by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- 5 Smart Ways to Invest in Your Writing This Year: @jessicastrawser @CareerAuthors
- Coronavirus Pandemic Tips for Freelance Writers: @KissMyBiz @All_Freelancing
- How Partnerships Can Help Boost Your Pre-Orders: @cathyshouse @JaneFriedman
- Book Launch Case Study with Author Leigh Stein: @DanBlank @rhymeswithbee
- Is Gumroad a Good Option for Indie Authors? @NinaAmir
- Getting Into Libraries With Draft2Digital: @DanWoodOk @Draft2Digital @SelfPubForm
- Strategies for Surviving a Writing Convention: @teachrobotslove
- BookCon 2020, Still Planned for July, Announces a Virtual ‘Read-a-Thon’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Writing Conferences and Story Pitches: @RaleneB @EdieMelson
- Why You Can’t Set Writing Goals That (Directly) Involve Other People: @MegDowell
- Writing resolutions – making them and keeping them: @Roz_Morris
- How to Set Writing Goals If You’re Bad at Setting Writing Goals: @MegDowell
- Liesl Schillinger on What Albert Camus’s The Plague Can Teach Us Now: @arbitrix @lithub
- The Elusive Crime Novels of Prague: by Paul French @CrimeReads
- Book sales surge as self-isolating readers stock up on ‘bucket list’ novels: @alisonflood @GuardianBooks
- An Illustrated Reading List of Groundbreaking Mixed-Media Literature: by Nathan Holic @lithub
- Favorite Groundhog Day-Style Time Loops in SFF: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom
- How to Spend 42 Days Stuck in Your Room: @WillSch @lithub
- 10 Of The Most Memorable Fictional Snakes: @chris_shultz81 @LitReactor
- The Speed of Literature, and Life: @Porter_Anderson @WriterUnboxed
- Artificial Intelligence in Fiction, Fact, and Our Dreams for the Future: @fran_wilde @tordotcom
- Quarantine Books Calculator Tells You How Many Books You Can Read While Quarantined at Home: @micheledebczak @mental_floss
- 6 SFF Books Featuring Women on the High Seas: @AdalynGrace_ @tordotcom
- 10 Ways To Beat Procrastination: @10minnovelist
- 5 Things to Do When You Don’t Have Time to Write: @SueBEdwards
- Delegating Responsibility To Find More Time To Write: @10minnovelist
- Creating Writing ‘Practice Time’ Should Be Your First Priority: @MegDowell
- Writing from the Bottom Rung: How to Sustain Your Creativity During a Pandemic: @LisaEllisonsPen @JaneFriedman
- Productivity vs. Chaos: How to Hit a Balance: @cathyyardley @WriterUnboxed
- 10 Ways to Meet Your Writing Goals When You Have No Time: @KelsieEngen
- What’s the Most Important Quality in a Novelist? Patience: @MT_Cassidy @FloridaWriters1
- Did Tolkien Write The Lord of the Rings Because He Was Avoiding His Academic Work? by John M. Bowers @lithub
- 4 Narrative Video Games for Writers: @alexthepink
- A Creative Lesson From This Coronavirus Madness: @Peter_Rey_
- Writing and the Creative Life: Three Types of Creators: @GoIntoTheStory
- A Writer’s Worst Enemy Isn’t Time Management Or a Bad Idea: @MegDowell
- 8 tips to realize your dreams of a long writing career: @NancyGideon @TheIWSG
- How to Believe in Yourself as a Writer: @the_writing_pal
- What do you put in your mind? @pubcoach
- Five Practices to Create a Thriving Writing Life: by Vikram Chandra @DIYMFA
- How to Develop a Lifelong Writing Habit: @MichaelLaRonn
- The 12 Most Frustrating and Difficult ‘Bad’ Writing Habits to Break: @MegDowell
- Going Viral: A User’s Guide: @DavidGaughran
- Stephen King Is Sorry You Feel Like You’re Stuck In A Stephen King Novel: @nprfreshair
- “Writing After Divorce . . . The Lion/Elephant Hybrid in My Mental Room”: @cyallowitz
- How to Persevere When the Mountain Seems Unconquerable: @jlturchin
- Tips From Someone With Nearly 50 Years Of Social Distancing Experience: @raelnb @NPR
- How to be Creative for the Long Term: @OrnaRoss @thecreativepenn
- Flocking to Horror: Facing Fear During Times of Uncertainty: @flanaganfilm @BDisgusting
