by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Why You Need to Test Market Your Book Idea…and How to Do It: @WriteNowCoach
- What’s in an Author Name? @MarieMyungOkLee @The_Millions
- Good Advice, Bad Advice: Writing through the “Shoulds”: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed
- 10 Best Packing Tips For Authors: @gailcarriger
- Hay Festival 2018 Sets a Record, Selling 18,000 More Tickets Than in 2017: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- University of Warwick’s Peter Marshall Wins £40,000 Wolfson History Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Cheltenham Literary Festival 2018 Announces Elements of Its Educational Program: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Kamila Shamsie Wins £30,000 Women’s Prize for Fiction: @Porter_Anderson @kamilashamsie
- Increase Writing Quality by Both Filling and Stilling Your Mind: @annkroeker
- The 7 Habits Of Highly Creative People: @constantmusings
- How Designing Covers for My Books Helps 1 Author Write Them: by Johan Harstad @lithub
- The Novel Within the Novel: 8 Meta Stories With Thrillers Inside: @sarabooks @CrimeReads
- Five Essential Books About Plagues and Pandemics: @claudiagray @tordotcom
- Ten Excellent SFF ‘Ships: @riss4x @tordotcom
- 3 Words to Help You Find Time to Write: @BetJett @EdieMelson
- 15 minute writing challenge (video): @EvaDeverell
- Mindfulness and Memory: by Pamela Moore @livequiet
- Writing And The Fear Of Judgment: @thecreativepenn
- How to Make an Honest Living as a Writer: @savilleneuve
- Supporting Disability Amongst Writers: @nick45wood @sfwa
- Writing on the Go: by Janet Lane @RMFWriters
- What to Write When You’re Not Writing: @gargimehraa @sfwa
- 52 Things Writers Fear (but shouldn’t): @katekrake
- Creating Believable Fantasy Characters: @StevieRaeCausey
- 6 Characteristics of a Great Fantasy Writer: by Jessica Wood @mythicscribes
- 9 Fantasy Duos Bound By Fate: @nataliezutter @tordotcom
- Mariana Enriquez on Political Violence and Writing Horror: @raviddice @lithub
- Reverse-mullet pedagogy: valuing horror fiction in the classroom: @MathiasClasen @OUPAcademic
- How to Deal with Memory and Emotions When Writing a Memoir: @writeabook
- 9 Tips For Using Fiction Techniques When Writing Memoir: @Michael_Editor @thecreativepenn
- A look at privacy vs. police procedures as elements in crime fiction through the years: @mkinberg
- How to Create a Mystery Detective Readers Love: @ZaraAltair @ProWritingAid
- Different sets of standards for the wealthy as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg
- Crime Writing: Want to Make Your Scenes Come Alive? Here’s a Cop’s-Eye View: @LeeLofland @killzoneauthors
- Why Authors Need to Create Book Trailers: by Jonathan Vars
- Create a Marketing Plan That Works For You—Free Template Download: @tessaemilyhall
- How to Market a Book: 5 Strategies One Writer Used to Win Readers’ Choice: @_KimWriteEdit_
- 5 Ways to Build Your Local Market: @Bookgal @IndieReader
- 30 Minutes a Day is All It Takes to Automate Your Social Media Activity, But I Don’t Recommend it: @thDigitalReader
- 3 Things You’re Probably Not Doing on Goodreads But Should (via @ChrysFey ):
- Audiobook Royalties: To Share or Not Share? @annacastl @joelfroomkin @IndieAuthorALLI
- Storytel in Spain: When Entering the Audiobook Market Means Making New Serials: @Porter_Anderson
- Wattys Open for Nominations With New Diversity-Driven Category: @Porter_Anderson @wattpad
- Industry Notes: Asian Festival of Children’s Content; Macmillan, Binc Open Diversity Scholarships: @Porter_Anderson
- Freedom to Publish Advocacy: Authors Guild Wins ‘CockyGate’ Court Ruling: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- As the World Cup Approaches, PEN Authors Press Moscow for Oleg Sentsov’s Release: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Industry Notes: ‘The Great American Read’ Gets Videos; America’s Big Read Gets Grants: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Authors Guild Opens Regional Chapters, Amazon Complaint Resolution: @Porter_Anderson @mariraz
- Friday Photos: Kinokuniya Opens Its First Bookstore in Cambodia: @Porter_Anderson
- Book Aid International Cites Good Results in Zambia From Its ‘Study Hub’ Pilot: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- A Checklist Before A Writer Hits Send On a Submission: @KatyKauffman28 on @EdieMelson
- Birth of a small press – ‘I knew so many talented authors being turned away’: @Roz_Morris @ForestAvePress
- Movements, movers and shakers: publishers and authors as literary citizens: @Roz_Morris @ForestAvePress
- No, Your Female Characters Don’t Just Need More Dialogue: @Bang2write
- Even More Show Don’t Tell: @RuthanneReid
- Tone, Style, and Voice in Writing: Practical Definitions: @AnneJanzer
- How (And Why) You Should Write An Ensemble Cast: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks
- How Ideas Become Stories: by Aaron Miles @FantasyFaction
- Different Ways Characters Can Show Love: From Just a Writing Aid
- Exploring Activism and Politics in Fiction: @sadowsky_nina @WritersDigest
- Theft by Finding: @CEMcKenzie1 @WriterUnboxed
- The 3 Questions That Will Solve Every “Plot Problem” You’ll Ever Have: by Steven James @WritersDigest
- Research Is Writing. Stop Berating Yourself: @NatRusso
- How to Show and not Tell Intelligence: @SloanTamar
- 3 Research Hacks for Your Novel: @DaveChesson @JerryBJenkins
- Seven sentences you should stop writing: @pubcoach
- How to Use Adjectives Wisely and Judiciously: @peterselgin @JaneFriedman
- Productivity Tools for Writers: @writingthrulife
- How Scapple Helps Authors Plan Books: @Jeff_Shear @IndieAuthorALLI
Another great week a links!
Thanks, Alex!
This is a terrific set of links, as ever, Elizabeth. I was especially drawn to ‘What to write when you’re not writing.’ It’s important to keep up the focus and discipline writing takes, even when one’s not actively working on that next chapter, etc…
It’s good to know that we can stay in practice, even if we’re not focused on our current project.
I went through all of the Hiveworld emails yesterday. There were some good articles on LinkedIn.
There were…I think LinkedIn is more helpful than writers give it credit for.