by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- How to Copyright a Book in the U.S. (Written by a Lawyer): @DaveChesson
- How to Keep Writing and Making Money During the Coronavirus Crisis: @mzfisher @TheFreelancer
- Should You Hire An Editor To Review Your Manuscript? @NathanielTower
- Why Authors Need A Voice Search Strategy: @miralsattar @BwkrSelfPublish
- “My agent is ghosting me”: @Janet_Reid
- Reedsy Review + Free Discount: @DaveChesson @ReedsyHQ
- The UK’s Hay Festival Announces Its Digital Edition Programming: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Bologna Online: Jacqueline Woodson and Albertine Win Hans Christian Andersen: @Porter_Anderson 2020 @pubperspectives
- Keep Going: How To Be Creative For The Long-Term: @austinkleon @thecreativepenn
- A Daily Creativity Project to Make Sense of Challenging Times: @suleikajaouad
- Using Visuals to Inspire Scenes: @ecellenb
- 7 Writing Exercises That Can Unleash Your Creativity: @JerryBJenkins
- Personalized Quarantine Crime Fiction Recommendations: Part 1: @mollsotov89 @CrimeReads
- Literary Analysis: The Yellow Wall-Paper Affects Us All: by Sara Barkat @tspoetry
- 7 Novels About Being Trapped on an Island: by Kate Weinberg @ElectricLit
- Short reads for crazy times: @austinkleon
- “Too Old for Narnia”: Belief, Fandom, and the End of Wonder: @mattmikalatos @tordotcom
- The Quiet Hero’s Journey: Processing Trauma in Fantasy: @cloudy_vision @tordotcom
- Twelve SFF Stories Told From Second-Person Perspective: @nataliezutter @tordotcom
- Can’t Write During Coronavirus? These 4 Tips Will Help: @sarahstypos @write_practice
- The Zen of Morning Pages: @christophpaul_ @LitReactor
- Do, Worry, Rest: What’s Your Mix? @PaulineWiles
- Social Media Meltdown: Tackling Burnout (for Writers): @msheatherwebb
- Writing Advice In The Age Of The Pandemic: @ChuckWendig
- The Dangers of Chasing the “Blockbuster Novel” Dream: @MaggieWells1
- 6 Ways To Improve as a Writer: @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ
- The Etymology (Word Origins) of Five Literary Terms: @UselessEty @DIYMFA
- Tiger King and a bloody mary: Hilary Mantel, Simon Armitage and other writers on lockdown life: @LisaAllardice @GuardianBooks
- The Story of Two Germans Writing a Star Trek Trilogy: by Bernd Perplies @tordotcom
- Living and Writing and Faith: Dispatch from Self-Isolation: @ElaineNeilOrr @WomenWriters
- 10 Tips For Writers Who Are Scared of Sharing Their Work: @MegDowell
- The Bookshelves of 20 Surprisingly Smart Celebrities: by Isabel Cabrera
- She Finished Something: @anotherorchid @WomenWriters
- 12 Common Struggles Experienced Writers Still Deal With Almost Daily: @MegDowell
- 5 frustrating workshop rules that made me a better writer: @MBjorkWrites
- Clueless Advice People give New Writers: 10 Things to Ignore: @annerallen
- Tips for Working from Home: @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ
- The Stories We Tell Ourselves: @jaelmchenry @WriterUnboxed
- 10 Reasons Journaling Is Essential For Every Writer: @MegDowell
- Writing in the Time of Covid-19: @jlturchin
- Lessons on Confinement and Camaraderie from Amor Towles’s A Gentleman in Moscow: by SarahBelle Selig @worldlittoday
- How to Avoid Burnout in the Middle of a Pandemic: @rachel_fairbank @lifehacker
- How Can Writers Pay It Forward? @JamiGold
- How to Write a Memoir That Impacts Lives: 12-Step Memoir Writing Guide: @AuthorColinD @SelfPublishing7
- Margery Kempe Had 14 Children and She Still Invented the Memoir: @sarafredman @ElectricLit
- How To Write A Children’s Book In 9 Easy Steps: by Eevi Jones @DaveChesson
- Children’s Book Writing FAQ #3: Can I Send My Manuscript to More Than One Editor or Agent at a Time? @Write4Kids
- How to Write a Children’s Picture Book in 8 Steps: @ReedsyHQ
- How To Work With A Poetry Editor: @OrnaRoss @dalma_szentpaly
- Top 10 Ideas for How to Start a Poetry Club: @llbarkat @tspoetry
- More Marketing Advice for New Authors by Karen Ferreira: @AnneJanzer
- Canadian Publishers on Appellate Setback: ‘The Copyright Framework Is Broken’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- How to Market Your Book in Four Easy Steps: @xtinakayebooks @topshelfedits
- Tips for using social media and email marketing to promote your book: @xtinakayebooks @topshelfedits
- Do This Not That: Book Promotion During a Pandemic: by Amy Collins @JFbookman
- Cengage Announces a Termination of Its McGraw-Hill Merger Effort: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Rights Roundup: World Publishing Is Not Locked Down: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Coronavirus Worklife: In Tbilisi, Publishers Appeal to Government for Help: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Berlin’s Future!Publish Calls for Papers; Publishing Scotland Opens Translation Grants: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Bologna Children’s Book Fair Online This Week: 2020 Best Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Coronavirus Worklife: A Publisher Helps Prepare France’s Reopening Bookshops: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
- Joerg Pfuhl to Depart Holtzbrinck: ‘Getting Back Liberty’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Denmark’s Saga Egmont on Its Acquisition of Spain’s Sonolibro: @jaroslawadamows
- Coronavirus Worklife: Russian Publishers See Bookstore Sales Plummet: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Coronavirus Worklife: Grada’s ‘Now or Never’ Digital Effort in Prague: @jaroslawadamows @pubperspectives
- A Writer to an Agent: “I’ll take less money…ok?” @Janet_Reid
- Twitter Misbehavior by agents: @Janet_Reid
- Revising your novel, revising your query: @Janet_Reid
- Vanity Presses: Authors Beware: by Linda Wilson
- Researching the Legitimacy of Agents: @BookEndsJessica
- How a Career Can Reveal Your Character’s Deeper Layers: @AngelaAckerman
- 10 Ways to Flesh Out Characters: from Just a Writing Aid
- How to Deepen Your Characters by Assessing Their Fears: @jcwalton24 @DIYMFA
- Does my character fall into the Independent black woman trope? @WritingwColor
- A Worldbuilding Guide to Crafting Diverse Cultures: @AmeliaWiens @sfwa
- What’s the Real Motive? @davidfarland
- Do Your Stories Have Deeper Meanings? @JamiGold
- Common Mistakes When Working with Light Sources: @SeptCFawkes
- Mastering High Concept Ideas: @UselessEty @WritersDigest
- What’s the Best Way to Discover Your Story? @jamesscottbell
- Repeating Ourselves Too Many Times in a Novel: by Diane Tibert
- The Agony and the Ecstasy of Being Edited: @dlwebb @WomenWriters
- Parasite vs Little Miss Sunshine: @thejkstudio wkb48
- How to convert requests to quote into paying work: Help for editors and proofreaders: @LouiseHarnby wkb8b
- #IWSG 2020 Anthology Contest Opens. Details: @TheIWSG
- How to Interview Someone: @brotzel_fiction @hopeclark wkb8b
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Happy Mother’s Day to you!
Thanks so much, Alex!
I’m a little late to the party, but I always learn from your links. The one that caught my eye was the one on motive. I think it’s a good idea to ask yourself, ‘Why is s/he doing that?’ It helps to get into the character’s head and make that character more accessible to readers.