
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- How to find work as a writer in the age of AI: by Daphne Gray-Grant
- Writing for magazines: by Deborah Jay
- Life After an Agent Breakup by Author LL. Madrid:
- Tips for Querying, loglines, and the writing community: By Desmond Hall
- How Your Writing Tool Shapes Your Text: By Susanne Bennett
- How to Build a Creative Practice That Doesn’t Burn You Out: by Javacia Harris Bowser
- Fans: The Good, The Bad & 6 Tips for Preventing “The Ugly”: by Rebecca Forster
- Make the Most of Your Manuscript’s Resting Time: by Becca Puglisi
- Writing What You Want? It’s a Privilege: by Meg Dowell
- 6 Subtle Ways Writers Lose Creative Alignment: by Suzanne Lieurance
- How to become a calmer person: by Daphne Gray-Grant
- What Is Cozy Fiction? & How To Write It: by Elaine Dodge @writers-write.bsky.social
- Why School Campus Settings Work So Well for Mysteries: By Peggy Townsend
- Luxury Hotels in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg.bsky.social
- Crafting Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in Crime Fiction: by Chris Berg and Paul James Smith @janefriedman.com
- What Is True Crime & How Do I Write It? by Elaine Dodge
- First Page Critique – This Uneasy Place: by Debbie Burke
- Flog a Pro: Would You Turn the First Page of this Bestseller? By Ray Rhamey
- Are Villains the Most Important Characters? by Mike Maden
- Writing Tips: Making Your Villains Relatable: By K.M. Allan
- Rounding Out Flat Characters:
- Character Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Spending Time in Nature: by Angela Ackerman
- How Oppressed Mages Sabotaged Wednesday: by Oren Ashkenazi
- 3-Act Analysis of Beauty and the Beast: by Gabriela Pereira
- Six Secrets for Writing a (Successful) Party Scene: by Anna Barrington
- A frame narrative solves everything: by Eva Deverell
- Redshirts in Fiction: By Dave King
- Writing a Novel in Verse: by Rochelle Melander
- What to Do When You Can’t See the Whole Picture: by April Dávila
- Using the Workplace to Add Depth to Your Novel: by Jennifer Landau @janefriedman.com
- How to Cook Up Original Stories: from Fox Print Editorial
- The Right Inconsistency for Your Story: by Eva Deverell
- Does Your Novel Sag? by James Scott Bell
- Why Female Characters Should Kill More People In Your Story: by Lucy V Hay
- Comprise vs. Compose—Not the Same Thing: by Kelley J. P. Lindberg
- At the end of the day, ditch the dated language: by Linda K Sienkiewicz
Thanks, as always, Elizabeth, for these really helpful links. They always give me good ideas! It's funny; just yesterday, I was talking about dialogue tags with another writer, so it was really interesting to see that article in your round-up today. For me, deciding whether and when to use dialogue tags is a matter of deciding what best serves the story. I think they need to be used thoughtfully.
Good point, Margot! Hope you have a happy week.