by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Tips for a First Novel: @KayKeppler @BethBarany
- 12 Quick Writing Tips for Beginners (and Anyone Returning From a Long Break): @MegDowell
- On reading more than one book at a time: @austinkleon
- The New Gothic: Feminist and Unapologetic: by Kim Taylor Blakemore @CrimeReads
- The best distance learning is reading a book: @austinkleon
- 12 Bad Writing Habits You Should Break This Year: @MegDowell
- Writing Community: There’s Safety in Numbers: @JamiGold
- Launching a Debut Novel in Middle of a Global Pandemic: @ThisHammer @WriterUnboxed
- Haven’t You Finished that Novel Yet? @plotwhisperer
- 3 Reasons You Should Keep a Writing Journal: @WordNerdsVlog
- How to Write During a Pandemic: @tessawegert
- Finding Your Writing Pace: @AnneJanzer
- “Ha,” said Writing: @LWhitehouse5 @WomenWriters
- Confuse and alarm your misbehaving kids with this 15th century guide to good behavior: @cesegal @lithub
- How to Tell If You Have What It Takes to Succeed as a Writer: @manzanitafire @JaneFriedman
- Writerly Tasks to Do Among the Chaos: @BE_Sanderson
- Running the Novel-Writing Marathon: @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors
- 5 Stereotypes About Writers (that are actually true): @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ
- Feeling overwhelmed? How art can help in an emergency: by Olivia Laing @GuardianBooks
- 10 characteristics of highly productive writers: @beprolifiko
- “20 Mistakes I Made Writing that You Should Never Do … But I Would Probably Do Again, If I Started All Over”: @AmongTheZombies @LitReactor
- When Your Book Fails: @alexadonne
- Impatience and Craft: @CorriganWithAC @brevitymag
- You Have to Risk it All: Inside the Harrowing Creative Shift of @jennienash : @DanBlank
- Writing Through the Stress: @WordNerdsVlog
- How To Be Productive While Working From Home: @authorkristenm
- This Is When You’re Most Likely to Lose Interest In a Writing Project (and How to Keep Going): @MegDowell
- Interested in Writing a Cozy Mystery? My Tips: At @xtinakayebooks
- Are Crime Writers as Twisted as Our Characters? @CrimeReads @BryanGruley
- Tips for Writing Bibliomysteries by Lily Charles:
- Tips for Researching Crime Novels: @MargotKinberg @SueColetta1
- 5 Self-Publishing Book Marketing Tips for Your Novel’s Launch: by Desiree Villena @ReedsyHQ @KillerNashville
- Selling Your eBooks Using a Sales Funnel: @Lachybe @ProWritingAid
- What The Piña Colada Song Teaches Us About Marketing: @DavidGaughran
- Let Your Characters Engage with Fans Online: @sandrabeckwith @JFbookman
- Survival guide to Twitter for authors and writers: @debemmitt
- 2020 literary calendar with 122 occasions for book fans: @sandrabeckwith
- How to Create an Instagram Content Calendar: @brimorganbooks
- Weekend Reality Check: Our Bookstores and What’s ‘Essential’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- How to Publish a Book in 2020: A 10-Step Guide for New Authors: @ReedsyHQ
- Waterstones staff say their health is at risk as stores stay open: @JoshHalliday @GuardianBooks
- Coronavirus: Singapore’s Children’s Fest Postpones; Rathbones’ Folio Prize Is Digital: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Industry Resource Lists: Publishers’ Responses to Coronavirus Pandemic: @Porter_Anderson
- Italy’s Publishers Issue Coronavirus Alert: 18,600 Fewer Titles: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Coronavirus: EIBF Issues Appeal for Booksellers; Wales’ Hay Festival Reaches £79,000: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- More Coronavirus Industry Resource Lists: Home Education: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Publishers Sign Onto a Coronavirus ‘Education Continuity License’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- China Bestsellers February 2020: A Market Stilled by Contagion: @Porter_Anderson
- Coronavirus: International Booker’s Shortlist; Women’s Fiction’s Delay; Fane’s Changes: @Porter_Anderson
- Coronavirus Worklife: Sweden’s Grand Agency Navigates a ‘Really Slow Tempo’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- BookExodus: More Big Five Withdrawals, and BISG Opens a COVID-19 Survey: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- India’s Juggernaut Opens #ReadInstead: A Campaign and Literature Fest: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Coronavirus: Canadian Publishers and Access Copyright Open ‘Read Aloud Canadian Books’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Fellowship and Invitation Program Applications: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- We’re All in It Together: by Richard Charkin @pubperspectives
- Become a Writer: How much does it cost to self-publish a book? (2020): @MichaelLaRonn
- How to Publish with KDP: @harmony_kent @StoryEmpire
- Literary Agents: 10 Quick Tips to Snaring a Good One: @Bpoelle @WritetoDone
- Finding an Agent: @NathanBransford @NaNoWriMo
- How To Pitch Your Book To Agents, Publishers And Readers: @KateWritesBooks @thecreativepenn
- How Can Self-Published Authors Get Their Books Into Libraries in the US? @iWriterly
- What You Need to Know About Self-Publishing: @thecreativepenn @NaNoWriMo
- Including diversity where there may be little: @WritingwColor
- How to Write Non-Binary Characters: @DN_Bryn
- What Do People Get Wrong About You? @NatalieAHart @WriterUnboxed
- How Compassion Leads to Dynamic Writing: @MaryAnnMcSweeny @brevitymag
- The Compelling, Emotional Complex Sentence: @OdysseyWorkshop @WriterUnboxed
- What is a Contender Guide? @valerie_francis @StoryGrid
- Should Novelists Follow Screenwriting Advice? @parkerpeevy @CockeyedCaravan
- Writer life coach Mel Jolly teaches creatives productivity–and is now helping them focus on reducing stress in difficult times:
- Playwright Terrence McNally succumbs to complications from coronavirus:
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Thanks for including the IWSG post.
#StayHomeWriMo – now that’s perfect.
Isn’t it? And thanks to the IWSG for being a resource for writers. :)
Thanks very much for including my guest post, Elizabeth! And, of course, thanks for all of the other great links. I like NanoWriMo’s idea of a stay-at-home-and-write meme. It’s a strange time, and it’s good to help each other to get/keep the writing going.
Thanks for the great post, Margot! And so true–good to motivate each other to try to focus and write through these very unsettling and distracting times.
In addition to new events, we’ll be seeing a lot of conferences moving, cancelling, or going online over the next few months.
That’s true. At least we’re all used to remote promo, ha.