by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Hope everyone has a good Labor Day tomorrow! I’ll be here with a guest post from Angela Ackerman.
- 3 Tips for Pre-pubbed Writers: @AuthorAmandaWen
- 6 Ways to Write Better Interview Questions: @joebunting @write_practice
- Finishing Writing-Related Tasks Quickly:
- 4 Essentials to Include in Your Article Submissions: @KatyKauffman28
- Successfully Selling Books Wide: @michaels_kris @IndieAuthorALLI
- Self-publishing News: A New Chapter for Storytel? @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
- Developmental Editing: Become the Best Fiction Editor: by Pamela Hines @TheStoryEditor
- Why Keeping Your Writer Profile Up to Date is Important to Reaching Your Audience: @DiAnnMills @EdieMelson
- Frankfurt Fellow: Helena Gonda ‘Getting Under the Skin of Stories’ at Canongate: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Frankfurter Buchmesse Wins Hoffmann und Campe’s 2022 Julius Campe Award: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @Book_Fair
- Liber 22: Soledad Puértolas Is Its ‘Hispanic-American Author’: @porter_anderson @pubperspectives
- How to Brainstorm Story Ideas You are Passionate to Write: @createastorylov @lornafaith
- Five Ways to Find the Inspiration to Write: @WritersCoach
- Five Chilly SF Stories to Escape the Summer Heat: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- 8 Best Rhyming Books for Children’s Book Writers: @M_Richmond21 @write_practice
- Unsettling Times in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- When Plans Go Awry: 5 Captivating Tales of Unplanned Vacations: @WF_WRITERS @BookTrib
- Why Writers Should Read Across the Genres: @SaraTantlinger @LitReactor
- The End of All Stories: Bidding a Fond Farewell to The Great C.S. Lewis Reread: @mattmikalatos @tordotcom
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Jocelyn Davey’s A Touch of Stage Fright: @MargotKinberg
- Lost and found – the stranger things people leave in library books: @euronews by David Mouriquand
- Martin Edwards on the Russian Cult Classic Crime Novel Count Azar: @medwardsbooks @CrimeReads
- Tales of a Solopreneur: Building Your Brain Power: @Richelle_Lyn_ @DIYMFA
- The Secret Side Careers of Successful Authors: by Alexander Lewis @JaneFriedman
- What to Do When You’re Overwhelmed: @SnowflakeGuy
- Cross That Bridge When You See It Coming: by Pat Hatt @TheIWSG
- The Story of Two Lost Fountain Pens: by Nina Katchadourian @lithub
- Cozy to Cold-Blooded: Mystery Games: @avonlea79
- How Can We Improve Our Writing? @WendySparrow
- How Would You Describe Your Scribe? @AnneJanzer
- Writing Without Explanations: RUE: @Lindasclare
- Writing a Book About a Family Member: by Mary Ford @NaNoWriMo
- Writing Into Retirement – with M. Lee Prescott: @SelfPubForm
- Bad Author Habits to Avoid: @dkparsonswriter @SelfPubForm
- Writing Out the Sadness and Anger–How to Get Strong Emotions on the Page Authentically: @writeabook
- Writing Psychological Horror: @richardgthomas3 @LitReactor
- What Writing Horror Can Teach All Writers: by Frank Hamilton @HorrorTree
- Controversial Crime Novels: @MargotKinberg
- 5 Characteristics of the Perfect Murder Mystery Hero: by Neil Chase @LiveWriteThrive
- Wiley Survey: Academic Society Members Value Diversity, Sustainability: @porter_anderson @pubperspectives
- From Cover to Cover: On the Pigeonholes of Publishing: @MarieMyungOkLee @The_Millions
- Richard Charkin: Text and Data Undermining in London: @rcharkin @pubperspectives
- Virginia Judge Rules Against Book-Banning Attempt: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Markus Dohle on Bertelsmann’s Penguin Random House Six-Month Report: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Children’s Books Edition: A Rights Roundup: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives https://t.co/15GGfz43nH
- ‘The Gita for Children’ Set for UK Publication from Swift Press: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany: Petition to Keep Reading-Focused ‘Language Day-Care’: @porter_anderson @pubperspectives
