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- Copyediting vs Developmental Editing: @katiemccoach
- Ten Unapologetic Ways to Ask to be Paid: @emma_darwin
- Self-Publishing News: Now you can Read ePub on Kindle: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
- Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2022: 1,000+ Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Wales’ Hay Festival Announces Julie Finch as New CEO: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany’s ‘Freedom of Expression Week’: May 3 to 10: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Top 5 Reasons to Attend the Maple Leaf Mystery Conference: @youfirstwriter
- Québec Édition Opens Applications for Its 2022 Rendez-vous Fellowship: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Finding True Love With The Last Unicorn: @jaclynadomeit @tordotcom
- 7 Novels About All-Women Households and Communities: by Imogen Crimp @ElectricLit
- 6 Great SFF Love Stories: @Av_Stories @tordotcom
- 7 Scintillating Thrillers About Romances Gone Wrong: @LeahKonen @ElectricLit
- Shakespearean Plays with Crime Fiction Elements: @MargotKinberg
- Why Do We Love Mr Darcy So? by Elaine Dodge @writerswrite
- 15 Underrated Love Poems: @EmmanuelNataf @LitReactor
- To Hell With Delayed Gratification: Five Satisfying Standalone Books: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- 8 Great Self-Discovery Books: @BrynDonovan
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Mike Martin’s The Walker on the Cape: @MargotKinberg
- Now Is the Time to Read Office Thrillers: @BonMot101 @CrimeReads
- Who Do You Think You Are? A List of Identity-Switching Mysteries: @deannaraybourn @CrimeReads
- Five Books That Explore the Dark Side of Belonging: @esmacneal @CrimeReads
- Writing from Your Perspective: @lynliaobutler @DIYMFA
- Uncomfortable Books Are Important: @sarahtinsleyuk @WomenWriters
- Why Choose Someone Else’s Writing Success Over Your Own? @bethvogt @EdieMelson
- Tips for File Organization:
- Five Things Authors Can Learn From Drama Classes: @OliverLissa @TheRyanLanz
- How Writers Can Mine Emotions with Music: @LiveWriteThrive
- Writers: Focus On Your Own Page: @cinapelayo @LitReactor
- How to Dictate a Book in 2022: @claytonnoblit @WrittenWordM
- Sidequesting: An Antidote to “I Should Be Writing”: @thebeccahardy @sfwa
- A Year Without Social Media as a Freelance Writer: by Alexander J. Lewis @JaneFriedman
- 37 Ways To Write About Grief: @writerswrite
- Leigh Stein on Writing a Pandemic Time Capsule: @rhymeswithbee @lithub
- The Power of Community in the Writing Process: @AlidaMW @WomenWriters
- The 4 Traits of Successful Writers: @thenovelsmithy
- Inspirational Indie Author Interview. Ivan Wainewright: 2022 Selfie Award Winner: @ivanwainewright @Howard_Lovy @IndieAuthorALLI
- Lather, Rinse, Repeat: Striving for Originality: @Virgilante @StoryEmpire
- 5 Steps to Write the Best Psychological Horror Story: @HorrorTree
- What Horror Novels Do to Your Learning Skills, According to Scientific Research: by Angela Boggs @HorrorTree
- When Plants Attack! Benjamin Percy on the Terror of Green Things: @Benjamin_Percy @lithub
- Time To Curl Up with a “Quozy” – A Queer Cozy Mystery: @RobOsler @CrimeReads
- Can The Thin Man Serve as a Gateway to Cozy Mysteries? @mh_klump @CrimeReads
- Writing Successful Promo: @PatriciaDurgin @A3writers
- Book Marketing Strategies to Improve Your Website Performance: @Bookgal
- Jon Yaged Named Macmillan’s Next US CEO, to Succeed Don Weisberg: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Penguin Random House, Authors Guild React to Book Bannings: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- IPA’s New ‘Inspire’ Report: World Publishing’s Lessons from the Pandemic: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Venice’s 39th Mauri School, Part Two: A ‘Perfect Companion’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- France’s 12th ‘Digital Barometer’: 27 Percent Have Tried Audiobooks: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Wait, Wait, Don’t Send it! @HankPRyan @CareerAuthors
- I Got a Full Manuscript Request! Now What? by Kristen Overman @GoodStoryCo
- Five Stories That Spoil Their Own Mystery: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- The Best Romantic Chemistry in Crime Movies: @oldrutigliano @CrimeReads
- Page One: “Green Book” (2018): @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “Gremlins” (1984): @GoIntoTheStory
- How to Repurpose your Plot: @kcraftwriter
@WriterUnboxed - Writing the High-Concept Novel: @diannmills
@KillerNashville - How Should My Hero Recruit a Crew? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- How Do You Create Suspense in a Story? @AlexJCavanaugh @damyantig
- Interview with Randy Ingermanson – The Snowflake Guy: @burke_writer @SnowflakeGuy
- Writing: Call Outs, Sidebars and Breakout Boxes: @Lindasclare
- How to Make a Storyboard: by A. P. McKinney @TheRyanLanz
- Robert Dugoni on creating page-turning plots: @robertdugoni @AuthorsAi
- Archetypes and Story Structure: How They’re Connected: @KMWeiland
- Three Things about Semi-colons: @emma_darwin
- About Dangling Participles, Dangling Modifiers, and Missing Modifiers: @BookDoctor4u @womenonwriting
Thank you for another great list!
I shared the list in the Friday News & Promo post, on the IWSG Facebook page.
Thanks so much, Michelle! I appreciate that. :)
As always, Elizabeth, these links are great. Thanks for sharing those learning opportunities; both of those writers are skilled, and I’m sure they have a lot to offer other writers. The link that really got my attention this time is the one about repurposing a plot. I was just thinking about that recently, because I’ve got a good plot idea that didn’t work for one novel I wrote, but I still like it. Repurposing sounds like a good idea!
Hope repurposing your plot works well for you, Margot! Glad the link helped. :)
Always great links!
Thank you, Alex!
Thank you, Elizabeth, for another great collection of helpful links. All the best!
The same to you, Gwen!
Oh, thank you so very much for mentioning my webinar.
Looks like a great one, Diane!
Thanks for another great list, Elizabeth!
Thanks to you for coming by, Joan!
Thank you for including my Story Empire post this week.
Another great post, CS!
Another wonderful list of links. Thanks, Elizabeth.
Thank you, Staci!
Another fine post, Elizabeth. Thanks for the work you do.
Thanks for coming by, Beem!
Thanks for providing such a great list of information :)
Thanks for coming by, D.L.!