by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
The Secret of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë : http://ow.ly/Qpzb300rvhY @JudithShulevitz @TheAtlantic
Do Overused Words Lose Their Meaning? http://ow.ly/4kUg300rvqw @asap_jonathon @flavorwire
3 Marketing Fallacies That Writers Should Be Wary Of: http://ow.ly/afs1300rvyB @DanBlank
Instagram is changing the way we buy and sell books: http://ow.ly/7OvA300rvDp @jopiazza @dailydot
The Ultimate Guide To Using Trello As A Writer: http://ow.ly/to13300oXW7 @misfitalexa
5 Easy Techniques to Bulk Up a Paper-Thin Character: http://ow.ly/3O38300p1xd @ZoeMMcCarthy
The Bug Sheet: An Editing Process Your Writing Will Thank You For http://ow.ly/96Vx300p20s @katekrake @writeturninfo”
How to crowdfund your book: http://ow.ly/PpBR300p5kk @BenGalley @publishingtalk
Reading the Literary City: http://ow.ly/jNix300rdLg @TobiasCarroll
Ebook Conversion Online: http://ow.ly/fPyP300rvaY @dkudler
Which Social Media Channel Sells The Most Books? http://ow.ly/83eK300rv8E @BadRedheadMedia
Check Your Scribd Sales for a Pleasant Surprise: http://ow.ly/ho4M300rv5Q @Jason_Matthews
We Need More First-Hand Books About Urban Poverty: http://ow.ly/34AW300rdCY @RealLiveCritic @thelithub
Editing and Editors: A Writer’s Guide: http://ow.ly/96ZF300UIRR @RuthHarrisBooks
How to build an effective content strategy: http://ow.ly/Hdi6300p4A0 @publishingtalk @jonreed
Think Twice About Hosting a Telesummit or Accepting an Invitation to Speak: http://ow.ly/S3sl300Tz0J @taragentile
Basing Characters on Real People Without Getting into Trouble: http://ow.ly/dwrE300p1Vd @katekrake @writeturninfo
5 Cases: How to Write Infrequent Phrases: http://ow.ly/edtP300p1oe @ZoeMMcCarthy
4 Ways Camp NaNoWriMo (Upcoming in July) Will Improve Your Writing: http://ow.ly/vwI0300oXRJ @misfitalexa
Don’t Hate the Query Letter: Master It: http://ow.ly/6V4Z300rv32 @AnnieNeugebauer
3 Steps to Parlaying Random Encounters Into Book Sales (Without Being Pushy): http://ow.ly/XXGJ300ruZe @NicoleCDFauthor
Evaluating Our Website’s SEO: http://ow.ly/Ra3I300Tf8q
It’s Time to Ditch Discoverability: http://ow.ly/SQgo300ruV3 @jamesscottbell
Secrets of the Book Designer: “Sometimes I Don’t Read the Whole Book”: http://ow.ly/swCg300SNHf @thelithub by Oliver Munday
26 Obvious Signs You’re a Writer: http://ow.ly/uCD8300tBfn @jesslaw
“The Boxcar Children” and the Spirit of Capitalism: http://ow.ly/FDXg300SNsh @jiatolentino @NewYorker
Authors on Twitter: 43 Stunning Header Image Examples: http://ow.ly/GHEw300tB87 @DianaUrban
3 Writing Tips We Can Learn from Beyoncé: http://ow.ly/7VCF300tB1B @monicamclark
George R. R. Martin and what an author owes his readers: http://ow.ly/TIae300T6Qe @austinkleon
Starting an Email Newsletter: http://ow.ly/fkwc300ruSP @kikimojo @JaneFriedman
Building Your Professional Author Website: WordPress vs Squarespace: http://ow.ly/gnJu300ruKF @wingmanwebworks @JaneFriedman
The Suicide Memoir: a Brief Look at a Dark Genre: http://ow.ly/eRX7300rdtl by Candace Opper
How to write science fiction: http://ow.ly/is6F300p5YQ @MDeAbaitua @publishingtalk
6 ways to overcome procrastination and beat writers’ block http://ow.ly/qhK1300p4LM @Eva_Bec @publishingtalk
The Rule of 3 (And How it Helps Our Writing): http://ow.ly/RU8a300oTIp @Janice_Hardy
5 Cases: How to Write Infrequent Phrases: http://ow.ly/RrAm300oUw7 @ZoeMMcCarthy
Sweden’s Successful Subscription Service: http://ow.ly/WXqL300RuEE @storytel @MarieBilde @pubperspectives
Write a Book Without Losing Your Mind: 10 Tips: http://ow.ly/SLbw300oUbS @jenny_blake
101 Writing Tips To Improve Your Writing Today: http://ow.ly/4UAh300oUnZ @BryanJCollins
Multilingual Wordsmiths: @lydia_davis and Translationese: http://ow.ly/Sg6l300oV3V
