by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Turn Your Core Values Into The Heart Of Your Author Business: @ThornCoyle @thecreativepenn
- Ways to Make More Money with Your Book (podcast): @DaveChesson
- 5 Books About Learning to Communicate with Alien Species: @marthawells1 @tordotcom
- The 8 Best Curses In Literature: by Julia Fine @ElectricLit
- When Poets Write Novels: 10 of the Best: @CaoilinnHughes @GrantaMag
- 5 Reasons to Join a Twitter Writing Sprint: @WGTWrite @DIYMFA
- On Motivation: Significance: @PhilAthans
- 3 Writing Techniques to Quash Procrastination: @LynseyMay @scottishbktrust
- You love writing: should you, could you, commit to it? @emma_darwin
- Focus on writing: 4 simple exercises to strengthen attention and reduce distractibility: by Rebekah Barnett @amishijha @TEDTalks
- How to Use a Timer to be More Productive: @WriteOnOnline
- Is Technology Clouding Your Mind? @rxena77
- What Does It Mean to Be a Disabled Writer? by Alex Lu @Keah_Maria @esmewang @ElectricLit
- What I wish I’d known at school: two instructions for making a creative life: @Roz_Morris
- Heinlein’s 5 Simple Rules for Writers: @lornafaith
- The Angsty Writer: by Juliet Marillier @WriterUnboxed
- 3 Ways Writers Can Find Inspiration to Fill Their Creative Well: @lornafaith
- Picking a Story and Sticking With It: from Lizard is Writing
- “How Pregnancy Taught Me to Say No to Everything and Write Novels Instead”: @wolfwidge @ElectricLit
- 8 Tips on Avoiding Burnout: @RachVD @IndieReader
- Why Writers Need Community and Writing Groups: @kikimojo
- Don’t Write Every Day: 9 Ways to Rest and Rejuvenate: @beth_wangler @_HannahHeath
- 5 Lies Writers Believe That Are Holding Them Back: @KMWeiland
- How Your Writing Actually Improves With Age: by Jane Sandwood @Draft2Digital
- Why Do Horror Stories Resonate So Deeply Right Now? @TobiasCarroll @lithub
- Horror is Not a Dirty Word: @BobPastorella @ThisIsHorror
- Barbeques and Picnics as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Literature’s Great Con Artists: @TheLincoln @CrimeReads
- The Focus on Psychology as a Source of Tension in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- 3 Must-Have Posts To Brand Your Blog: @Writers_Write
- Why It’s Important To Check Your Blog Stats and How To Do So: @sugarbeatbc @BadRedheadMedia
- Important Reasons Authors Need to Think About Blogging: @kikimojo @BadRedheadMedia
- 6 Reasons to Relaunch Your Book: @Bookgal @JaneFriedman
- How to promote your writing without social media: @pubcoach
- Book Swag from a Bookseller’s Perspective: by Meghan Dietsche Goel @PublishersWkly
- Introverts: You Can Do Book Marketing: @FictionNotes
- How Reader Analytics Can Support Publishers’ Decisions: @Porter_Anderson @ContecMXOficial
- How Much Do Writers Earn in the UK? Report Offers New Input: @Porter_Anderson @ALCS_UK @StephenLotinga
- Publishers Cheer Settlement of Copibec-Laval Lawsuit in Québec: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Finnish Digital Media Fund Backs Development of Book Series for Television: @Porter_Anderson @iprvc
- Industry Notes: UK’s ‘Golden Man Booker’ Voting Is Closing; AudioFile’s Whitten on the Audies: @Porter_Anderson
- Kids Can Press Will Distribute New Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: @Porter_Anderson @llyonstweets
- China Bestsellers May 2018: Popular Philosophy and Faith in Love: @Porter_Anderson
- Commonwealth Prize Announces Short Story Winners From Samoa, Trinidad, UK, India, and Nigeria: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- A Developing Snapshot of a Market: Buchmesse’s Editors’ Trip to Germany: @Porter_Anderson
- Independent Publishers in a Shifting German Marketplace: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- What It Really Takes to Get Your First Book Published: 5 Critical Factors: @manzanitafire @LitReactor
