by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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I’m still on a blog break (except for my Twitterific roundups. Hope everyone is doing well. I’ll be back with my usual blogging schedule on Monday, July 31. :)
- Where to find ideas: @AllieLarkin @WriterUnboxed
- Writing Inspiration: Do You Really Need It to Write? @joebunting
- ‘War of the Roses’ author on coping with rejection (video): @WarrenAdler
- The Complex Power of Mapping the World of Your Novel: @barbaraoneal
- Toes in the Sand: 6 All-time Classic Beach Reads: by Rita D. Jacobs @SignatureReads
- 10 Works of Literary Horror to Read: @knownemily
- How to Keep Writing When You Want to Quit: @aliventures
- Keep yourself accountable – find a writing buddy: @businessinrhyme
- When All of Your Family Heirlooms are Stories: @ginasorell
- Keeping a positive mindset while writing: comic via @inkyelbows
- 3 Ways to Stop Self-Sabotaging Your Writing: @cslakin
- How to Annotate the World: A Proposal for Literary Geo-Tagging: by Adam Bonislawski @lithub
- What 1 Writer Has Learned So Far: @rickischultz
- 5 Things All Writers Should Know When Writing a Second Novel: @jessicastrawser
- 4 Ways to Make Journal-Writing Part of Your Everyday Life: @paperblanks
- Crime fiction: murders that appear complex but have simple solutions: @mkinberg
- Crime Writing: The Queen of Poisons and The Marsh Test: @DPLyleMD
- Tips for Amazon Ads: @Bookgal
- Rejected By BookBub? Look In The Mirror And Change Your Marketing Ways: @EbooksAndKids @DigiBookWorld
- Can Facebook Ads Really Boost Your Author Platform? @EmilyWenstrom
- Tips for approaching book bloggers: @Bookgal
- The Value of Book Reviews for Indie Authors: @ChantiReviews @IngramSpark
- The Myth Of Reviews: @nlowell
- Sell Sheets: How to Pitch Your Book to Reviewers: @juicetom
- 7 Top Book Marketing Takeaways from BookExpo 2017: @BookBub @DianaUrban
- How Indie Presses and Authors Can Collaborate on Marketing Campaigns: @MeghanRFarrell
- How to Use Infographics to Successfully Promote Your Book: @thecreativepenn
- Setting Up and Building an Email List: @sabsky
- Building a Mailing List through Reader Magnets: @MarcyKennedy
- Bookfunnel vs Instafreebie: @NovelDes_Studio @instafreebie
- Define Your Target Audience: Branding/Discoverability: @KristineRusch
- 10 Things You Should Know About Having A Persona: @gabino_iglesias
- 13 Timesaving WordPress Plugins: @petersonsar @smartbloggerhq
- Insider’s Guide: Essential Author Website Component Checklist: @nocargr
- What’s the Best Time To Publish Your Book? @SpatzSteven @BookBaby
- Should you write a dedication in your book? @rxena77
- Audiobooks: How to get your book recorded as an audiobook: @CSPerryess @annerallen
- Reviewing Peer Review: ‘The Integrity of Published Academic Work’: @porter_anderson @martin_eve
- The World of a Literary Scout–and International Rights: @parulmac
- Publishing’s ‘brutal pattern’: the int’l industry, blockbusters, price, competition: @porter_anderson
- Creative Europe’s New UK Report: In the Shadow of Brexit: @porter_anderson @ChristophJski
- Wattpad Opens Partnership With France’s Hachette Romans: @porter_anderson @AshleighGardner
- Freedom to Publish: Author @koraycaliskan Under House Arrest in Turkey: @porter_anderson @pubperspectives
- Rights Interest Rising: Indonesian Publishers on International Trade: @porter_anderson
- When Changing Your Approach Results in Getting the Call: by Rebecca Hunter @HarlequinSYTYCW
- Traditional Publishing: How Fiction Writers Nab Book Deals and Get Published: @kristen_kieffer
- How to Write a Query Letter to a Magazine: by Georgina Roy
- How to Immediately Improve Your Query Letter’s Effectiveness: @janefriedman
- How to Use Lyrics in Your Writing Without Risk: @HelenSedwick
- The Legal Side of Anthologies: @SusanSpann
- Villains & Villainesses: Architects of Story: @carablack
- 5 Characteristics of an Epic Villain: by Antonio del Drago @mythicscribes
- 7 Character Development Keys: @gointothestory
- How to Take Advantage of Your 4 Most Important Characters: @kmweiland
- Fixing Flat Plots: @KMWeiland
- Is your Narrative Treating Readers like Idiots? @p2p_editor
- One Simple Trick to Avoid an Opening Page Infodump: @jamigold
- From Idea to Novel: @ClareLangleyH
- What Should You Focus On While First Drafting? @ava_jae
- The Writing Process…It Ain’t No Unicorn Hug: @KristenLambTX
- Using Groundhog Day as a Tool for Learning Screenwriting: @CockeyedCaravan
- Fictional characters – a lesson from Seinfeld: @roz_morris
- Reader Wonder: How To Get It: @Janice_Hardy
- 5 Things Learned From Story Expert John Yorke: @LivSFB
- Narrative Structure: What It Is and How To Use It: @I_am_Mr_Pants
As always, Elizabeth, a great set of links, for which thanks. I really like that topic: reading as writers. I honestly believe that one of the most important things that any writer does is read. A lot. To me, anyway, that’s how writers learn new things about storytelling.
That’s how I look at it, too, Margot. I learn so much from all my reading…even the non-mysteries.
I’ve found some great tips and resources through the daily emails. No time to implement most of them, but someday! LOL
Glad they’re helping! If only there were more hours in our day. :)