Actually, Criticism Is Literature: http://ow.ly/QrRl300RusK @jrc2666 @thelithub
How to Define Your Creativity and Be a Better Writer: http://ow.ly/hoPV300oUCP @katekrake @writeturninfo
Writing Dialogue, And How It Relates To Plot And Character: http://ow.ly/NWsB300oU1S @ChuckWendig
Treating Your Setting as a Character: http://ow.ly/NLjq300PT26 @QuillShift
5 Ways Handwriting Will Make You A Better Writer: http://ow.ly/maoa300oUkY @misfitalexa
Are You Taking Time to Breathe and Be? http://ow.ly/yVDn300mvAY @JanalynVoigt
Remove hedging words from your manuscript: http://ow.ly/sJdx300oU8m @JerryBJenkins @CSLakin
Using Alternative Media Formats in Your Novel (such as comics) http://ow.ly/48UR300oUY0 @LauraWMcCaffrey @MartinaABoone
5 ways to boost your creativity: http://ow.ly/8PQR300oUAb @pubcoach
8 Tips for How to Write Child Characters: http://ow.ly/s6s8300oTRo @KMWeiland
6 Ways To Self-Edit & Polish Your Prose: http://ow.ly/nDsl300oUga @KristenLambTX
Nielsen Stages a First Romance Book Summit at RWA: http://ow.ly/GbzW300FKbd @Porter_Anderson @Nielsen
A Snapshot of The Philippines as a Reading Nation: http://ow.ly/XAPH300OhVr @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
The Hot Sheet: industry newsletter for authors (30 day free trial): from @Porter_Anderson & @JaneFriedman: http://ow.ly/mmQv300OivO
Crime Writers: Crime Scenes: Writing and Processing: Chat with @CalebPirtle and @SueColetta1 @ 3pm EDT Wednesdays #ACrimeChat
5 Ways To Renew Faith In Your Work And Yourself: http://ow.ly/tzJi300BwlA @colleen_m_story
BookBub and Goodreads: Worldwide Expansion, Ads,Deals to Increase Discoverability: http://ow.ly/eRuH300Oh8l @Porter_Anderson @suzanneskyvara
How Science Fiction Redefines Who We Are, and What We’re Becoming: http://ow.ly/exO0300mn5D @SteveToutonghi @thelithub
Real Housewives of Jane Austen: How ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘Kardashians’ Emulate Austen’s Work: http://ow.ly/qjug300Nxbl @sophieGG @TheAtlantic
Are You Being Taken Advantage of as a Writer? http://ow.ly/h40g300mnJb @Janice_Hardy
Horror most profound: The many layers to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic ‘The Birds’: http://ow.ly/SnMF300mo7T @GChintamani @firstpost
5 Tips for Sparking Creativity Through Writing Pro-Bono Work http://ow.ly/BpEC300mnWQ @thevolcanodiary
Media Kits for Writers: A Beginner’s Guide: http://ow.ly/umiG300moAT @allindiewriters
Place Matters in Lit Fic: http://ow.ly/2Iin300mnln @pshares by Bryan Washington
10 Tips for Guest Blogging: http://ow.ly/I6lv300mvm5 @annerallen
Time Management for Writers: http://ow.ly/QOf9300mnTy @katemoretti1
The unstoppable wave of ‘girl’-titled books: http://ow.ly/stOR300mndm @robinwasserman @thelithub
Are Books on the Writing Craft Worth it? http://ow.ly/r9Hb300muXB @Lindasclare
Creating Easy Branded Images for Your Blog and Social Media: http://ow.ly/trRu300mmVN @kikimojo @JaneFriedman
What Modern Horror Filmmakers Can Learn From The Twilight Zone”: http://ow.ly/AwVV300mokQ @brendanmorrow @BDisgusting”
Middle Eastern Writers Find Refuge in the Dystopian Novel: http://ow.ly/qlvn300Lz4o @xanalter @nytimes
Why shorter is better for writing: http://ow.ly/sQnJ300LyT3 @p2p_editor
When No One Shows Up To Your Reading: http://ow.ly/sXM5300LyHV @TheNormanNation @thelithub
INscribe Introduces INdemand for Publishers: A ‘Faster, Easier Path Into Print?’ http://ow.ly/7Hs8300FK57 @Porter_Anderson
Why Write in Poetic Form? http://ow.ly/sQ54300hbGw @hinxminx @PoetryFound
27 Blogging Tips To Grow Your Business: http://ow.ly/9KgO300jQs7 @Writers_Write
Why pictures matter in picture books: http://ow.ly/1gv1300jQng by Claudia Cangilla McAdam
Why Are All the Cartoon Mothers Dead? http://ow.ly/WUl8300jRp2 by Sarah Boxer @TheAtlantic
4 Tips to Keep Your Writing Momentum: http://ow.ly/I4jO300jRgF @soniaroth
