by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- The IPA’s Prix Voltaire: When Neutrality Is Not an Option: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The United Kingdom’s 2022 Portico Prize Announces Its Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 2021 Wattys Awards: An Asexual Romance Takes the Top Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @wattpad
- New Conference on ‘Foundations and Trans/Formations of Arabic Literary Theory’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Translator William Rodarmor Wins 2021 Albertine Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 7 Indian Women Writers You Should Be Reading: @hirishitalkies @ElectricLit
- Christmas Mysteries: A Tradition Revived: @chinarhyming @CrimeReads
- Bad Romance: Five Books About Loving Someone Dangerous: @lisaunger @CrimeReads
- Add Books to Your Mental Health Care Routine: @BookTrib
- We Grow Accustomed to the Dark: Emily Dickinson’s Stunning Ode to Resilience, Animated: @brainpicker
- Five SF Novels Featuring Ancient Alien Artifacts: @jamesdnicoll
- Co-Writing “The Relaxed Author”: @MarkLeslie @thecreativepenn
- Writing, Yoga, and the Real You: @PamSeelig @WomenWriters
- 10 Ways to Enhance Your Fiction Writing through Journaling: @LisaTener @LiveWriteThrive
- Can Fiction Make a Difference in the World? @manzanitafire @JaneFriedman
- Repeat After Me: You Are NOT An ‘Aspiring Writer’: @Bang2write
- How can you fail better as a writer? @pubcoach
- Virtual Writers Sabbatical: Challenging a Genre Identity Crisis: @Richelle_Lyn_ @DIYMFA
- Would You Take This Creative Risk? (podcast) @DanBlank
- Do I want to make a career writing fiction? A conversation: @Roz_Morris
- 5 Lies Writers Torture Themselves With About Their Careers: @Bang2write
- How do you deal with writing interruptions? @pubcoach
- Success Without Self-Promotion: @theladygreer @WriterUnboxed
- The Most Needed Quote on Writing: @GoIntoTheStory
- Writing About Grief: @AuthorSAT
- The 411 on Writing Retreats: @msheatherwebb
- Lee Child on the Invention of Fiction: @LeeChildReacher @CrimeReads
- “How My Strategic Communications Background Helped Me Finish my Debut”: @MaanGabriel @WomenWriters
- Something small, every day: @austinkleon
- The principles of patience: @austinkleon
- “How Writing Helps Me Heal”: @LittleInfinite
- Do I Need Religion in My Fantasy World? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- Dreaming of Wild Horses (and Writing Them): @dancinghorse @tordotcom
- The Low-Down on Urban Fantasy: by Sheree Crawford @TheRyanLanz
- How to write an adventure story: Creating amazing journeys: @nownovel
- What is Upmarket Fiction? And Book Club Fiction? Are They New Genres? @annerallen
- How Do I Create a Satisfying Mystery Payoff? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- Rituals as an Element in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Switzerland: A Crime Writing Tradition Full of Holes? @chinarhyming @CrimeReads
- Tasmania as a Setting in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Antique shops as an element in crime fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie? @GoIntoTheStory
- Screenwriting: Does this challenge become something that’s not just hard for the hero to do (an obstacle) but also hard for the hero to want to do (a conflict)? @CockeyedCaravan
- At the Alliance’s Conference in Spain: African Publishers on Their Challenges: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
- Words Without Borders: Kaaps Writings From South Africa: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @wwborders
- Guest of Honor Peru at Guadalajara: Overcoming a 30-Percent Pandemic Drop: by Adam Critchley @pubperspectives
- Springer Nature Plants Trees in India, One for Each Employee: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany’s Börsenverein Cheers EU Flexibility on VAT Rates for Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Canada’s 10-Year Publishing Crisis : ‘This Broken Copyright Framework’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Year’s End: Italian Comics’ Audience Approaches 9 Million Readers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover. Or Can You? @Fitzpatrick_jo
- Tips for Better Book Covers: @FrugalBookPromo
- The 10 best Goosebumps covers, ranked: @jessiegaynor @lithub
- Great Beginnings: @rachelsdempsey @RMFWriters
- Crafting Your Novel’s First Line: @GGCWrites @GoodStoryCo
- Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable: @AskoldMelnyczuk @lithub
- Archetypal Antagonists for the Crone Arc: Death Blight and Tempter: @KMWeiland
- How to Create Nuanced Characters: by Nina Schuyler @LiveWriteThrive
- Page One: “Three Kings” (1999): @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “Traffic” (2000): @GoIntoTheStory
- Script To Screen: “A Few Good Men”: @GoIntoTheStory
- The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does something inside the hero have a particularly volatile reaction to the challenge? @CockeyedCaravan
- The Art of Showing Vs. Telling: @LJC__Writing @TheRyanLanz
- Don’t Gild Your Lilies: @jamesscottbell
- Navigating a Story Identity Crisis: @KarenDeBonis
- Advice Is NOT Universal: @Frank_Zafiro @CrimeReads
- Points of a Story: 6 Key Plot Points That Every Story Needs: by @joebunting @write_practice
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Another great list.
Offline through the holidays, so Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you, Alex!
These are great links, as ever, Elizabeth. It’s the time of year when people start to think about next year’s goals, so it was good to see a post about goal-setting. I think it’s important to set some larger goals (and smaller ones that lead to the big ones), but it’s also important to be flexible as things go along. It’s helpful to think about goals, so I’m glad that post was there.
Flexibility is so key, isn’t it? Otherwise, it’s easy to get frustrated or give up on goals altogether.
Great list of links, Elizabeth. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks to you for coming by, Joan!
Thank you for sharing, Elizabeth. I’ve read Harmony’s series on POV and found each post very helpful. All the best!
It’s a great series of posts! Have a great week, Gwen. :)
Wonderful share, Elizabeth. Thanks so much for including my Story Empire post. Have a wonderful week 💕🙂
Great post, Harmony!
Thanks for the links, Elizabeth.
Thanks for coming by and the support, John!
Another great list of amazing resources, Elizabeth! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much, Jan!
I appreciate the list you share with us.
Thanks for coming by, D.L.!
Thanks for the great links, Elizabeth. Always appreciated.
Thanks to you for the encouragement, Beem!