by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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How to Know If You’re Editing Too Soon: http://ow.ly/wXLkF @losapala
Promoting Your New Book with Promo Websites: http://ow.ly/x8p9v @silas_payton
“Don’t Let Your Hurt Stop You” : http://ow.ly/wXLXz @PiaPadukone @writersdigest
17 Lost Manuscripts: L. Frank Baum, Ernest Hemingway, John Milton, and More: http://ow.ly/wXL3c @BookishHQ
How To Think Like A Writer: http://ow.ly/wXLoI @carolyn_greg
How to Break Out of the Slump and Finish Your Book: http://ow.ly/wXKZb @shaynakrish
10 Quotes to Inspire Writers: http://ow.ly/wXLbO @bethvogt
Tips for making your books discoverable: http://ow.ly/x6N03 @jakonrath
The Value of Editing For Authors: http://ow.ly/x5QS6 @BryanThomasS
Do Negative Thoughts Give You Writer’s Block? 5 Ways To Cut Loose: http://ow.ly/wSx19 @writetodone
Kindle Publishing: A Step-by-Step Guide for Selling Your Book Through Amazon: http://ow.ly/wSxDh @Heathervdh @alexisgrant
How To Break Up With Your First Draft: http://ow.ly/wSyt4 @chrstnejschmdt
Series Readers€”What they Really Want to See in Our Books: http://ow.ly/x6P0e
Crafting Memorable Characters: http://ow.ly/wSB10 @QLindseyBarrett @Missouri_Review
4 Danger Signs To Search For, Before Sending Off Your Novel: http://ow.ly/wSvFN @charliejane @io9
Feed the reader inside the writer: http://ow.ly/wSAtc @noveleditor
‘Creative Ideas Aren’t Enough: —You Need the Courage to Act On Them.’ http://ow.ly/wSzc9
How Thinking Like Johnny Depp Can Help Your Writing: http://ow.ly/wSyUj @WriteToSell
The Focus Drought and How to Get Your Focus Back: http://ow.ly/wSwy4 @missafayres
Simon & Schuster Embraces E-Book Subscriptions: http://ow.ly/x6MhA @mashable @sfiegerman
All Character, No Plot: http://ow.ly/wSxUW @mooderino
Search Engine Ranking- The Value of Social and Search: http://ow.ly/wSyH2 @jim_devitt
Initiative to get indie books into libraries + new author earnings info: chat at #EtherIssue: 11 am ET/4 pm BST (now) with @Porter_Anderson
The Accomplished Creative’s Afflictions: http://ow.ly/wSxeZ @JeffreyDavis108
Tips for writing epilogues: http://ow.ly/x0WmV (from the Clever Girl Helps blog):
When police must dig into flawed investigations in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/x5Wag @mkinberg
Writing lessons learned from Divergent: http://ow.ly/x5QIu @JulieMusil
7 secrets about editors every freelance writer should know: http://ow.ly/wFavA @michellerafter
Tips for Writing a Fiction Series: Developing Spin-Offs and Sequels: http://ow.ly/wF8WJ @AdriennedeWolfe
4 Ways Fictional Romance Sometimes Reads False: http://ow.ly/wQRCY @vgrefer
What Scandal Can Teach Us About Plotting and Tension: http://ow.ly/wF860 @Janice_Hardy
4 Reasons Why Your Hero Needs A Special Skill or Talent: http://ow.ly/wQRIM @angelaackerman
University Presses Under Fire: http://ow.ly/wQV7A @TheNation @scottesherman
6 Things Every Hero Needs: http://ow.ly/wQQkr @bang2write
How a writer’s name can make or break the popularity of their work: http://ow.ly/wQPH3 @NewStatesman @ofarry
Self-Published eBook Authors May Out-Earn The Rest By 27%: http://ow.ly/x4C39 @HughHowey @Porter_Anderson
A response to the statement: ‘The novel is dead.’: http://ow.ly/wQRW5 @acrossthemargin
An agent answers query questions: http://ow.ly/wQVxB @MsMariaVicente
Tips for marketing on Amazon: http://ow.ly/wQUUn @noahkagan
How to create the perfect trailer (for films–useful for books as well): http://ow.ly/wQVlw @creativebloq
The Whys, Whens, and What-Nots for Opening a Story: http://ow.ly/wQPoL @jodyhedlund
3 Things to Know About Exposition & Telling: http://ow.ly/wQVJK @victoriamixon
Initiative to get indie books into libraries + new author earnings info: http://ow.ly/x3amb @HughHowey @Porter_Anderson @cjlyonswriter
How to self-publish a print book, worldwide: http://ow.ly/wQPle @Belinda_Pollard
Is there a “best day” to buy books, or promote books, in the Kindle Store? http://ow.ly/wQQv2 @BookGorilla
May 2014 Author Earnings Report: http://ow.ly/x38ec @authorearnings @HughHowey
Tips for New Authors (Finishing Your First Book): http://ow.ly/wQRfD @AOwenBooks
7 Writing Lessons Straight From Jennifer Weiner’s Mouth : http://ow.ly/x2Y3h @galitbreen
