by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Writing In An Age Of Artificial Intelligence (AI): @thecreativepenn
- Who is Making Your Creative Decisions? @BookEndsJessica @bookendslit
- Royalties: What One Writer Made, Once Upon One Time: @katmagendie @WriterUnboxed
- A Beginner’s Guide to Amazon Pre-Orders: @Bookgal @JaneFriedman
- Copyright Law And Blockchain For Authors And Publishers In An Age Of Artificial Intelligence: @thecreativepenn
- 10 Writing Lessons We Learned from 2020: @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors
- Planning Ahead for a Creative and Productive Year in Your Author Business: @OrnaRoss @thecreativepenn @IndieAuthorALLI
- What’s In an Edit? @JoanHallWrites @StoryEmpire
- 7 Virtual Book Events That Helped Us Get Through 2020: @AnnGarvin_ @BookTrib
- UK: Translator Kay Heikkinen wins the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- ‘US Book Fair’ Set for a May Debut Following BookExpo’s Closure: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Springer Nature CEO Vrancken Peeters on Gold Open Access: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Book Aid International’s Year: 867,567 Books to 19 Countries: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 2020 Costa Book Awards Names Its Three Short Story Finalists: @Porter_Anderson @thenovelry @tessa_sheridan @CostaBookAwards @pubperspectives
- Industry Notes: Short Story Awards in Spain and the United Kingdom: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- CBC’s Canada Reads Program Announces its 2021 Shortlist of Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Setting Goals for A Well-Rounded Future: @MichaelHyatt
- New year, new writing goals (that you’ll actually keep): @TheWriterMag
- How to Get Clear on Your Writing Goals for 2021: @lornafaith
- How to Set Goals You’ll Actually Achieve: @MichaelHyatt
- What Is Dreamzoning? (7 Steps to Finding New Story Ideas): @KMWeiland
- How to Restart Stalled Creativity the Easy Way: @HowellWave @StoryEmpire
- Ambiguity as an Element in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- 5 Books That Are Pulpy in All the Right Ways: by James S. Murray @tordotcom
- Five of the Greatest Ambiguous Endings in Crime Fiction: @CazziF @CrimeReads
- Ten Chilling Thrillers to Read During The Coming Storms: @AliceBooks333 @CrimeReads
- “8 Young Adult Novels in Verse that Brought Me Back to Life in 2020”: by Shea Martin @ElectricLit
- The Best Crime and Mystery Criticism of 2020 : @CrimeReads
- Trust No One: 9 Cases of Unreliable Narrators: by Cameron Kimball @BookTrib
- The Best Historical Fiction of 2020: @CrimeReads
- The Best International Crime Novels of 2020: @CrimeReads
- Why Kids Under Pressure Make for Great Thrillers: @harriet_tyce @CrimeReads
- Is Speed Reading Efficient for Writers? @GarryRodgers1 @killzoneauthors
- 10 Books to Keep You Warm This Winter: @kristywharvey @BookTrib
- Five Stories Driven by a Disregard for Basic Safety: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- Reading Is More Important Than Writing: @carissaannlynch @WomenWriters
- 100-day Practice and Suck Less Challenge: @austinkleon
- How Writing Has Changed Over the Years: @AbbyVandiver @WomenWriters
- Translating Silence: by Rheea Mukherjee @WriterUnboxed
- Charles Baxter on Creating Wonderland Fiction with the Help of (Fictional) Drugs: @lithub
- Don’t ever ask somebody whether you should keep writing: @NathanBransford
- Writing and Wellness: Can Your Computer Make You Feel Dizzy? @colleen_m_story
- Honoring Your Creative Muse: @LisaTener
- How to Let Go of a Book You’ve Been Writing for Twenty Years: @AaronGilbreath @lithub
- Building Your Writer Support Network: @jlturchin
- A Simple Way to Sift Ideas and Choose the Best Ones: @Peter_Rey_
- The Ten Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: @knownemily @lithub
- 4 Bad Writing Habits: @pubcoach
- How to Deal with Post-Writing Depression: by Bucket Siler
- Healthy Habits to Boost Your Writing: by Connor Swenson @WrittenWordM
- Practice with a Purpose: @jamesscottbell
- Finding Your Authentic Writer Self: @TashaSeegmiller
- When the Work Writes Itself: Nurturing the Automatic Writer: @jcbaggott @WriterUnboxed
- 10 Strategies to Develop Better Habits in 2021: @RyanHoliday
