by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- How to Build a Long-Term Writing Career: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors
- Copyediting Jobs: How to Estimate Hours and Pricing: @SubvCopyEd @JaneFriedman
- How To Be A Professional Author And Not Die Screaming And Starving In A Lightless Abyss: @ChuckWendig
- 29 Parenting Blogs and Magazines That Pay Freelance Writers: @briannarbell @thewritelife
- Frankfurt 2019: Big Crowds, Upbeat Industry, Social Purpose: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
- Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Spotlight Passes from Norway to Canada: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives @Book_Fair
- Sharjah International Book Fair Expands Its Publishers Conference: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- In London, the Polari Prize Goes to Angela Chadwick and Andrew McMillan: @Porter_Anderson @AndrewPoetry @_AngelaChadwick @PolariPrize
- The UK’s Comedy Women in Print Prize Adds Graphic Novel Category: @Porter_Anderson @CWIPprize @HelenLederer @pubperspectives
- How NaNoWriMo Can Actually Help Your Mental Health: @HBlackwell17
- NaNo Prep: Pick a New Daily Word Count Goal: from Let’s Write Some Novels
- Rocking NaNoWriMo: Five Tips for Speculative Writers: @MelanieMarttila @DIYMFA
- Road Trip to NaNo: The Benefits of Attending Write-Ins: @JudyLMohr @EmmyLou_James @NaNoWriMo
- NaNoWriMo Resources Are for Everyone: by Melinda Brasher
- 10 Tips To Rock NaNoWriMo: @JennyHansenCA
- Top 10 Hacks to Finishing NaNo EARLY: @LisaLatteBooks @NaNoWriMo
- One Writer Shares Her Process for NaNoWriMo Prep for a Cozy Mystery: @courtagonist @CozyMysEscape
- Is NaNoWriMo for you? @pubcoach @NaNoWriMo
- 1 Writer Plans to Tackle NaNoWriMo With a Specialty Tea Advent Calendar By Her Side: @LisaLatteBooks @NaNoWriMo
- Expectation Versus Reality: 10 Truths You Should Know About NaNoWriMo: @NaNoWriMo @WritersDigest
- NaNoWriMo Prep: How to Write 2000 Words a Day: by Let’s Write Some Novels
- Last Minute NaNoWriMo Prep: @ReedsyHQ
- 7 Poets to Read: @alicebroster1 @bustle
- Crime Novels in the Age of Prohibition: by Ashley Weaver @CrimeReads
- “Goodnight Moon,” Almost 75 Years Later: by Brian Goedde @LAReviewofBooks
- 7 Essential Contagion Novels: by David Koepp @CrimeReads
- Tips for Improving Writing Productivity: from Just a Writing Aid
- When is the Best Time to Write? @pubcoach
- Daily Writing Habit: How to Crush It Every Day: @MichaelLaRonn
- The Seductive Power of a New Book Idea: When to Give in: @RuthHarrisBooks
- Tips for Joining Book Clubs: by Patricia Sands @WomenWriters
- What Makes a Writer a “Real” Author? @JamiGold
- Unexamined Beliefs: Do they Keep You from Writing Success? @annerallen
- Opportunities to Improve as a Writer: @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors
- Writing With Illness: @AuthorCynthiaH @WomenWriters
- Writers: Be aware of when research and prep turns into procrastination (comic): @inkyelbows
- 4 Ways to Stay Productive While Writing a Novel: @NathanBransford @NaNoWriMo
- Literary Snobbery: Why It’s Toxic and How to Combat It: @_HannahHeath
- Work Like A (Real) Dog: @10minnovelist
- How to Live ‘Comfortably’ With Impostor Syndrome: @MegDowell
- 3 Ways to Keep Writing When Times Are Tough: @Self_Pub_School
- Fantasy Book Title Generator: @Writers_Write
- Entomology and Ants in Fantasy: @ClarkTCarlton @DanKoboldt
- Join a Writers’ Group to Help Meet Your Nonfiction Writing Goals: @NinaAmir
- You’ve submitted your non-fiction manuscript: now what? @megankatenelson
- Does Poetry Have Street Cred? @Poet_Major @parisreview
- Waffle House has an official poet laureate. For real: by Andrew Alexander @AtlantaMagazine