Write It : Don’t Fight It! (The answer to: Are you a writer?) http://ow.ly/wQRwY @adderworld
The New Golden Age of Short Fiction: 12 Reasons to Write a Short Story This Month: http://ow.ly/wQSzo @annerallen
The No-Stress Way To Create Your Story’s Logline: http://ow.ly/x00qW @PBRWriter
3 Tactics to Stop Letting Inspiration Rule You: http://ow.ly/wNKum @EmilyWenstrom
3 Ways Nonfiction Can Be the Fiction Writer’s Greatest Resource: http://ow.ly/wNM3h @livewritethrive
The Story of Story: How 1 Writer Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Structure: http://ow.ly/wNQdK @justinismorrow
5 Ways to Create Conflict in Your Story: http://ow.ly/wO0dI @screencrafting
Agents – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly: http://ow.ly/wNOad @ClareLangleyH
Storytelling Strategies: When In Trouble, Reach for the Deadline: http://ow.ly/wNR8O @scriptmag
Top 10 tips for being a literary agent: http://ow.ly/wNZHr @JonnyGeller
The 5 Essential Story Ingredients: http://ow.ly/wO0p8 @writersdigest
If You Don’t Write That Book, Who Will? Deciding What to Write: http://ow.ly/wNQTI @JanetKGrant
A Balance of Strengths to Take Your Story Higher: http://ow.ly/wNMXm @writingeekery
3 Tips for developing theme: http://ow.ly/x0Vjb (by Jack Smith)
Fantasy and How the World Ought To Be: http://ow.ly/wNNei @mythcreants
Advertising on Goodreads: http://ow.ly/wNL4g @AuthorMelindaC
Sympathy for a Good Villain: http://ow.ly/wO0NL @DrewChial
Our Young-Adult Dystopia: http://ow.ly/wNOij @michelledean
Planning Your Novel with Google Maps: http://ow.ly/wZZSk @ClarissaDraper
How James Patterson Works With His Co-Authors: http://ow.ly/wNZZA @woodwardkaren
Persuasive charmers–a character type found in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/ @mkinberg
Screenwriting: The Bourne Identity’s Everyman that Isn’t: http://ow.ly/wNN4t @cockeyedcaravan
Writing Groups and How They Can Go Wrong: http://ow.ly/wYqeS @VictoriaAddis
Why no one is seeing what you post from your Facebook author page: http://ow.ly/wKsat @chrisrobley
The 10 Worst Pieces of Writing Advice You Will Ever Hear: http://ow.ly/wKsp5 @manzanitafire
Raising the Tension in a Flat Opening Scene http://ow.ly/wKtHZ @Janice_Hardy
The Thrill of the Write: http://ow.ly/wKtfj @wordsxo @writerunboxed
1 Writer’s 5 Favorite Pieces of Writing Advice: http://ow.ly/wKsIO @OakleyColleen @womenwriters
‘Trying’ to Self-Publish: http://ow.ly/wKr3g @hopeclark
Why Tumblr is Useful for Bloggers: http://ow.ly/wKsAJ @ava_jae
Time travel cliches: http://ow.ly/wKtBh
Why you & your art need a creative adventure: http://ow.ly/wKttc @FortheCreators
7 Book Marketing Strategies Guaranteed Not to Lead to Sales: http://ow.ly/wKtmJ @NathanielTower
Amazon Launches New Kindle Store Section Devoted to eBook Singles – Short Reads: http://ow.ly/x9xxf @thDigitalReader
Narrative Arc: Shaping Your Story: http://ow.ly/wXLiQ @fcmalby
Amazon’s Disappearing Reviews: http://ow.ly/wXLTi @kcrosswriting
Publishing is More than Books: http://ow.ly/wXLQB @HughHowey
Which Is More Important? Writing or What We Write? http://ow.ly/wXKPS @KMWeiland
3 things to know about out-of-print books. http://ow.ly/wXKVz @wweek
eBook Pricing: What’s Wrong with Free? http://ow.ly/wXLe3 @lorcadamon
A new-old Amazon scam for the unwary reader: | Indies Unlimited: http://ow.ly/wXLhw
How to Write More: http://ow.ly/wXKNh @writersdigest
Why ‘Game of Thrones’ Writer George R.R. Martin Uses an Old School DOS Machine: http://ow.ly/wXSVG @nofilmschool
Screenwriting for Readers vs. Audience: http://ow.ly/wXSWw @scriptmag @ruth_atkinson
Movie Scripts: 8 Animations Scripts For Screenwriters: http://ow.ly/wXSYC @goodinaroom
The Best Method to Break Writer’s Block: http://ow.ly/wXT1c @joebunting
What Is Your Story? http://ow.ly/wZ9o1 @jenlouden
Why 1 Writer Reads Reviews… Even the Soul-Crushing Ones: http://ow.ly/wZ9Mt @GwenHeasley @MartinaABoone
The Little Things Holding a Story Back: http://ow.ly/wZa1A @Janice_Hardy
Epilogue tips: http://ow.ly/wZ9Ee
How to really get readers to care about your characters: http://ow.ly/wZ9zL @onewildword
Not-So-Risky Business: Book Promotion on a Budget: http://ow.ly/wZ9Xe @TeeMonster
Taxes 101 for Authors: http://ow.ly/wZ9y1 @susanspann @rmfwriters
Portals in science-fiction: http://ow.ly/wZ9uS @victoriasicoe
