by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- How to Work with an Audiobook Narrator with Jillian Yetter: @sacha_black
- 6 Ways Writers Protect Online Privacy: @WordDreams
- Three Things You May Not Know About Being a Freelance Editor: @FinishedPages @womenonwriting
- What to Expect When Your Novel is Reissued: by Alma Katsu @WriterUnboxed
- How to Set Effective Boundaries With Freelance Clients: @quiettypeblog
- How to protect your manuscript from computer meltdowns and hackers: by Lindsay Syhakhom @NathanBransford
- Self-publishing News: 7th Consecutive year of Double Digit Audio Growth: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
- A Report from the Futurebook Conference; Spotify Buys Findaway in Audiobook Game-Changer: @agnieszkasshoes @Howard_Lovy @IndieAuthorALLI
- The Secret to Choosing a Freelance Writing Niche: @quiettypeblog
- The 2021 Albertine Prize Shortlist: Five French Works in Translation: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Marjoleine Kars Wins the $75,000 Cundill History Prize: @Porter_Anderson @MarjoleineKars @CundillPrize @pubperspectives
- When C.S. Lewis Reviewed His Buddy’s Book… The Hobbit: @bookmarksreads @lithub
- Customer Service as a Feature in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Riff on a Myth: 7 Novels Drawing Inspiration From Multicultural Ancient Sources: by Judy Moreno @BookTrib
- How to Create a Morning Writing Routine That Works: @radekpazdera
- How To Actually Get Writing Done: @writingandsuch
- Make Time For Your Writing: @aprildavila
- Quick Writing Tip: Make a Note to Your Future Self in Your WIP: by Bucket Siler
- 5 Ways to Trick Yourself into Writing: by LA Bourgeois @DIYMFA
- Too Much Writing Advice — Critical Thinking Skills: @Peter_Rey_
- Three Ways to find Joy in the Creative Journey: @kirsticall
- Important Times to Break a Writing Rule to Boost Productivity: @colleen_m_story
- Do You Want to Write? Or Do You Want to Publish? by Deborah DeArmond @A3writers
- How to get from where you are to where you want to be: @pubcoach
- Don’t Just Write It. Live It: @ElleEIre @FloridaWriters1
- Could Binge-Writing be Right for Me? @diannmills @EdieMelson
- Business Musings: Comparison is the Thief of Joy: @KristineRusch
- Brave New Writing and Learning to Think Outside the Book: @KristenLambTX
- Writer Burnout: 19 Tips for Recovery and Prevention: @StoryHobbit @DaveChesson
- Writing and the Creative Life: Seeing… Hearing… : @GoIntoTheStory
- Flights of Self-Censorship: @Porter_Anderson @WriterUnboxed
- Why THIS Story? @magpie0218 @RMFWriters
- Learn What You Don’t Know and Write That: @craigvonbuseck @EdieMelson
- Speculative Memoir: Making the Invisible Visible: @laraineherring @CleaverMagazine
- If It’s Worth Living, It’s Worth Recording: Thoughts on Memoirs: by Lucie Ataya @KiingoCreative
- Tunnels as an Element in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Mysteries: Perceived Unreliability as an Element:
- “How I Started Writing Cozy Mini Mysteries for Woman’s World (and Published a Book)”: by Loretta Martin @womenonwriting
- The Relationship Between Readers and Writers in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- How to Create a Romance Novel Outline: @hannahxyang @ProWritingAid
- Use These 81 Romance-Writing Prompts to Start Your Next Romance Novel: @KrystalNCraiker @ProWritingAid
- Persistence and Publishing, a Debut Author’s Story: @unefemmejames @DIYMFA
- Open Road’s Acquisition Investors Include Steinberger, Entrekin: @Porter_Anderson @OpenRoadMedia @pubperspectives
- Open Access Wars : Springer Nature Announces One Million OA Articles: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- At Guadalajara: Spain’s Publishers Present a 41-House Collective Stand: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- China Bestsellers: New Editions Buoyed October’s Fiction Market: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The UK’s Publishers Association Charts a ‘Steep Rise’ in Audiobook Sales: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Börsenverein Welcomes Principles of the German Coalition’s Draft: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- A Czech Second-Hand Books Boom: Knihobot’s Big Year: @jaroslawadamows @pubperspectives
- Nielsen’s Look at Audiobooks in the United Kingdom : ‘Curiosity, Multitasking’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The International Alliance of Independent Publishers in Pamplona-Iruñea: @oliviasnaije @indpuballiance @pubperspectives
- Malaysian Publisher Syazrul Aqram: ‘Keep On Moving Forward’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- IPA’s Prix Voltaire Ceremony at Guadalajara: Grief, Outrage, Honor: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Year’s End: Italian Publishers Expect 2021 Growth of at Least 12.6 Percent: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Rights Roundup: Text and Light From ‘The End of the World’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- What’s a good subject line for a query email? @RachelleGardner
- Elements of a Query Letter: by Amy Wilson @GoodStoryCo
- How to Format Your Manuscript for a Designer or Publisher: @HederisApp @JaneFriedman
- How to Format a Book: 12 Tools & 10 Tips: @DaveChesson @smartbloggerhq
- Character Archetypes: 15 Examples [+Template]: @DaveChesson
- Know Who Your Characters Are: by Celeste October @NaNoWriMo
- Resources For Creating Characters: @writingandsuch
- Setting Goals for Your Characters: from How to Fight Write
- How Useful Are Neil Gaiman’s Eight Rules of Writing? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- Page One: “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017): @GoIntoTheStory
- Shock vs. Subverted Expectations: @stacitroilo @StoryEmpire
- One Way to Quickly Improve Your Writing: @JerryBJenkins @NinaAmir
- Determining How Many Active Characters to Have in a Scene: from Fix Your Writing Habits
- Following a characters first, story second method: @writingandsuch
- How to Use Punctuation Marks — the Period (Full Stop): @Peter_Rey_
- Sprinkle on the Conjunctions: @nlholmesbooks @FloridaWriters1
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Another great set of articles.
Merry Christmas, Elizabeth!
Merry Christmas to you, Alex!
Thank you, Elizabeth. I always enjoy checking out the links. 😊
Thanks so much for coming by, Gwen, and for the encouragement!
Lots of great links as always, Elizabeth, so thanks for that. I like it that you also include links on the basics, like using commas, choosing writing style, and so on. I sometimes think we get so caught up in the story we’re writing that it’s a bit harder to remember the way we’re writing it. To me, there’s a balance between setting yourself free and just writing anything (which does prompt creativity), and tying it all up in a well-edited/revised package (which makes the story more appealing).
Knowing the basics well can also help us out when it’s time for our book to be professionally edited…making the process a lot less-expensive! Hope you have a great week, Margot!
Another great list, Elizabeth. Thank you for putting these together each week.
Thanks for coming by, Joan!
As always, Elizabeth, you’ve provided a fabulous list of resources. Thank you for including Story Empire!
Thanks to Story Empire for being a resource for writers!
Another amazing curated list. Thank you for including me.
Thanks for the great article, Staci!
Thanks for putting this list together for us!