by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) For Authors: @ChooseFi @thecreativepenn
- “My Best Writing Advice for the Next Decade”: @FaeRowen
- Writer Mark Dawson’s 2019 in Review: @SelfPubForm
- British Book Awards Celebrates Three Decades: The ’30 From 30′ Longlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 2020 PROSE Awards Name 157 Finalists in Five Far-Flung Categories: @Porter_Anderson @AmericanPublish
- CONTEC Mexico 2020: Focus on Storytelling, AI, and Transmedia: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- British Council Announces London Book Fair’s Sharjah Cultural Program: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- International Publishers Association Events at the 2020 London Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @LondonBookFair
- Your Writing Process: 7 Habits for Success: @nownovel
- Writing Goals: 9 Steps on How to Set and Meet Your Writing Goals: @goodbyeburnout @SelfPublishing7
- The Only Untranslatable American Writer: by Brian Evenson @parisreview
- Internet Dystopias after Trump: @ecourtem @PublicBooks
- How to Read After Becoming a Parent: @LizMooreBooks @lithub
- Top 10 dinner parties in fiction: @FrenchNicci @GuardianBooks
- Three Books that Explore the Violence of Women’s Appetites: @katie_gutz @CrimeReads
- Rereading the Master of ‘Dying Teen’ Lit: @katyhersh @lithub
- Virginia Woolf’s Mother Haunts Much of Her Writing: by Gillian Gill @lithub
- 20 Embarrassing Things Writers Say: @GiveMeYourTeeth @LitReactor
- Dealing with writer envy: @pubcoach
- Eight Ways To Help You Be A Smarter Writer in 2020: by PJ Parrish
- What to Do When You Want to Quit: @charitybradford
- Why Some Writers Are Afraid to Take Breaks: @MegDowell
- What happens to our online lives after we die? @EvaCharlesAnna @sciencemagazine
- Writing Tips: What Writers Can Learn From Bodybuilders: by Dave Terruso @thecreativepenn
- Saying “No” to Get Your More Important “Yes”: @Julie_Glover
- Seven Ways to Grow Your Resilience as a Writer: @RealAlexWoolf @sfwa
- Self-Care Gifts For Writers: @TheLeighShulman
- Writing Tips: 5 Ways to Quiet Your Inner Editor: @HeidiFiedler @thecreativepenn
- Just Breathe… You’ve Got This: @SueColetta1 @killzoneauthors
- Unique Gifts for Writers: @LindaKSienkwicz
- Crime Writing: Criminal Mischief: Body Disposal Isn’t Easy: @DPLyle
- Research to Perfect a Police Procedural: @SaralynRichard
- The New Voices of Country Noir: @nkolakowski @CrimeReads
- The Elements of the Haunted House: A Primer: by Emily Littlejohn @CrimeReads
- Why We Love Looking for Hidden Symbols—In Thrillers and In Real Life: @ellencrosby @CrimeReads
- Why Cozy Mysteries Are The Hottest TV Genre Of 2020: @kthorjensen @geekdotcom
- Shooting For Survival: Are Your Heroes Properly Trained? : @LeeLofland
- Social Media Case Study: Author Rachel Hollis: @DanBlank @msrachelhollis
- 11 Ways to Update Your Online Presence: @WordDreams
- How to Start a YouTube Channel: @MichaelLaRonn
- Tips to Become a Television Guest: @KarenHWhiting @EdieMelson
- Literary Magazines with Themes–“On the Premises”: @MelindaJBrasher
- Bertelsmann and Penguin Random House: Climate Neutral by 2030: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- At CONTEC Mexico, Publishers Are Told ‘We’re Multi-Platform Beings’: By Adam Critchley @pubperspectives @rogercasas
- Polish Sport Book Awards Dominated by Female and Male Mountaineers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Québec Édition’s Many Points of Outreach: ‘We’re Quite Busy’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Publishing Scotland Funds 14 Translations; Frankfurt’s LitAg Sells Out: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @PublishScotland
- China Bestsellers January 2020: Educational Boosts in Tough Times: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Industry Notes: Italy’s 18App Is Funded; International Book Fairs Eye COVID-19: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Spain’s New Bookish Habits Report: 68.6 Percent Reading: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Finding an Agent and Tips for Queries: @NathanBransford @shewritesdotcom @NaNoWriMo
- How do I find an agent? @pubcoach
- This Therapy Secret Will Transform Your Character Development: @joebunting @write_practice
- The cure for a boring character? Let them surprise us. by Michael Bjork
- Writing Characters: Why Emotion Matters: @Lindasclare
- Writing Lessons from TV Shows: Gravity Falls: @VictoriaGHowell
- Top 10 Badass Female Antiheroes You Need To Know: @Bang2write
- How to Bore an Editor to Death: @davidfarland
- Practice Writing Fiction: 5 Core Skills to Improve Your Writing: Resources: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice
- Writing an Overweight Character: by Ta-Guel
- Why Some Dark Topics Are More Sensitive Than Others: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- Plot vs Character: Which Comes First? @rachelmcwrites @IndieAuthorALLI
- Entice Your Readers with “Surprisingness”: @LiveWriteThrive
- Obligatory Scenes and Conventions: @SeptCFawkes
- How to Get Writing Ideas: 7 Insights from Goodreads: @nownovel
- Author Insights: What’s Our Core Story? @JamiGold
- How to use the existential “there”: by Edwin L. Battistella @OUPAcademic
- Completing your verbs—infinitive and gerunds: by Edwin L. Battistella @OUPAcademic
- Indirect References to Questions: @writing_tips
These are great links, Elizabeth – thanks. I noticed several having to do with making crime fiction novels more authentic (like, what is it really like to dispose of a body). I always like those background articles, tips, and so on to make writing more realistic. It’s all too easy for writers to let their imaginations run away, without finding out whether what they’re imagining could actually really happen. But readers do want believability.
Believability is so important in crime fiction…otherwise, the inaccuracies become too distracting. Hope you have a great week, Margot!
Thanks again for the links. I especially liked the one that discussed Gravity Falls and how writers could learn from it.
Glad you liked it, Ken! Thanks so much for coming by.
Great links.
Anne R Allen’s blog is another ‘must read’ for me. I think I need to check out the one on resilience first – can always improve that!!
She always has great posts!