by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Wills for Writers: by Marilynn Byerly
- Should fiction editors consider conscious language? @LouiseHarnby
- Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Cozy Mystery Author Keeps Indie Mindset in Negotiations With Traditional Publisher: @Howard_Lovy @DebbieYoungBN
- Why you need a developmental editor: @jennwindrow
- Business Musings: Building A New World: by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- When to Quit Writing and Publishing: by Orna Ross and @thecreativepenn
- The $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize Names Its 2023 Longlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Italy as Guest of Honor at Frankfurt: Balancing the Rights: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @Book_Fair
- In England, the Booker Prize Names Its 2023 Jurors: @Porter_Anderson @TheBookerPrizes
- ‘Young Mungo’ Is on Scotland’s Highland Book Prize Longlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Women in Publishing: A Late-Year Discussion at Guadalajara: @Porter_Anderson @Bodour @pubperspectives
- 7 Memoirs About Unearthing Ancestral Magic: by Angela María Spring @ElectricLit
- Spoiler(s): The Dog Does Die at the End, a Reading List: @eb_bartels @lithub
- Five Vintage SFF Novels That Are Too Good to Be Forgotten: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- Five Memorably Unique Takes on Artificial Intelligence: @ColeRush1 @tordotcom
- Seven Wildly Entertaining Books About Agatha Christie and Her Characters: by Ann Claire @CrimeReads
- Mysteries and Animal Rescue: A Reading List: @ambercatcamp @CrimeReads
- The 60 Best Campus Novels from the Last 100 Years: @knownemily @lithub
- An Ode to Harriet the Spy, the Art Monster of East End Avenue: @CarolineHagood @lithub
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Katherine Bolger Hyde’s Arsenic With Austen: @MargotKinberg
- Top 10 books about fathers and sons: by Blake Morrison @GuardianBooks
- 6 Globetrotting Cozy Mysteries on Audio: by AudioFile @BookTrib
- Gifts for Readers and Writers: @ElleCarterNeal
- How to Avoid Writer’s Burnout This Season: @BeingTheWriter @womenonwriting
- Melissa Olson Delivers The Terribleminds Gift Guide For 2022: @MelissaFOlson @ChuckWendig
- Free Holiday Gifts For The Writer In Your Life: @KMAllan_writer
- Is Writing Skill Better Than Talent? @KarenCV
- How to Be Really Bad at Gifting Books: @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor
- Do you suffer from writer’s remorse? @pubcoach
- The best books to give as presents this Christmas: @GuardianBooks
- A Shed of One’s Own: Louise Kennedy on the Blissful Semi-Solitude of Her Backyard Writing Space: @lithub
- The Importance of Positive Comments When Book Editing: by Kara Henderson @TheStoryEditor
- Taking the Long View: @aswinn @WriterUnboxed
- 5 Ways to Recharge After Suffering Writer’s Burnout: @colleen_m_story @TheIWSG
- Growing as a Writer: @AnneJanzer
- There’s Nothing Literary About Being Sad: @maireadsmst @The_Millions
- The Fear of Writing a Book: @LisaTener
- Two Writers, Two Decades of Correspondence: by Siobhan Phillips and Robert McGill @The_Millions
- Why Haven’t You Written Your Novel Yet? @thecreativepenn
- The Miracle of the Written Word: @gmplano @StoryEmpire
- Best Holiday Gifts for Writers 2023: @LisaTener @SFWC
- Crime Fiction: Do Happy People Commit Murder? @MargotKinberg
- Missing Persons Who Suddenly Reappear as an Element in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Penguin-Random House CEO Markus Dohle Stepping Down, End of Year: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Three Gifts for Publishing’s Christmas: @rcharkin @pubperspectives
- Report: US Literary Nonprofits Paid Writers $9.9 Million in 2021: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Scholastic in ‘Rocket Park’ Deal With France’s Gaumont: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Rights At Guadalajara: Spanish-Language Publishers Eye the US Market: by Adam Critchley @pubperspectives
- Rights Roundup: Making the Tough Deals: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Italian Publishers Host an Airy Rights Center in Rome: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Digitizing Its ‘Christmas Books’: Cambridge University Press: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Swiss Publisher Helvetiq Expands to the United States and Canada: @JaroslawAdamows @pubperspectives
- #FreeAllWords Now Has 71 Translators from 24 Nations: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The UK’s Taylor & Francis Signs Accessible Publishing Charter: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Industry Notes: LBF Excellence Awards, Hay Cartagena: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- China Bestsellers: History, Awards, Humor in October: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives https://t.co/VPp75z8Niv
- How to Write Your First Paragraph: @bookfox @JaneFriedman
- Thriller writers – your first pages: 5 more book openings critiqued by @agentpete @anniesummerlee and @Roz_Morris
- Avoid the “record scratch freeze frame” voice (page critique): @NathanBransford
- What’s the Worst Thing You can do to Your Character? @EliasJMcClellan
- Writing an Un-Put-Downable Character: Growth: @ACW_Author @EdieMelson
- The Dénouement: Tying Up The Yarn Strands Of Your Story: by PJ Parrish @killzoneauthors
- How to Use Prologues: In Media Res:
- The Dilemma of Narrative Distance: @DonMaass @WriterUnboxed
- 3 Key Strategies for Effective Fiction—Derived from Neuroscience: @manzanitafire @JaneFriedman
- How you can spend less time rewriting: @pubcoach
- Obstacles for Six Types of Relationship Stories: by Chris Winkle
- Writing Tough Material? Five Tools to Create a Stand-Out “Container”: @writeabook
- Words to Avoid in Writing: Weak Words to Find, Cut, and Replace: @StoryHobbit
- Line Edits: Putting the Final Touches on: @StoryGrid
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Thanks, Elizabeth, for these links. They're always so helpful! I see a few here on giving critiques , and I'm glad. On the one hand, it's so important to be honest when you critique. That includes if there are things that are a real problem. On the other hand, just about every piece of writing has something positive in it. I think it's important to be honest about that, too, to encourage the writer. It's a really delicate balance.
So true about staying positive when critiquing! It really can be tough to offer helpful criticism and also ensure the writer doesn’t lose confidence.
Thank you for another great list, Elizabeth.
Thanks for coming by, Gwen!