- Women’s Love Letters to Horror: @elleturpitt @HightowerLaurel @astoldbtybex @IgnatiaStrigha @imaginariumcs
- Author @yolandarenee Offers 13 Steps to Writing a Mystery:
- Writing Crime Fiction: Myths And Misconceptions About The FBI: @JerriWilliams1 @thecreativepenn
- Tips for Podcasting: @tara_k_ross @donnajostone @A3writers
- 4 steps to new book marketing habits: @sandrabeckwith
- Find Your Unique Social Media Voice: @EdieMelson @SouthrnWritrMag
- 2020 Social Media Trends for Authors: @EJWenstrom @DIYMFA
- The Top Ten Publishing Industry Trends Every Author Needs to Know in 2020: @claytonnoblit @WrittenWordM
- Layoffs hit the publishing industry (This week in books): @NathanBransford
- Opportunities In Audiobook Publishing With Michele Cobb: @thecreativepenn
- The Big Benefits of a Small Publisher: @brotzel_fiction
- Federation of European Publishers on Coronavirus Losses in Book Sector: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Bookwire Cites Growth in Spanish-Language Audiobooks, Ebooks: @Porter_Anderson
- Germany’s Hatje Cantz Posts Online Show; MoMA Offers Teaching Tools: @Porter_Anderson
- Words Without Borders April: Into the Woods of Translated Children’s Stories: @Porter_Anderson @wwborders
- The UAE’s Sheikh Zayed Book Award Names 2020 Winners: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Spain’s PRH Grupo Editorial Runs a D2C #ISupportBookstores Promotion: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Coronavirus Updates: The German-Language US Neue Literatur Fest Cancels 2020’s Event: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Coronavirus: France’s Scientific Publishers Mobilize; Access Copyright Donates Funds to Authors: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- US Senate IP Chief Questions Internet Archive’s ‘National Emergency Library’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Spanish Author Javier Castillo Meets 60,000 Fans Online During Coronavirus Lockdown: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- How to Breathe Life into Your Characters: @emsWriter @LiveWriteThrive
- Tracking Character Motivations with a Free Spreadsheet: @AuthorSAT
- Character Archetypes: The Mentor: by C.S. Boyack @StoryEmpire
- Write with Purpose: 7 Ways to Keep Drafts Focused: @nownovel
- No, Your Characters DON’T Have To Be ‘Likeable’: @Bang2write
- How Do I Keep ‘the Authorities’ Out of My Plot? @mythcreants
- How to Kill a Character in Your Novel: @SarahSallyHamer
- The Hero’s Journey Explained: The End: @SeptCFawkes
- 4 Tips on Plotting Your Novel: @Janice_Hardy
- Transformation — Signpost Scene #14 (The Final Signpost): @abigailkperry @DIYMFA
- Mythic Storytelling: An Introduction to the Tarot: @MelanieMarttila @DIYMFA
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Lots of good links here, as ever, Elizabeth. Thanks for curating them. I’m glad to see a few on managing time, setting priorities, and so on. With so many of us at home right now, it can be a challenge to keep focused, stay disciplined, and so on. But I think those things are especially important right now; good to see that some people are sharing ideas for managing it all.
Thanks for coming by, Margot! I’m going to share a few thoughts tomorrow on time management during stress. :) Hope you have a great week!
Nancy Gideon’s at the IWSG site was a great article this week. I was really impressed with her long career!
I was, too! Very inspiring. Hope you have a great week, Alex!
So honored my interview post with Tara K. Ross on A3 was mentioned!
BTW I am a huge Myrtle Clover fan. :)
I’ll check out these other links. Thanks for sharing! Looks like a great list.
Donna Jo
Thanks so much for being a resource for writers! And for reading about Myrtle’s adventures. :)
Hope you have a happy weekend!