- Write Worlds And Characters Actors Want To Play: @Pendensham @CreativeScreen
- Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Characters: @GoIntoTheStory
- How to Market Your Book – A New Author’s Guide: @Bookgal
- Why Human-Centered Marketing Works: @DanBlank
- 5 Ways to Practice Good Virtual Etiquette for Authors: @tessaemilyhall @A3writers
- How Do I Promote My Posts on Social Media? by Phil Stamper-Halpin @penguinrandom
- Patricia Cornwell’s New Spacewalk: ‘Not Just About Putting a Flag on the Moon’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Small Claims Copyright ‘CASE Act’ Passes US House of Representatives: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @AmericanPublish @mariraz @AuthorsGuild
- An Industry Expert on Publishing Auctions and Nigel Beale’s Coverage of Publishing’s Players: by Richard Charkin @pubperspectives
- In Algeria the biggest cultural event is a book fair. Will the Algiers IBF break its 2.3 million visitor record this year with its focus on young authors? @TNPS10
- Spain’s Dolores Redondo Goes to New Orleans for ‘North Face’: @oliviasnaije @DoloresRedondoM @pubperspectives
- Dominique Raccah, Prior to Sharjah, Rolls Out ‘Sourcebooks’ International’: @Porter_Anderson @draccah @Sourcebooks @pubperspectives
- Swedish Book Publisher Olika on Winning Football Books for Girls: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Canada’s Cundill Prize Names Fulbrook, Lepore, Lovell as 2019 Finalists: @Porter_Anderson @CundillPrize @pubperspectives
- Self Publishing News of the Week (23rd October 2019): by Tom Ashford @pbackwriter @SelfPubForm
- At Frankfurt: Firming Up the IPA-APNET Collaboration for Africa: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @AfricanApnet @IntPublishers
- Croatian Publisher Fraktura Plans Big Print Run for Igor Štiks’ Latest Novel: @oliviasnaije @IgorStiks @pubperspectives
- How to Use a “Truth Chart” to Figure Out Your Character’s Arc: @KMWeiland
- The Protagonist’s Journey as Fate: @GoIntoTheStory
- Tips for Fiction Writers: Which Character Has the Most to Lose? @PeggySueWells @EdieMelson
- Colorful Language: Falling in Love with the Speech Rhythms of the American Southwest: by Rayne Lacko @WritersDigest
- 5 Unexpected Ways To Fuel Your Story: @AnthonyEhlers @Writers_Write
- Good Lists Make Great Stories: @laurabenedict @killzoneauthors
- The Ultimate Story Checklist: Lady Bird: @CockeyedCaravan
- Writing Coercive Control Into Fiction (Very, Very Carefully): @Helen_Fields @WomenWriters
- How Do I Refer to the Viewpoint Character’s Parents? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
- 3 Iconic Female Leads and How Their Plot Archetypes Work: @Bang2write
- Interesting Plot Ideas: 6 Writers’ Insights: @nownovel
- While vs. Whilst: by Maeve Maddox @writing_tips
- A comic for punctuation nerds: @inkyelbows
- How to use parentheses in fiction writing: @LouiseHarnby
The one on setting descriptions from the IWSG was good this week.
Lots of NaNo prep going on!
It sure was!
Yes, NaNo is really getting revved up. :)
Hard to believe it’s almost time for NaNoWriMo again, Elizabeth! I don’t know where the year has gone, but it’s exciting to see a lot of people working on their novels. I don’t usually participate, myself, but I always give a lot of credit to those who do.
Hard to believe, for sure! I don’t officially participate, but I usually will feed off the drive of writers who do and up my own daily word count on whatever I’m working on. :)
There’s so much good stuff up there. Where to start? I think I’ll start with the one that tells me how to not die starving and broke.
Ha!! Always a good place to begin. :)