Do You Know Your Novel’s Theme? http://ow.ly/wZa2r @Janice_Hardy
Writing and the Creative Life: Boundaries of Space, Boundaries of Time: http://ow.ly/wZ9AK @gointothestory
10 Steps To The Best Cover For Your Book: http://ow.ly/wZ9Cq @Mal_Rock
The difference between a commercial and a literary plot: http://ow.ly/wZ9wK @writers_write
Jot Down Writing Ideas With Six Word’s: New iPhone App: http://ow.ly/x0RV4 @galleycat
The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing a Book that Doesn’t Suck: http://ow.ly/x0NQj @brandonclements
5 Tips for Setting Up a Writing Space: http://ow.ly/x0Pvp @StacyEnnis
Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing… #4: You Need An Agent to Sell Overseas: http://ow.ly/x0OpJ @deanwesleysmith
Evernote’s Moleskin: Analog to Digital Notebook with Plenty of Space for Play: http://ow.ly/x0QHb @appnewser
Great Character: Sam Shakusky (“Moonrise Kingdom”): http://ow.ly/x0QWN @A2Jason
13 steps to creating a writing-centered life: http://ow.ly/x0S9i @collectiveself
Romance Writing: 6 Types of Alpha Heroes: http://ow.ly/x0Q1L @JackieAshenden
The 7 habits of highly effective writers: http://ow.ly/x0O8e @pubcoach
Gimbling in the Wabe – Why Do People Read Bad Books? http://ow.ly/x0R9T @LitStack
Psych for Writers: Emotional Scenes and Unreliable Narrators: http://ow.ly/x0PIM @SkyeFairwin
How To Market Your Book To The Locals – 4 Secrets: http://ow.ly/x0Qu3 @KristenEckstein
How to Charm the Pants Off an Editor with the Power of Your Words: http://ow.ly/x0QmL @pshares
The Amateur’s Guide a Professional Book Package: http://ow.ly/x0S0p @DIYMFA
5 Tips To Edit Your Own Screenplay: http://ow.ly/x0P8W @bang2write
Nonfiction: how to plan and outline your book before writing the first word: http://ow.ly/x0Rn8 @NinaAmir
How to save a bundle on editing costs…without sacrificing quality: http://ow.ly/x2Xu3 @jodierennered
How James Patterson Works With His Co-Authors: http://ow.ly/x2XJ4 @woodwardkaren
On Quitting Writing: ‘I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On.’ http://ow.ly/x37B5 @TheReviewReview
How to Get Boys to Read Books | Children’s Literacy Foundation: http://ow.ly/x37tL @cliforg
How to Hack the Habit of Creativity http://ow.ly/x37ay @mythicscribes
10 Things That Make A Reader Cringe: http://ow.ly/x2XbO @dmoncrief0131
Self-publishing will save literary fiction: http://ow.ly/x37wb @HughHowey
Thanks for including Bryan’s guest post at the IWSG!
Alex–It was a great post! :)
So many good things here, as ever, Elizabeth. Thanks for compiling these links. I’m going to have to read that one about writing short stories. I should do that more often.
Margot–I think I need to practice that, too.
I only learned about you via Twitter this past week, and I have to say, you tweet the best articles! I’m so glad to know you keep a repository of them! I’ve now added your blog to my “Tips for Writers” page.
BTW, I see you’re in North Carolina like me, although at the other end of the state. I live on the coast. :)
Thanks so much for coming by, Sara! And thanks for the kind words and adding my blog to your page.
I’m envious that you’re on the coast! Gorgeous weekend, isn’t it? I went to the Y pool with kids and pretended I was at the beach. :)
You are most certainly welcome!
And it has been a beautiful weekend here in Emerald Isle. A great time for swimming at the Y, too, I’d imagine!
Lots of tourists coming into in town for the holiday weekend have done their part in helping bring the beaches back to life for the summer. This time of year always feels like the island is waking up from a long winter’s nap. :)
Now, I have an important question! Since I’ve never read any of your works before, which of your books would you suggest I read first? (Cozy mysteries are absolute favorites of mine and it looks like that’s your genre!)
Sara–Glad the Emerald Isle has come alive with sun and tourists!
And…tough question. Fan favorites seem to be “Finger Lickin’ Dead” , written under a pseudonym (Riley Adams) and “Quilt Trip” (byline my own…Elizabeth Craig). I think I’d pull for the Quilt Trip, especially if you ever read a Nancy Drew, since Nancy was the inspiration for the book. And thanks. :)
Oh. My. Gosh. So many great links. Thanks so much!
Thanks for coming by, Julie!