by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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News and Upcoming
If you’re in the Anderson, SC area, I’ll be speaking at the Friends of the Anderson County Library’s Annual Meeting next Sunday, April 22 at 3:00. The topic will be mystery reading and writing. More information can be found here.
Struggle with your author bio? The folks at Reedsy have a free template to help out.
The Alliance of Independent Authors had their online conference yesterday. You can watch their recorded panels here. The full agenda is here.
If you are a mystery reader or writer, check out Mystery Thriller Week. I have a post there today on the WKB search engine.
- Editing: differences between content editing and proofreading, how much you should pay, more (video): @Wiseink
- How To Build A Youpreneur Business Around A Personal Brand: @ChrisDucker @thecreativepenn
- Naming Your Small Indie Press: A Generator: @ElectricLit
- Finding the Money to Write a Book: @hopeclark
- Numbers that Matter in Traditional Book Publishing: by Dana Isaacson @CareerAuthors
- The Business of Writing — Interview with @JaneFriedman (podcast): @DIYMFA
- Why Authors Enjoy Visiting Schools and How Schools Can Help Authors: @JoFranklin2
- Awards Program Notes: UAE’s Etislat, Canada’s Cundill, and USA’s Sisters in Crime Open for Submissions: @Porter_Anderson @EtisalatAward @SINCnational
- National Book Foundation program”distributes free, new books to young readers through public housing authorities” in the US: @Porter_Anderson @nationalbook
- Closing London Book Fair’s Day One: The 2018 International Excellence Awards: @Porter_Anderson @LondonBookFair
- London Book and Screen Week CAMEO Awards Include Film, Stage, Gaming Adaptations: @Porter_Anderson
- Forming Practice from Passion: by Michael Michel @sfwa
- Micro-Progress Your Novel: @ClareLangleyH @killzoneauthors
- DIY Writing Retreats: @wvancamp @morvenwestfield
- What No One Told You About Becoming an Author: @CathyFyock @EdieMelson
- Stop Romanticizing Your Writing Career: @KristinaAuthor @WritingCoop
- How Writing a Story is Like Making a Quilt: @EricaVetsch
- Returning to Writing After a Stage Four Cancer Diagnosis: by Annabelle Kim @lithub
- Magic Cloaks, Lucky Charms, and Other Writerly Superstitious Habits: @SarahMMcCoy @WriterUnboxed
- Make Time for Writing as a Parent in 3 Simple Steps: @aliventures
- 7 Important Things for a Writer’s “Not-to-Do” List: @colleen_m_story
- The Importance of Self Care for the Writer: @KelsieEngen
- Social Anxiety and Sharing Your Creative Work (Podcast): @EllenHendriksen @DanBlank
- 3 Ways to Quickly Boost Your Writing Creativity: @colleen_m_story
- Horror: Defining the Genre, Sub-genres, Styles, and More: @AnnieNeugebauer
- Tackling The Hillbilly Horror Trope: @SignalHorizon
- Writing Tips: Using A Comic Relief Character For More Than Comedy: by Jonathan Vars @thecreativepenn
- 5 Reasons Blog Posts Fail: @NathanielTower
- 4 Questions to Help You Start a Successful Blog: @JeffGoins
- The Connection System: Book Marketing 101: @timgrahl
- List of Free and Paid Book Promotion Websites: @thDigitalReader
- 3 Ways to Build a Social Media Audience that Loves You: @BetJett @EdieMelson
- Create Social Media Images with Canva and Pablo: @CaballoFrances @BookWorksNYC
- How to Use Scheduling To Automate Your Social Media: @thecreativepenn
- “Factors in a Digital Transformation of Academic Publishing”: @Porter_Anderson @KirenShoman
- Kindle Worlds Asked and Answered: @Susan_Stoker @RomanceUniv
- Using the Inciting Incident to Start Your Story in the Right Place: @scribesworld
- 5 Guidelines For A Great Chapter Two: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters
- The Challenge of Pulling Off a Dead Narrator: @peterselgin @JaneFriedman
- How to Start A Novel (incl. 31 Famous Story Openers): @RidethePen
- 3 Ways to Know (or Choose) Your Fictional Character’s MBTI Personality: @MandyCorine
- The 6 Basic Stages of Character Change: @CharacterComma
- Writing Your Character’s Inner World: @Lindasclare
- Resources on “Show, Don’t Tell” for Novelists: @Beth_Barany
- How Over-Explaining Will Kill Your Novel: @Janice_Hardy
- How to kill off your characters without even trying: @BirderMurder
- Don’t Let Your Dialogue Stray From Your Characters: @jamesscottbell
- Writing Dialogue Resources For Novelists: @Beth_Barany
- How to Make an Old Plot New: @AndreaWriterlea
- 6 Tips for Reimagining Classic Fiction in Your Writing: by John Kessel @WritersDigest
- How to Write an Epistolary Novel: @RobinRWrites
- Tips for revealing character secrets: from Just a Writing Aid
- Narcissistic Abuse and Codependence for Writers: @SloanTamar
- A Writer’s Guide to Firearms: Assault Rifles: @Nicholas_Rossis
- Tapping the Experts: How to Enrich Your Research and Your Writing: @carolcram @WomenWriters
- Nursing Misconceptions in Fiction: @StephanieSauvin @DanKoboldt
Thanks for including Brad Herzog’s piece at the IWSG this week!
Another great article from IWSG!
I wish you well with your talk next week, Elizabeth! It sounds really interesting. And you’ve got lots of great links here, as always. That one about writers’ superstitions is especially intriguing to me. I do like learning about how other writers get it done.
Thanks!
That was an interesting read. I also like hearing how writers’ routines set the stage for a writing habit.