by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- 10 Practical Tips for Growing Your Freelance Business: @RobynRoste
- Financial Advice for the Freelancer: @HelloTheFuture @CatapultStory
- The Indie Author Business Cycle: From Start-Up to Mature Business: @OrnaRoss @thecreativepenn @IndieAuthorALLI
- The Secret to Finding Writing Gigs That Actually Pay the Bills: @jessgood @CatapultStory
- How to Sell Books on Amazon With Pre-Order Strategies: @Bookgal
- Hook Your Readers with a Compelling Storyline, Tagline, and Back Cover Copy: @JodieRennerEd @killzoneauthors
- The creator economy: @DanBlank
- Self-publishing News: KDP introduces hardbacks as Print Supply Chain Struggles: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
- Checklist: Preparing to Send Your Manuscript to an Editor: @liamcarnahan @DaveChesson
- US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Fiction: @Porter_Anderson @nationalbook @pubperspectives
- The German Book Prize’s 2021 Shortlist : Six ‘Artistically Outstanding Novels’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Digital Programming: Tickets on Sale September 22: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @Book_Fair
- US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Nonfiction: @Porter_Anderson @nationalbook @pubperspectives
- 5 Tips for Navigating Writing Events as an Extreme Introvert: by F.E. Choe @DIYMFA
- Singapore’s Symposium Honors Translation Pioneers Yang and Chan: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Poetry: @Porter_Anderson @nationalbook @pubperspectives
- The List of Finalists for the Ngaio Marsh Awards: @MargotKinberg
- Beijing International Book Fair: More Than Half Its Exhibitors From Overseas: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- South Africa: SA Book Awards Announces 2021 Shortlists: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize Announces Its 2021 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The 2021 Business Book of the Year Award Announces a Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- London Book Fair Delivers Its Lifetime Award to Margaret Busby: @rogertagholm @pubperspectives
- A Panel of Mystery Authors with a Virtual Event Tomorrow: @MargotKinberg
- Five Alternative Tips to Boost Creativity for Writers: @IndianaLee3 @DIYMFA
- Create a system – Work the system: by C.S. Boyack @StoryEmpire
- 8 irrational ways to improve productivity with writing: @pubcoach
- Visible Progress on Our Projects: @isekhmet @10minnovelist
- Writing and the Creative Life: The Joy of Running… Creatively Speaking: @GoIntoTheStory
- Give Yourself Permission to Cross the Finish Line: @SueBEdwards @womenonwriting
- How Women Fought Misogyny in the Underground Press in the 1960s: by Jeremy Guida @JSTOR
- Getting to the Heart of Why You Write What You Write: @LiveWriteThrive
- Overcome Obstacles and Succeed: @WriteNowCoach
- Choose Your Own Adventure: @StoryADayMay @WriterUnboxed
- Why Staring Into Space Is an Important Strategy for Success: @GoIntoTheStory
- Writing while Languishing: How to be Creative when You’re Feeling ‘Blah’: @KelseyAllagood @WriterUnboxed
- Do you suffer from writing perfectionism? @pubcoach
- The Parts They Don’t Tell You: @SSTaylorBooks @CareerAuthors
- Local Governments in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Mysteries for Young Readers: @MargotKinberg
- The Closed Circle Mystery: @lucyfoleytweets @thenovelry
- Action Writing in a Screenplay: @GoIntoTheStory
- How do I know if it’s too much or too little scene description? @GoIntoTheStory
- The Surprising Ways Book Reviews Can Help Launch Your Success: @Bookgal
- A Semi-Comprehensive List of Horror Book Reviewers: by T.L. Bodine
- How To Write a Logline: @thejkstudio
- Adding A+ Content to Your Amazon Book Pages:
- 5 Essential Marketing Strategies From Legendary Copywriter Claude C. Hopkins: @NicoleJBianchi
- Setting Up a First Book for Success: @MichaelLaRonn @OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI
- Traditional Publishing and Getting More Marketing Help: @KarenHWhiting @EdieMelson
- Gentle Book Marketing: @sarahsantacroce @thecreativepenn
- New books will be hard to come by for the rest of the year: @hopecolette @qz
- PRH Publisher Services to Distribute IDW Comics Internationally: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Authors: Want to Be a Bigger Fish? Try a Smaller Pond. Regional Fiction Sells! @annerallen
- Pulling Together: IPA Opens the ‘Inspire’ Charter for Pandemic Response: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
- Canada’s Indigenous Communities to Benefit from Emerald Pilot Project: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- WIP Diagnostic: Is This Working? A Closer Look at Narrative Flow in an Opening Scene: @Janice_Hardy
- How to Start A Story: “The Ordinary World” Technique: @NicoleJBianchi
- Where Do I Start My Story? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- WIP Diagnostic: Is This Working? A Closer Look at Piquing Reader Interest on Page One: by Maria D’Marco
- Finding your Character’s Blind Spot: @diannmills @KillerNashville
- Five Practical Exercises to Deepen Your Characters: by Sandrina de Klerk @KingdomPenMag
- 11 Types of Characters in Fiction (And 4 Ways You can Use Them): @StoryHobbit @DaveChesson
- What’s Your Character’s Love Language? (And Why Does it Matter?): @allisinclair @onestop4writers
- Tips to Help You Write Real Characters for Your Novel: @createastorylov
- Take Your Character to Coffee: @tickledpinktam @EdieMelson
- Character Types: The Attention Seeker: @JoanHallWrites @StoryEmpire
- Great Scene: “Get Out”: @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “Schindler’s List” (1993): @GoIntoTheStory
- 5 Monsters in Need of Career Advice: @JeremyCShipp @tordotcom
- Page One: “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” (1989): @GoIntoTheStory
- What’s an Idiot Plot? @cyallowitz
- How to Create Authentic Children’s Voices in Fiction–and Hold an Adult Reader’s Interest: @gailaldwin @annerallen
- The Inherent Nature of Story Structure: @jimdempsey @WriterUnboxed
- Why Editing Matters and Simple Ways to Make Your Work Shine: @KristenLambTX
- How To Tell If You’re Writing About The Wrong Character: @Writers_Write
- How to Fix Aimless, Boring Scenes: @KiingoCreative
- “Beginning. Middle. End.” @GoIntoTheStory
- Writing Deaf Characters: Sensitivity Readers: @T_Frohock
- The Psychological Subtext of the Call To Adventure: @GoIntoTheStory
- Hero’s Journey 101: How to Use the Hero’s Journey to Plot Your Story: @FaithlessMTG @ProWritingAid
- The Basics of Plot for Writers: @CindyDevoted @EdieMelson
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As ever, Elizabeth, these are great links. I’m glad there are several on making the most of those times when writing isn’t coming naturally. Finding focus, even staring off into space, can be good ways to bring us back to the project, and I think we have to allow for those times, too.
So true, Margot! A little daydreaming time is so important.
Another great collection, Elizabeth. Thanks for the Story Empire shoutout.
Thanks to Story Empire for being a resource for writers!