by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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***You’ll notice this is an especially lengthy edition this week. That’s because I’ve somehow messed things up and some of last week’s Twitterific is included in this week’s. 😄 Oops. Things should be better next week. ***
- How to Identify a Book’s Sales Problem: Follow These Steps: @DaveChesson
- Book Marketing: Should a Debut Indie Author Pay a Marketer? @annerallen
- Know your audience: @Virgilante
- Self-publishing News: A Groundbreaking Shortlisting: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
- Surveying Self-Publishing: Facts about Indie Author Income in 2022: @OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI
- Spotify Rewrites Audiobook Sales Rules, Buys AI Narration Tool: @Howard_Lovy @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
- How Working with Libraries Can Help Sell Your Books: by Kerri Sullivan @CatapultStory
- Factors that Lead to Freelance Business Success: @indianalee3 @DIYMFA
- How can you find better comps? @pubcoach
- 25 Tips for Pitching, Writing, and Publishing in Magazines: by Amanda Polick @DIYMFA
- Business Musings: How Writers Fail: @KristineRusch
- How to Grow Your Audience Using Online Workshops: @PatriciaDurgin @A3writers
- German Book Trade’s Peace Prize: Ukraine’s Serhiy Zhadan: @Porter_Anderson @serhiy_zhadan @pubperspectives
- Translator Veronika ter Harmsel Havlíková Wins Dutch Letterenfonds Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- ‘Our Visions for the Future’: PageBreak Opens Early-Bird Registration: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany’s 2022 ContentShift Shortlists Five Companies: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Bournemouth University Opens Its New Media Writing Prize to Entries: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Emirates Literature Foundation To Host a Gulf WikiArabia Conference: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Ingram’s Lightning Source Sharjah Installation Is Now in Place: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- What Comes First, the Title or the Story? @BeemWeeks @StoryEmpire
- Top 6 Creative Writing Exercises To Sharpen Your Writing Skills: by Nicholas Rubright
- Remembering and Keeping Track of Ideas: @Sandra_Cox @TheIWSG
- How Visual Thinking Improves Writing: @wendi322 @WriteNowCoach
- How the Small Moments That Haunt Us Can Form the Seeds of a Novel: @stevealmondjoy @lithub
- How to Use Art to Inspire Your Writing: @BirdsOAFpress @NinaAmir
- Writing Your Next Novel: by Louise Dean @thenovelry
- Five Books Featuring Uploaded Minds and Memories: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- 5 SFF Books About Technology and Grief: @DanteMedema @tordotcom
- Find books set in your hometown with this neat tool: @prepartynap @lithub
- 7 Books That Will Change the Way You Think About the Road Trip Story: by Keely Shinners @ElectricLit
- Never Tell Someone They “Should” Read A Book: @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Susan Walter’s Good as Dead: @MargotKinberg
- 5 Non-Fiction Titles That Are So Vibrant They Read Like Fiction: @ellemarr_
- 6 Utterly Suspenseful Tales Written by and Starring Women: by Chelsea Ciccone @BookTrib
- The Fine Art of Incredible Plot Twists: @elizabday @CrimeReads
- 7 Books That Deliver Unexpected Mystery: @Ursulaofthebook @ElectricLit
- How (Not) to Find Your Next Favorite Book: @kleopatra_o @LitReactor
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: David Ahern’s Madam Tulip: @MargotKinberg
- 8 Unnerving New England Psychological Thrillers: by Brian Lebeau @CrimeReads
- Ten Close Families in Literature: @HarrietEvans @CrimeReads
- How to create a better writing routine: @pubcoach
- Your Best Writing Goal Based on Your Enneagram Number: @AdkinsMary @DIYMFA
- Writing a Novel About a Half-Remembered Place, with the Help of Google Street View: By Soon Wiley @lithub
- 3 Things Learned from Debut to Sophomore Novel: @sbaileybooks @WomenWriters
- “Eat, Then Write!” Notes From Over a Decade of Restaurant Criticism: @MHuneven @lithub
- Social Psychology and the Novel: @ElizabethHuergo @WriterUnboxed
- Tips for Keeping Organized: @aprildavila
- You Can’t Do It All: @theladygreer @WriterUnboxed
- Use the neuroscience of writing to help yourself: @pubcoach
- “Loop Method” to Co-Write: @marieparks @JessiHonard @DIYMFA
- Is writing like homework? @pubcoach
- 10 Powerful Affirmations For Writers & How To Use Them: @Bang2write
- The Creativity of Emotions: @jimdempsey
@WriterUnboxed - Five Writers Weigh in on the Weird Shame of Publishing a Book: @jcjklmnop @lithub
