by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Business Musings: Totally Different Careers: by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Get paid without guilt: 6 lessons I’ve learned: @jccabel
- Audiobooks: My love-hate (but mostly hate) relationship with Audible: by @pattyjansen
- Managing Your Author Business Over The Long Term With Tracy Cooper-Posey: @thecreativepenn
- Earn Six Figures as a Writer With This One Weird Trick: @guerillamemoir @JaneFriedman
- Teaching Writing: Three Ideas for Energizing Writing: by Melanie Meehan
- Wattpad Increases its Offering to Paying Subscribers: @agnieszkasshoes @indieauthoralli
- What is Selective Rights Licensing for Indie Authors? @indieauthoralli
- The 80/20 Rule And Novelists: @snowflakeguy
- IPA’s Karine Pansa Opens Guadalajara: ‘A Union of Cultures to Build’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Ireland’s Paul Lynch Wins the 2023 Booker Prize for Fiction: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- Ed Yong’s ‘Immense World’ Wins the Royal Society Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @edyong209
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the 18th Cycle: Three More Longlists: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- At Guadalajara: The EU Hosts Independent Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- At Guadalajara: WIPO and IPA Release Publishing Data Reports: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- How to Establish a Writing Routine: @AuthorMarilene
- Writing Intervals: The Pomodoro Technique: @joanhallwrites @storyempire
- Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Karen Heenan. Retired Paralegal Finds Second Career in Historical Fiction: @karen_heenan @howard_lovy
- When To Let Go Of Your Work: A Guide To Abandoning Projects: @amandalinehan
- Virtual Writing Communities: Connecting with Fellow Writers Online: @TheLeighShulman
- The Magic of the Library Book Sale: by Jeanne Kisacky @writerunboxed
- 4 Writing Tips Cats Teach Us: by Megan Jenkins @nanowrimo
- Every novel feels like an impossibly tall mountain: @nathanbransford
- Brain Gym for Writers: by Candyce Carden
- Finding Inspiration for Metafictional Murder: @dannmcd @crimereads
- Keeping Cozies Suspenseful: @shannonsymonds7
- The Dream of Making it Big as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- How Laws Impact Characters in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Event-Prep Tension as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Successful Marketing for Multigenre Authors: Reaching More Readers, With Dale L. Roberts and Holly Greenland: @selfpubwithdale @indieauthoralli
- How to Organize a Virtual Book Launch Event: 11 Clever Book Promotion Ideas: @bookgal
- 11 Proven Strategies to Skyrocket Your Book Promotion on Amazon: @bookgal
- A Look at My Vella Results: @beemweeks @storyempire
- Publishing: It’s a Smaller World Now: @rcharkin @pubperspectives
- Penguin Random House Sues the US State of Iowa: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives @penguinrandom
- Publishing Scotland’s Fellowship Program: Open for Applications: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @publishscotland
- Germany: Bookwire’s Audiobook Goes to Brazilian, English, Spanish Markets: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- Canadian Publishing Calls Out Ottawa’s Inaction: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- COP28: Switzerland’s Frontiers Introduces an ‘Open Science Charter’: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- A very good nonfiction query (query critique): @nathanbransford
- How to Turn an Essay into a Book Deal: by Catherine Baab-Muguira @JaneFriedman
- The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the story limited to one genre (or multiple, merged genres) introduced from the beginning? @cockeyedcaravan
- The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the story limited to compatible subgenres, without mixing metaphors? @cockeyedcaravan
- 7 tips to tighten the saggy middle of your story and keep readers engaged: @HelenaFairfax
- Non-Negotiable: The One Thing That Makes Stories Timeless: @storygrid
- How Much Exposition Can I Have? by Oren Ashkenazi
- Is there a dramatic question posed early on that establishes which moment will mark the end of the story? @cockeyedcaravan wkb89
- Finding Details to Go with a Basic Plot: from Writing Questions Answered
- Why Writers Must Be Mean to Their Characters: @SarahSallyHamer @ediemelson
- Radical Revision: When the Going Gets Tough, Writers Get Radical: @RuthHarrisBooks
- Making A Long Story Shorter: by Marilynn Byerly
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Hi Elizabeth – I quite agree 'write a letter' … be it to your reader, but preferably to someone who is lonely, or aged … this resource always has amazing helpful information for us to refer to … cheers Hilary
Writing letters is the best! Everyone loves getting mail (mail that isn’t a bill or junk, especially).
I always love learning from these links, Elizabeth. And one of the first ones I saw today really resonated with me: Audible. I keep thinking about get my books converted to audio books, and one reason I haven't is the logistics involved. I know some readers love audio books, and I'd be increasing my reach. But the process seems complicated. Perhaps at one point I will.
I know you’d do well to narrate your own books, considering your background. I understand people put desks in their closets to create a good sound environment when recording.
Good-sized list this week!
Thanks! And thanks for coming by. :)
Thank you, Elizabeth, for sharing another great list. And, thank you for including one of my posts. 😊
Great post, Gwen!
Thank you for sharing this useful selection of posts.
Hope you find something useful here, Robbie!
Thanks for the great links!
Hope you have a great week, Wallace!
Excellent list.
Thanks, Jacqui!
That's an awesome list alright! Many thanks for compiling it, I'm off to check out all this amazing content!
Thanks, Nicholas!
Fantastic list, Elizabeth! Happy Holidays to you and yours. 🖤
The same to you, Sue!
Thanks for all the great links, Elizabeth!
My pleasure, D.L.!