by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Happy 4th of July to my American friends! I’m starting a summer blog break today, but will be back on July 18 with an especially long Twitterific. :)
- What’s the Best Way to Keep in Touch With My Readers? Other Questions Answered: @MichaelLaRonn @OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI
- Writing Listicles for Fun and Profit: by Tiffany Doerr Guerzon @hopeclark
- The fiction proofreading and line-editing process: @LouiseHarnby
- The Indie Author Guide to Finding Followers, True Fans and Superfans: @IndieAuthorALLI
- Freelancing: Projecting Your Income: @ashleygainer
- Business Musings: Money: (Hollywood) @KristineRusch
- How to save a bundle on editing costs – without sacrificing quality: @JodieRennerEd
- Backing Up Is(n’t) Hard To Do: by Kurt Schumacher @RMFWriters
- How long should a novel be? Guidance for novelists: @LouiseHarnby
- World Refugee Day: Book Aid International Highlights Its Outreach: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Words Without Borders’ 2021 Queer Edition: ‘Reckonings’: @Porter_Anderson @wwborders @pubperspectives
- Independent Publishing: CLMP Honors 2021 ‘Firecracker Award’ Winners: @Porter_Anderson @CLMPorg @pubperspectives
- Russia’s 2021 Yasnaya Polyana Longlist: Contemporary Prose: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The 10 Best Zombie Books You May Not Have Heard Of: @AmongTheZombies @LitReactor
- Standalone Mysteries: @MargotKinberg
- Paid Library Card Memberships: Cost-Effective Access to Audiobooks & Ebooks for Writers With Limited Local Access: @mentalpivot
- The Best and Worst Codependent Relationships in Literature: by Sam Cohen @ElectricLit
- Five SFF Books About Wicked Women: by Heather Walter @tordotcom
- 5 Binge-Worthy Thriller Audiobook Series: @BookTrib
- Handymen as an Element in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- How the American Civil War Gave Walt Whitman a Call to Action: @1mark6w @lithub
- On Cowardice and Crime Fiction: by Bridget Foley @CrimeReads
- Writing While Grieving (or Struggling with Some Other Equally Painful Experience): @pick_pen
- Inspirational Indie Author Interview. Benedict Brown: Children’s Author Turns to Life of Crime Fiction: @Howard_Lovy @IndieAuthorALLI
- It’s Okay to Try Something New (Then Change Your Mind): @BeingTheWriter @womenonwriting
- 3 Reasons Why Writing Is a Healthy Form of Escape: @colleen_m_story
- 6 Tips to Set Reasonable Summer Goals for Writing and Rest: @JillWilliamson @GoTeenWriters
- A Case Against Killing Your Darlings: @rokwon @CatapultStory
- Writing: Wintering and Dormancy: @austinkleon
- How do teachers differ from ‘real’ writers? @pubcoach
- The Challenge of Editing a Beat Legend: by Garrett Caples @lithub
- Confessions of a Librarian and Historical Mystery Novelist: by Will Thomas @CrimeReads
- Is Your Writing Causing Headaches? 7 Ways to Protect Yourself from Eye Strain: by Tom Meitner @ProWritingAid
- Tips for Making a Fellow Writer’s Day: @SiouxR @womenonwriting
- A Former IRA Bank Robber On Writing A Heist Novel Based on a Long-Unsolved Crime: @richard_rawe @CrimeReads
- 10 Common Kitchen Objects to Use As Weapons: @PiperBayard
- The Business of Screenwriting: Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs: @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “The Godfather: Part II” (1974): @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “Goodfellas” (1990): @GoIntoTheStory
- 3 Simple Tips For Handling Self-Promotion: @megdowell @TheRyanLanz
- How To Sell Your Book On Amazon [70+ Book Marketing Tips]: @DaveChesson
- Maigret Rides Again: Playground Entertainment Options Georges Simenon’s Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Bookwire’s New ‘Digital Consumer Book Barometer’: 2020 Details: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Myth of Quality vs Quantity in Publishing: @writingcookbook
- Children’s Publisher Lee & Low Buys the Bilingual Cinco Puntos Press: @Porter_Anderson @LEEandLOW @5puntosbooks @pubperspectives
- Hachette Book Group Announces Its September Return-to-Office Plans: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @HachetteUS
- Two From the PEN/Faulkner Foundation: Deesha Philyaw and Charles Baxter: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- AAP’s StatShot: US Trade Revenues Climb 27.6 Percent Year-to-Date: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Russian Book Publishers: Paper Shortages and Prices Challenge Recovery: by Eugene Gerden @pubperspectives
- PEN America’s New Report on Turkey: Five Years After the Failed Coup: @Porter_Anderson @PENamerica @pubperspectives
- As WIPO’s 41st Copyright Talks Close: José Borghino on IPA’s Focus: @Porter_Anderson @JoseBorghino @pubperspectives @IntPublishers
- Germany’s Bookwire in Distribution Deal with Spain’s Editorial Planeta: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- From London Book Fair: European Booksellers on Brexit @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @LondonBookFair
- How to Write a Genre Story: Character Introduction: Exaggeration: @woodwardkaren
- Sanderson’s Character Scales: @SeptCFawkes
- Archetypal Character Arcs: The Maiden’s Shadow Archetypes: @KMWeiland
- Creating the “Happy” Protagonist: @10minnovelist
- Keep Your Main Character Front and Center: @AJHumpage
- Common Mistakes Writers Make About the Law: @LeslieBudewitz
- Take Two: 3 Mistakes Writers Make in Act I: @jeannevb @WritersDigest
- Page One: “The Fault in Our Stars” (2014): @GoIntoTheStory
- Believe, Care, Invest: Catch-22: @CockeyedCaravan
- Hook the Reader and Hold Them: Why More Writers Should Study the Lessons of YA: by Donna Freitas @lithub
- Why Bad Writers Are Good Mentors: @helpfulsnowman
- How the Five Most Important Seconds in Toy Story Changed Animation Forever: by Dan Persons @lithub
- On the Endless Symbolism of Jaws, Which Owes Its Dark Soul to Moby Dick: @oldrutigliano @CrimeReads
- Seven Prologues and the Problems They Cause: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- How to write adult characters in children’s books: @NathanBransford
- Have a Boring Plot? The Key to Writing Impactful Plot Twists and Events (video): @KingdomPenMag
- 5 Ways to Use Holidays in Your Story: by Bethany Henry
- How turning the story engages the audience: @SHalvatzis
One science fiction article! Will check out.
Happy Fourth of July, Elizabeth!
I need more SF sources! Hope you have a happy 4th, Alex!
Thanks as ever, Elizabeth, for the links. They’re always so interesting and useful. One of the links that I especially noticed was the one about making a book launch video. I’m having a signing in September for a book that launched last March. I was supposed to have an onground book launch then, but, well, Covid-19. At any rate, it’ll be good, especially as this is a signing, not a launch, to find some ways to bring it to people’s attention, even though it won’t be a brand-new release. Have a relaxing, nourishing summer break!
That sounds like a great plan, Margot! Hope you have a great July 4!