- Prioritizing Your Life: @FoxPrintEd
- Magic Systems Made Stronger with Science: @DanKoboldt
- Swords in Fantasy: @cyallowitz
- Romancing SFF: When Making the Connection Makes the Book: @Bibimarlowe @sfwa
- 7 Tips to Using Swords in Fantasy: @cyallowitz
- Fact, Fantasy, and What Lies In Between: @DanKoboldt @ChuckWendig
- Craft a Killer Fantasy Premise Using Good Versus Evil: by Amy Wilson @GoodStoryCo
- Creeping Shadows: Why ‘Nosferatu’ Still Holds Up 100 Years Later: @BrianDKeiper @BDisgusting
- The Impact of Scares That Care: @AmongTheZombies @LitReactor
- Can Horror Be Literary? @MegHafdahl @HorrorTree
- Should My Mystery Start With the Murder? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- Scammers and Grifters as Elements in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form: @DavidGordonX @CrimeReads
- Lifelong Friends as Elements in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Lust, Football and Fiction: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors
- Crime Fiction: Using Fiction for Social Commentary: @MargotKinberg
- Writing A Successful Crime Thriller Series: @WriteAngie @thecreativepenn
- 10 Reasons Why Victorian England Is the Perfect Setting for Murder: @conniecberry @CrimeReads
- Best Places to Find Readers for the Books You Write: @AneMulligan @EdieMelson
- Author Avanti Centrae Leaks Top-Secret Marketing Plans: @burke_writer @killzoneauthors
- DIY Resources to Design a Lead Magnet Cover: @khogrefeparnell @EdieMelson
- 4 Ways to Market Your Book for Free or at Low Cost: by Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza @WrittenWordM
- Reader Magnets: @SnowflakeGuy
- Five Tips for Choosing Great Swag: @MeyerGabrielle
- Building a Social Media Plan: @WriteNowCoach
- Developing Your Personal Brand as an Author: @OrnaRoss @thecreativepenn @IndieAuthorALLI
- An Author Platform: @LindaKSienkwicz
- What is “High Concept”? @RobinCurrie6 @A3writers
- Simon & Schuster’s Jonathan Karp: ‘A Country Divided’: @porter_anderson @pubperspectives
- Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers: @katrosenfield @reason h/t @JaneFriedman
- Publishers File for Summary Judgment Against the Internet Archive: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Fictionable Launches: New Literary Magazine, With International Intent: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany’Bookwire Now Offers Artificial Narration for Audiobooks: @Porter_Anderson @bookwire @pubperspectives
- Oslo’s Tragedy Reinforces WEXFO’s Importance: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- IPA Opens Registration for Its 33rd Congress: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @IntPublishers
- May’s China Bestsellers: Emotion and Promotion: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- IPA’s Africa Publishing Innovation Fund Pivots to Accessibility in Fourth Year: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
- São Paulo’s Professional Days: Language Challenges: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi Speaks to Publishers in São Paulo: @Porter_Anderson @Bodour @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
- IPA Criticizes the UAE’s Anti-LGBTQ Pressure on Amazon: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
- IPA Warns Against Turkish Publisher Ragip Zarakolu’s Extradition From Sweden: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
- Frankfurt and the Börsenverein Join Calls to Protect Ragıp Zarakolu: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The German Book Market in 2021: Turnover Up 3.5 Percent: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Writing a Great One-Line Pitch for Your 2022 Query Letter: @AuthorSAT
- Aimlessly Acquiring an Agent: @theljsharks @DIYMFA
- The Slow Query: @aprildavila
- Narrowing Down What Should (Or Should Not) Stay on a Book Cover: by Hannah Linder @SKRViLL
- The Hardworking Magic of Book Design: @SophieMasson1 @WriterUnboxed
- Book Cover 101: Mystery/Thriller: @MelindaVan
- A Contract Clause to Beware: Claiming Copyright on “Publisher’s Content”: @michaelcapobian
- Can a Writer Quote Song Lyrics in a Memoir or Novel? @annerallen
- First Page Critiques: A Look Inside The Edgar Winners: by PJ Parrish @killzoneauthors
- First Page Critique – A Study in Suffering: @burke_writer @killzoneauthors
- What’s Your Character Hiding? @beccapuglisi @onestop4writers
- Fear Thesaurus Entry: Agoraphobia: @beccapuglisi @onestop4writers
- The Deepest Wounds: Lies, Deception & Betrayal: @KristenLambTX
- One Quick Reason Readers Cheer For Unlikable Characters: @LisaHallWilson @onestop4writers
- Using Crisis to Reveal Character: @SeptCFawkes @onestop4writers
