Conference Indie Author Fringe this Friday: http://ow.ly/10DwBA @IndieAuthorALLI
10 Questions About The Authority Figures That Can Beef Up Your Conflict: http://ow.ly/10iUhg @10minnovelist
The Self-Hating Book Critic: http://ow.ly/10iV92 @thebookslut @coppernickel
5 Steps to Great Cover Art: http://ow.ly/10iUeP @jayonaboat
How to Write a Novella: http://ow.ly/10iU7m @EvaDeverell
1 Key Question for Worldbuilding: http://ow.ly/10iU1E @HeatherJacksonW
How to Declutter Your Writing Ideas and Finish More Projects: http://ow.ly/10iUJa @danasitar
192 Publications That Pay Freelance Writers: http://ow.ly/10iUGa @marisoldahl
Working For Exposure: http://ow.ly/10g2ZP @jimchines
Writing a Novel Within a Novel: http://ow.ly/10g2Lu by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Writing YA: Reflecting the Emotional Age of the Reader: http://ow.ly/10g1J8 @MJDougherty33
Spring Ahead: Poets’ Close Relationship to the Season: http://ow.ly/10zfBz @Poetrywithc @PoetryFound
Why Your Story is Getting Rejected: Language: http://ow.ly/10g2Sl @ChelseaLHenshey
102 Indispensable Works of Literary Criticism: http://ow.ly/10g2hY @jrc2666 @thelithub
After self-pubbing: book promo: http://ow.ly/10g37D @Bookgal
Tips for drafting a plot: http://ow.ly/10g33C by Kathy Edens
Common Sense Marketing: http://ow.ly/10g2yC @PBRWriter
The right way to torture our characters: http://ow.ly/10g2Vw @Brianna_daSilva
A Panster’s Guide to Planning: http://ow.ly/10e4Wg @tmtysinger
Another way to monetize ebooks: http://ow.ly/10z9bT @jwikert
Can’t get to #LBF16 ? Follow @Porter_Anderson for the play-by-play on this important conference.
Some indie bookstores found new ways to improve online print sales: http://ow.ly/10z8R3 @Judith2dogs @PublishersWkly
Free, downloadable magazine on worldwide rights opportunities: http://ow.ly/10zwTF @hannahsjohnson @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Do Artists Still Find Inspiration in Literature? http://ow.ly/10g2cR by Catherine Talese @VOLTAshow
How to Use Life Experience to Write Better: http://ow.ly/10e4GB by Reagan Colbert
The Unfunny Plight of Women in Comics: http://ow.ly/10zeDU @OliviaSnaije @pubperspectives
5 Books with Snarky Magicians: http://ow.ly/10e4O8 @DanKoboldt
9 Free Tools That Can Help Build Buzz for a Book: http://ow.ly/10e4Nk @DianaUrban
Showing vs. Telling: Character Emotion: http://ow.ly/10e4WO @ceciliaedits
Welcome Spring with a @StoryTellers10 Cozy Mystery Giveaway. Enter to win 35+ great books: http://bit.ly/CozySpring
Picking a Category to Write In: http://ow.ly/10e50p @Kid_Lit
Give Your Latest Book a Boost With Home Page Branding: http://ow.ly/10e4Ms @cksyme
Writing in two categories and querying agents: http://ow.ly/10e4Zv @Janet_Reid
At Home in Deaf Culture: Storytelling in an Un-Writable Language: http://ow.ly/10xSqV @NovicSara
The What, Why, and How of Author Platforms: http://ow.ly/10e4Yg @JasonGracia
7 Steps to a Happy Revision: http://ow.ly/10cWso @j_s_brown
A publisher with tips for submissions and queries: http://ow.ly/10w9FQ @SpunkOnAStick
Resources for Writers: Ink Pageant: http://ow.ly/10wnqI @AlexJCavanaugh
Lies & Secrets: The Lifeblood of Great Fiction: http://ow.ly/10cWmg @KristenLambTX
6 Well-Meant (but Bad) Pieces of Writing Jargon: http://ow.ly/10e4Xc @HistoireLolita
Will Work For Hire Hurt my Novel? http://ow.ly/10e51v @Janet_Reid
Public Speaking Hacks for Writers: http://ow.ly/10e4Py @Chris_Kokoski
Confessions of a Reluctant Memoirist: http://ow.ly/10e4IX @LucasWMann @thelithub
Revision method: rewriting: http://ow.ly/10e4HR from The Character Comma
What Does Your Genre’s Theme Promise to Readers? http://ow.ly/10cWiU @JamiGold
Publishers’ Rights Corner at Frankfurt Book Fair: http://ow.ly/10sDAr @Porter_Anderson
Music for Writers: David Harrington: “There Is No Such Thing As Easy Music”: http://ow.ly/10vsmu @kronosquartet @porter_anderson
5 Twitter Tips for Publishers and Writers: http://ow.ly/10vshP @Porter_Anderson @IngramSpark
Crime fiction: when sleuths don’t work well with others: http://ow.ly/10u7eb @mkinberg
9 Ways to Improve Your Poetry: http://ow.ly/10cW9o from Citysqwirl
6 Ways To Spring Clean Your Writing: http://ow.ly/10cWt9 @adearinthewoods
How to Write a Great (and Not Schmaltzy) Love Scene: http://ow.ly/10cWow @JRHwords
Why stories need themes: http://ow.ly/10cWeT @thisgirlclimbs
The popularity of books on the ‘female lived experience’: http://ow.ly/10cVYJ @wrightallison
Writing Fan Fiction Can Prepare Us for Becoming an Author: http://ow.ly/10cWqm @AshleyHearn
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Hello Elizabeth, I’m a first time visitor to your blog (and also a reader of mysteries, among other genres.) Thanks for sharing these links. I’m working on a book and could sometimes use tips from outside sources.
Cynthia–Thanks for coming by! Hope the links are helpful to you. By going to writerskb.com, you can search the links by topic if you need more help. :)
It was a good week for writing tips.
And I know why I should’ve pull an all-nighter. I’m way to old for that! Brain would shut down by ten and the body by eleven.
Alex–You and me both! I’m practically good for nothing after 2 p.m..
As always, Elizabeth, these are great links, so thank you! Interesting that there are a few this time about films. I often think writers can learn a lot from the way films work (and sometimes, from the way they don’t!)
Margot–I agree! I love the structure for films and the sparse narrative.
Hi Elizabeth.
What am I doing wrong? None of the posts has a link I can open.
Barry–Oh my gosh! No, it’s not you, it’s me! I didn’t get the hyperlinks in there. Ugh. Thanks for the heads-up!
But now it’s in tiny print. :) Hitting Ctrl and the + sign will make the page bigger.
Ahh, technology!
Thank you. And it doesn’t get said often enough, at least not by me: thank you for this generous act of sharing.
Thanks to you for your support on the blog!