Head-Hopper POV: An Example and Correction: http://ow.ly/wEct300jQDb by Tina L. Jens
How the Best Commencement Speech of All Time Was Bad for Literature: http://ow.ly/zXX8300jQhh by Emily Harnett @thelithub
How to Build an Author Business: http://ow.ly/paSj300jQv8 @HelenSedwick @thecreativepenn
Telling a Story Within a Story: http://ow.ly/H3cM300jR47 by Anne Marie Gazzolo
Building an Author Website on WordPress: How to Start Smart: http://ow.ly/ffpM300jQ4P @JaneFriedman
Focusing on Small Details: http://ow.ly/Fe2c300jR9F @AJHumpage
How to Build an Audience for Your Novel: http://ow.ly/m7jF300jRdX @FauziaBurke
How to Write Powerful Flashbacks: http://ow.ly/oQoN300hauk by Marry McAleavey
Plot Obstacles: Too Easy, Too Difficult, or Just Right? http://ow.ly/wd3q300ha6X @JamiGold
The ethics of novelizing autobiography: http://ow.ly/CCL3300ham9 @diski
How to Launch a Book on Facebook: http://ow.ly/iYzo300Hyfi @amebuckley @IndieAuthorALLI
3 Things We Can Learn From Marvel’s Civil War: http://ow.ly/tqC3300ha8W @tamsinsilver
Avoid this plotting pitfall when writing drafts at speed: http://ow.ly/2t4o300F3bO @Roz_Morris
What Makes an Essay American? http://ow.ly/V0qU300haE0 @vcunningham @newyorker
Book Plot vs. Character Arc and How To Reconcile the Two: http://ow.ly/Gi6H300evX2 @monicaleonelle
How plot grips us, from Dickens to Game of Thrones: http://ow.ly/qgSO300hbPp by John Mullan @GuardianBooks
Don’t Accidentally Give Your Characters a Time Out: http://ow.ly/Scyw300ha4c @LisaCron
How to Write Characters Who Don’t Sound Like You: http://ow.ly/jQnn300haxY @Janice_Hardy
Royalty Clauses in Publishing Deals: How (& How Much) Authors Get Paid: http://ow.ly/1kjJ300haAf @SusanSpann
How to get a great book contract in 5 steps: http://ow.ly/rLeq300hacA by Ron Van Cleave
Reading Proust on a Cell Phone: http://ow.ly/2kuW300hbwH by Sarah Boxer @TheAtlantic
Do Print Books Have a Future in Tomorrow’s Classroom? http://ow.ly/lmbp300Eebd @nealgoff @bookbusinessmag
Books’ Prices and Writing’s Value: Careful What We Asked For? http://ow.ly/FFnK300HycH @Porter_Anderson @WriterUnboxed
Winning the World’s Largest Online Writing Contest: http://ow.ly/RmSV300Hy3G @ReedsyHQ @oakenthoughts
How to Deal With an Unending Shift in Priorities: http://ow.ly/INL8300ew3y @monicaleonelle
Beat Writer’s Block with Grimms’ Fairy Tales: http://ow.ly/ok6l300evOW @Jffelkins
Tips For Writing Emotion With @cjlyonswriter http://ow.ly/UR8A300evIx @thecreativepenn
The @nytimes is doing a series on writing spaces called ‘A Writer’s Room’: http://ow.ly/SxKa300EbvO
Smarter Storytelling Framework: http://ow.ly/Flwr300evBO @monicaleonelle
Productivity of pulp writers: http://ow.ly/Zc7P300evox @DeanWesleySmith
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How to write science fiction – if I haven’t figured it out by now, I’m doomed.
Now, how does one write a suicide memoir? From the grave?
Alex–Yeah, that’s a somewhat misleading subgenre name, I agree. Apparently, the author writes a memoir and he/she is close to the victim in some way…the illustration in the post was someone who knew Plath and offered insights to her suicide. The post definition: ” investigation is at the crux of any suicide memoir, a subgenre that borrows from both true crime and biography.”
Dark reading, for sure.
As always, Elizabeth, I really appreciate your gathering so many great links. To be honest, I’ve been thinking for a bit now about whether to go self-pub, although I keep going back and forth on it. You’ve get some terrific links here on aspects of business side of writing, and that helps.
Margot–I’ll post on this soon but…yeah, I have to recommend self-pub over trad-pub. Hope you’ll look into it–so many informative resources on the subject out there to help us out.