- Writing an Un-Put-Downable Character: History: @acw_author @EdieMelson
- Bad Decisions and the Writers Who Love Them: @EliasJMcClellan
- Five Ways to Fail as a Writer: @susan_writes @FloridaWriters1
- Common Mistakes that Keep the Reader From Reading: by Marilynn Byerly
- How to stop using too many words: @pubcoach
- Reimagining Conflict: @swan_tower @sfwa
- External Conflict Definitions and Examples: by L Cooke @TheStoryEditor
- Page One: “Leaving Las Vegas” (1995): @GoIntoTheStory
- Great Scene: “Broadcast News”: @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “Les Misérables” (2012): @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “Liar Liar” (1997): @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “License to Drive” (1988): @GoIntoTheStory
- Two Psychopaths in Fiction: @EliWilde1 @MandSMagazine
- Script Analysis: “Spencer” — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown: @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “Life Is Beautiful” (1997): @GoIntoTheStory
- Four Things Star Wars Can Teach a Writer: @Penshido @HorrorTree
- Great Scene: “Get Out”: @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003): @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “The Lost Weekend” (1945): @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “Love Actually” (2003): @GoIntoTheStory
- Page One: “Logan” (2017): @GoIntoTheStory
- “How I Learned to Give in to Anime” by Kali Wallace @tordotcom
- Five Small Books Packed With Big Ideas @ColeRush1 @tordotcom
- 5 Storytelling Skills Every Writer Should Master: @themaltesetiger @thenovelsmithy
- Writing Finishing Touches: @Lindasclare
- Simplify the Narrative: @j_a_elster @WomenWriters
- What is a Trope? @_Lionwalker @thenovelry
- 7 Ways to Improve Your Writing Craft: by Dario Villirilli @LiveWriteThrive
- How Do I Keep Clever Quips From Hurting the Story? by Chris Winkle @MythCreatives
- Macro-Level Jump Cut Scene: @SueColetta1 @killzoneauthors
- Writing in the Language of Horse People: @dancinghorse @tordotcom
- The Final Hook: by Marilynn Byerly
- It’s Simple, It’s Complicated, It’s a Novel: @DonMaass @WriterUnboxed
- Sculpting the Shapely Sentence: 5 Techniques: @Shutta @FloridaWriters1
- How to Write a Depressed Character That Won’t Depress Your Reader: @HorrorTree
- Interested in writing a story with a spiral structure? Learn what makes one successful: @LisaEllisonsPen
- Want Readers to Connect to Your Character? Include this Element: @AngelaAckerman @onestop4writers
- What Is Exposition In a Story? The Ultimate Guide: @DaveChesson
- Five Commandments of Storytelling – Part 3: @StoryGrid
- Structure Genre: Arch-plot, Mini-plot, and Anti-plot: @StoryGrid
- When to Use Single Quotation Marks: @BookDoctor4u @womenonwriting
- Grammar Un-Schooling: Your 6 Hall Passes: @kcraftwriter @WriterUnboxed
- Sinking into the Scene: @brendaAchapman
- How To Write Great Descriptions: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters
- Story Settings and Poetry: @dlfinnauthor @StoryEmpire
- When Place Is a Character: @Catherine8Drake @DIYMFA
- A No-Fluff Hemingway Editor Review for 2022 (+ Alternatives): by Jennifer Ayling @smartbloggerhq
- Writing in InDesign: Why and how: @BookDesignBook
- Plottr: Easily Remember Story Details: @writingsmarter
- Famous first lines, rewritten with a thesaurus: @jessiegaynor @lithub https://t.co/CIpqLYemw0
- How to Introduce Teen Writers to Age-Appropriate Horror Writing: @MilesOl82108029 @HorrorTree https://t.co/Vxlt2RbiDP
More links is always better anyway.
Enjoy your July!
Hope you do too, Alex!
Thanks, Elizabeth! These are great links, and I love it that there are more of them to explore! The one that caught my eye this time is the one about where to find readers. Matching with the audience really does matter, and it’s important to make the most of the time we have for promo and reaching out to readers. I think that’s also why it’s worth it to simply tell people we’re writers and what we write. You never know when you’ll make a connection!
So true that if we don’t mention it, we may lose out on the potential to find a new reader!
Thank you, Elizabeth. Always a delight.
Thanks, Gwen!
Terrific links, Elizabeth. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure, John!
Thanks for another great list of blogs, snd including me on it :)
Nice article, D.L.!
Lengthy, sure. But it’s double the info. That’s a good thing, Elizabeth. Thanks for the shout out.
Thanks, Beem!
Thank you, Elizabeth for sharing these resources and for including Story Empire again!
Great links from Story Empire!
That is an amazing amount of links! I could be busy all day.
Thanks, Elizabeth! Hope it wasn’t too much of a time suck!