by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- “This Is Why I Revised My Backlist—Should You Do It Too?” @NehaYazmin
- 5 Reasons Your Freelance Writing Clients Don’t Pay on Time: @milloteam
- The Book Sales Limp-Along Factor: @mybookshepherd @JFbookman
- Writing A Series. Satisfy Readers And Make More Money: @GoblinWriter @thecreativepenn
- Writing for the Market: @FlorenceOsmund @JFbookman
- Frankfurter Buchmesse Calls for 2020 Film Awards Entries: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Activist Teela May Reid Wins Western Australia’s Utemorrah Award: @Porter_Anderson @MagabalaBooks
- Peter Florence Announces Hay Festival Querétaro Program for Mexico: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award Names New Scientific Committee Members: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Singapore Book Awards 2020: A Dessert Guide Wins Book of the Year: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 10 surprising things we’ve detected about Agatha Christie: @bbcarts
- Are You in this for the Long Haul? @RachelleGardner
- Time to Evaluate Your Planning Process: Change Can Be Good: @AlizaMannAuthor
- “Wow, you sold a book! What will you do with all that money?” @Janet_Reid
- Do you ‘think smart’ about your downtime? @pubcoach
- How To Novel: Pandemic Fun Times Edition: @ChuckWendig
- What is the New Norm for Authors? @hopeclark
- Former Teacher and YA and MG Author on Handling The Age Group for Writer-Parents and Others: @beverlymcclure
- Writing Through Tough Times: Tips And Tricks: @NancyStarAuthor @WomenWriters
- One Writer’s Staycation and How You Can Recharge At Home: @AuthorSAT
- The Hedgehog and the Fox: Italo Calvino on the Two Types of Writers: @brainpicker
- The Hack’s Guide to Writing while the Kids are at Home: @BillFerris @WriterUnboxed
- ‘What you do with difficult ideas is turn them into art’: @Roz_Morris @matosman
- Using All Four Cognitive Functions as a Writer: @KMWeiland
- Should Authors Stay in Their Lane? @RachelleGardner
- African crime and detective fiction reshapes the genre: by Aretha Phiri and Sam Naidu @ConversationUS
- Tips for Writing Crime Fiction: @MarkBillingham @thenovelry
- Future Shock: Writing Cyber Thrillers: @ReeceHirsch @CareerAuthors
- Creating the Perfect Cozy Mystery Heroine: @VanessasPicks @WomenWriters
- How Women Writers Are Transforming Hardboiled Noir: @blantonstroud @CrimeReads
- Imaginary Law of Fiction: The Legal Basis To, Well, Make Up Stuff: @LeeLofland
- Screenwriting: Believe Care Invest: “An Education”: @CockeyedCaravan
- Screenwriting: Believe, Care, Invest: The Babadook:
- Getting Staffed in Comedy Variety: @johnaugust
- A Surprising Lesson in Book Marketing: @LisaTener
- A Deeper Look at Reader Guides: @ph_solomon @StoryEmpire
- How To Sell Books in 2020 – Pandemic Edition: @DavidGaughran
- Don’t Believe These Four Common Publishing Myths: @NinaAmir
- UK Book Industry: Society of Authors’ Hardship Fund Renews Appeal: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- US Book Industry: Groups Form Health Insurance Coalition: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- PRH India and Southeast Asia Sign With IPG and Trafalgar: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Fairy Tale vs The Reality of Publication: @TashaSeegmiller
- Please! Hold Off on That Novel Coronavirus Novel: by Bill Morris @The_Millions
- US Book Industry: NPD Sees More Gains in July, 16 Percent Over 2019: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Bookwire: 2020 Ebook & Audiobook Sales Germany, Austria, Switzerland: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- International Insights in Publishing: Asia-Pacific: @thenewpubstd @IndieAuthorALLI
- Audiobooks: Sweden’s’ Storytel Sees Q2 Sales Jump 43 Percent over 2019: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- RIghts Roundup: ‘Petr Pan’ Flies Again: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany’s Constantin Film Acquires a ‘Rocky-esque’ Story From Wattpad: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @wattpad
- UK-based Book Aid International Donated 1.2 Million Books in 2019: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Eight Awful Beginnings You Want To Avoid: @10minnovelist
- Don’t smush exposition into dialogue (page critique): @NathanBransford
- Character Introductions: @GoIntoTheStory
- Conflict Thesaurus Entry: A Divorce or Break-Up: @beccapuglisi
- Consider the potential directions of the conflicts: @davidfarland
- 6 Ways to Incorporate a Dash of Foreign Language: @kcraftwriter
- If not story formula, then what? @SHalvatzis
- Spin That Captivating Tale: Tips: @CarlaDBassWrite @LiveWriteThrive
- Suspense in Books: 6 Ways to Grow Anticipation: @nownovel
- How to Improve Your Writing Craft: @kevintumlinson @Draft2Digital
- The Physical Traits that Define Men and Women in Literature @erindataviz @puddingviz h/t @JaneFriedman
- Top 3 Writing Hacks for 1st Person POV: MC Description: @NehaYazmin
- Rooms in Books: @sue_purkiss
Lee’s post for the IWSG this past week was excellent – and last minute since a guest failed to come through, which made it even more impressive.
Wow, sounds like she really stepped in and came up with a fantastic post!
Such great links, as always, Elizabeth – thanks! One of the ones that really caught my eye this time was the one about ‘staying in your lane.’ There is so much happening in the world right now that it’s hard not to have opinions and want to express them. But that has its risks, and does it really help our stories to be better? I know there are several authors who do it very well, and have lots of readership, so I know it’s done. Hard to strike that balance…
It’s definitely risky and I’m one of those risk-averse writers, ha. I do appreciate the writers who put their necks out there and do it well.
Wow. O_O I don’t think I’ve opened so many tabs from one website before. Thank you!
Sounds like your laptop screen looks like mine does, ha! Hope you find some helpful resources.
Thanks for the links! I’m curious about that romance one!
Hope it was helpful, Jemi!
You’ve got so many good links here. I already read one about blogging. Thanks so much for taking the time to put them all together for us.
Thanks for the kind words and for coming by, Natalie!