- IPA, EU, Germany, USA Protest Trang’s Imprisonment in Vietnam: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @IntPublishers
- Brazilian Translation Grants in Mexico and Argentina: @pubperspectives
- IPA Recognizes ‘Global Significance’ of the Internet Archive Lawsuit: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @IntPublishers
- Finnish Research: Springer Nature Announces a Fourth Transformative Agreement: @porter_anderson @pubperspectives
- Three elements that create a strong opening sentence: @MudG @TheWriterMag
- Fantasy novelists – your first pages: 5 more book openings critiqued by @agentpete @mattschodcnews and @Roz_Morris:
- First Page Critique: My Girl is a Dog: @SueColetta1 @killzoneauthors
- Slow down to set the scene (page critique): @NathanBransford
- Identify Your Character’s Emotional Triggers: @LisaHallWilson @onestop4writers
- Fear Thesaurus Entry: Leaving No Legacy: @beccapuglisi @onestop4writers
- Writing Eyebrows: How to Orchestrate Emotion in Your Story: @Skytale_Writer @sfwa
- How to Convey Emotion: Planting Clues to What Characters Feel: @kathycowley
- Top 5 Mistakes Writers Make With Sex Scenes: @Bang2write
- Writing and Common Mistakes: @dlfinnauthor @StoryEmpire
- 7 Tips to Writing Hot/Sunny Day Battles: @cyallowitz
- Using Impossible Choices to Empower Your Conflict: @shirleyjump
- Avoid Adjective Overload: @DLoock
- Why Unreliable Characters Are So Compelling: @jessicastrawser @CareerAuthors
- Don’t build scenes around the information you think you need to impart: @NathanBransford
- Using Impatience to Help Your Writing: @chayab77 @CatapultStory
- Sexual Reeling: by PJ Parrish @killzoneauthors
- Stuck in Your Own Head? Try Someone Else’s: by Devon Capizzi @CatapultStory
- A Character Goal Isn’t a Story – But It’s Close: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
- Strong Writing: @mtjohnson51 @A3writers
- How to Use Prologues: Backstory Delivery: @harmony_kent @StoryEmpire
- The Magic Paragraph: A Tool that Belongs in Every Writers Toolbox: @AneMulligan @EdieMelson
- Fourth Person Point of View: Definition and Examples: @DaveChesson
- First Person Point of View: Definition and Examples: @DaveChesson
- The Tertiary Principles of Plot: Plans, Gaps, Crises: @SeptCFawkes
- Story Spine: 7 Steps to Pixar’s Storytelling Structure: @StoryHobbit
- The Hero’s Journey: The 12 Steps of Mythic Structure: @DaveChesson
- 7-Point Story Structure: Definition, Examples and Template: @StoryHobbit
- Three Act Structure: Definition, Examples and Template: @DaveChesson
- Growing your Research Library: Tips: by Erica Vetsch @SKRViLL
- Research Your Novel on a Rambling Road Trip: @KMazeauthor
- On Writing (and Revising) Well: @ElizabethHuergo @WriterUnboxed
- The Magic of Revision: @susan_writes @FloridaWriters1
- Things in Books that Annoy Readers: @HowellWave @StoryEmpire
- How To Know Your Book is Done: @BookEndsJessica @bookendslit https://t.co/shvoSIWEsv
A great set of links, Elizabeth, as ever! I found the one about writing into retirement especially interesting. Writing is something we can do at any age, really, especially with today’s electronic tools and ergonomic workspaces. I think it’s really worth thinking of how we’ll adapt our writing lives as we age. Even things like different chairs and increasing font size can help!
Increasing font size is key! Thanks for coming by, Margot.
Thank you, Elizabeth, for sharing these links, always helpful. Have a great week! 😊
Hope you do, too, Gwen!
Thanks for including Pat’s post at the IWSG site.
Another great post from the IWSG!
As always, Elizabeth, thank you for sharing Story Empire posts!
More great posts from Story Empire!
Excellent links, Elizabeth. Thanks for the mention.
Nice post!
Excellent list, as always. Thanks, Elizabeth.
Thanks for coming by, Staci!
Another winner, Elizabeth! Thanks for your effort.
Thanks, Beem!
Thanks for another great list :)
Thanks, DL!