- 12 Ways to Increase Chances of Publication in Today’s Industry: @tessaemilyhall
- Pros and Cons to Having a Pen Name: @ChrysFey @SpunkOnAStick
- Pen Name Generator Inspired by Iconic Pseudonyms : @InvaluableLive
- Where to Begin: The Search for the Inciting Incident: @peterselgin @JaneFriedman
- 8 Types Of Opening Scenes That Could Work For Your Book: @Writers_Write
- Writing Great Villains: @evans_writer @RMFWriters
- Save the Cat!® Podcast: Can Your Antagonist Switch Sides? @NaomiBeaty @savethecat
- The 5 Cornerstones of Characterization: @Michael_Editor
- Why and How to Use Character Webs: from Lady Redshield Writes
- Creating Compelling Engaging Characters Readers Love or Hate: @ProWritingAid
- Give Your Hero a Hard Time: @jimdempsey
- Your Protagonist’s “I Want” Song: @kcraftwriter @WriterUnboxed
- Writing a Main Character: Definitions, Tips and Examples: @nownovel
- What Mister Rogers Can Teach Us About Storytelling: @Repino1 @tordotcom
- “Hidden Figures” and the Performance Story Model: @StoryGrid
- Writing Lessons from Movies: A Quiet Place: @VictoriaGHowell
- The Wisdom of the Goosebumps Books: 8 Lessons: by Mattia Ravasi @The_Millions
- How to Decide Between Plain Prose and Beautiful Prose: @KMWeiland
- Chekhov’s Gun and How to Use It: @ReedsyHQ
- Write Better Scenes with the Rule of Three: @Lindasclare
- The External Story Versus The Internal Story: @LoriWilde
- On Writing the Personal Essay (Podcast): @watershipdowd @DIYMFA
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Crafting Your Story’s Love Interest: @kristen_kieffer
- Platonic Protagonists: Can Heroes and Heroines Just Be Friends? @NicolaAlter
- Choosing the Right Details in Our Story: @beccapuglisi
- Let Readers Find the Unseen: @p2p_editor
- Making Your Characters’ Actions Count: @Julie_Glover
- How To Challenge Stigma In Your Writing: @Bang2write
- Unlock Your MICE Quotient: @yeahwrite_
- Thinking with a Child’s Brain: @KAMcCleary @WriterUnboxed
- The Author’s Guide To Melodrama (And What It Can Do For You): @FredBobJohn
- Concise writing in fiction: @Peter_Rey_
- Why Your Writing Should Invite Readers In: @BJoycePatterson @DIYMFA
- 13 Solid Pieces Of Writing Advice: @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor
- Plotting Your Novel Conceptually: @Janice_Hardy
- 8 Signs You Might Be Over-Plotting Your Novel: @Janice_Hardy
- Help Creating a Setting: from Writing Exercises UK
- How to Use Sounds to Affect the Character and Intrigue the Reader: @ZoeMMcCarthy
- Writing Realistic Forests: @DanKoboldt
- Iterative Outlining, Writing Tools and Resources, More: @scribesworld
- Story generators: from Writing Exercises UK
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A lot on writing this week. And the IWSG post on Goodreads! Thanks for writing such a great article.
Everyone seems to be focusing on writing for the summer, ha! Thanks for hosting me at the IWSG!
As always, Elizabeth, this is a great list of helpful links. I’m especially drawn to the ones about the writing life this time. Balancing it all, setting priorities, and so on, are all so important. And yet, they are things we’re prone to forget at times. Or, at least I am.
Balancing it is the hardest part, isn’t it?
Hope you have a great week!
I second Alex in saying thank you for contributing to the IWSG site this week.
I love your new photo. I really need a new one myself.
Thanks to you both for hosting me!
And thanks about the photo. :) I saw another writer I follow change his and remembered it was time for me to update mine.
Hi Elizabeth,
Thanks for including me in your weekly roundup!
PS: So cool that you’re a fan of Endeavor. I didn’t know you could stream shows on PBS. Very good to know!
Thanks for being a resource for writers!
It’s PBS on demand. :) The best way to watch!