- 3 Words To Help You Thrive in 2021: by Fae Rowen
- You’re Never Too Old to Launch a Writing Career: @AnitaRamirez3 @DIYMFA
- Co-writing Cozy Mysteries with Chelsea Thomas: @ArtConnectsUs
- Serial Killers in Novels: by Birgitte Märgen @BooksThatThrill
- Why the Serial Killer Novel Is the New Feminist Fiction: @chelseagsummers @CrimeReads
- Crime Thriller vs Mystery: @GeorgiaEBrown1 @BooksThatThrill
- Screenwriting: Page One: ‘Psycho’ (1960): @GoIntoTheStory
- How Do Dual Protagonists Function In Screenwriting? @WhoaThereNelly @CreativeScreen
- Page One: ‘Pulp Fiction’ (1994): @GoIntoTheStory
- Screenwriting: Believe, Care, Invest: Weeds: @CockeyedCaravan
- The Meticulous Noir of David Fincher: by Zach Vasquez @CrimeReads
- The shy author’s guide to book promotion: @sandrabeckwith
- Writing and Promoting a Multi-Author Book Series: @ReadPippa @BookBub
- How to Market a Kindle Book: @Bookgal
- NPD: 2020 Was the US’ Bestselling Year for Print in a Decade: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Is a $500 million Wattpad sale imminent? @thenewpubstd
- Knowledge Unlatched Flips the Pluto Journals to Open Access: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Industry Notes: Midas Buys BKS Literary Agency; Audio Publishers Sets Conference: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Key Book Publishing Paths: 2021-2022: @JaneFriedman
- UK: Welbeck Acquires Australian Illustrator Robert Ingpen’s Backlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- German Bestsellers of 2020: Serious Issues and Escapism: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
- German Book Sales Revenue Down 2.3 Percent in 2020: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Publishing Rights Roundup: Nature, Climate, Environment and Politics: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- France: 2020 Confinement Reading Report Issued by the SNE: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- How Has The Character Of James Bond Evolved? by Michael Lee Simpson @CreativeScreen
- Good Storytelling: Give Your Characters Something to Die For: @woodwardkaren
- Fixing a Sagging Middle in Your Novel: @KayKeppler @BethBarany
- 3 Ways to Make Your Writing Come Alive: @Janice_Hardy
- How Long Should Your Story Be? @richardgthomas3 @LitReactor
- Writing for Children is more than Just Child’s Play: @lomace @WomenWriters
- Characters or Story – Which Comes First? @KarenCV
- Every Writer Needs Sharper Tools: by PJ Parrish @killzoneauthors
- How to write for younger readers: @StephT2000 @mikebmann @CynthiaMurphyYA
- Tips for Writing a Great Story: @MoonlightingWri
- How To Make A Google Map For Your Book: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters
- Tips for Better Storytelling: @woodwardkaren
- A Theory of Story: What Makes it Real: @woodwardkaren
- How and Why You Should Consolidate Your Story: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
- Writing Descriptions: 3 Tips to Strengthen and Enliven Your Story’s Stilted Paragraphs: by J. D. Edwin @write_practice
- How to use setting in your fiction writing: @ReadAlessandra @AuthorsAi
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Thank you, Liz, for another amazing post. Your weekly links are a great resource to all writers. 😊
Thanks so much for coming by, Gwen! I’m so glad you’re finding the links helpful. 😀
Thanks for the links, Elizabeth. Lots of good stuff this time, as ever. I’m especially drawn to the one about making a business plan for the year. I have to admit, last year set me back as far as the business end of writing goes. The pandemic sort of scotched my plans. But it’s a new year, and a good time to really go over what I do and how I do it.
That’s a great attitude to start the new year off with! Yes, we’re starting from scratch, aren’t we. Hope you have a great 2021!
Thanks for the Story Empire shout out.
Thanks to Story Empire for being a great resource for writers. :)
Thanks for including Story Empire again.
My pleasure, CS!
Thanks for all the great links. As usual, there are so many I want to check out. Thanks.
Thanks for stopping by, Natalie!
What a great list of information for writers, thanks:)
Hope you find some helpful links!
Hope you find some helpful information in the links!