by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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I’m taking tomorrow off for Presidents Day, so I’ll be back again a week from today with another installment of Twitterific. :)
- Authors: Why You Should Register Copyrights: by Margot Conner
- The Right Endorsers to Promote Your Book: @KarenHWhiting @ediemelson
- The 15-Year Author Business Pivot: @thecreativepenn
- China’s Shanghai Children’s Book Fair Names 2024 Dates: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- In the United Kingdom: The Yoto Carnegies’ 2024 Longlists: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Setting up an Indie Author Festival: @indieauthoralli
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The 2024 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Taipei International Book Exhibition 2024: Professional Programming: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- US National Book Awards: Opening to Non-US Citizens: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @nationalbook
- London Book Fair: Main Stage Programming Announcements: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Cozy Up With These 22 Chilly Winter Reads: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers: @margotkinberg
- Eight Fantasies About the Joys of Bread and Baking: by Lindsay Eagar @tordotcom
- 5 Books for Mystery Lovers Who Want to Be Transported: @pazdice @crimereads
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions For You: @margotkinberg
- What Makes a Story Comforting? @mollytempleton @tordotcom
- Mysteries Set in the 1990s: @mandsmagazine
- How We Spend Our Days: On Wintering and the Value of Giving and Taking Care: by Amanda Parrish Morgan @lithub
- Artificial Intelligence… again: @Virgilante @storyempire
- 5 Common Reasons Why Writers Give Up Too Early: by Jenny Hansen
- Asking for Help is Scary (Especially if you’re a Writer): @pick_pen
- Boost Your Writing Focus: Effective Strategies to Overcome Decision Fatigue: @badredheadmedia
- Ten Great Gifts for Your Writing Self: @PaulaSMunier @careerauthors
- Celebrate what you create: @danblank @wegrowmedia
- Winter Wonder—The Enduring Gift to Writers: @VaughnRoycroft @writerunboxed
- Fresh Start February: 5 Ways to Begin Again: @seejavaciawrite
- How I Co-Authored a Dual Memoir with my Father Without Discussing it with him: by Christina Vo @womenwriters
- Reflect and Renew: @WriteNowCoach
- Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Wayne Kelly. Through Songs, Films, and Novels, British Author is a Born Storyteller: @howard_lovy @indieauthoralli
- Boundary Boss: @spressfield
- How to Overcome the Only Obstacle Between You and Successful Authorship: @ninaamir
- 10 Things We Learned in 20 Years of Writing Mysteries: @CleoCoyle @crimereads
- Adding Supernatural Elements to Cozy Mysteries: @SierraCrossBook
- Fictional Writers as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Cravings as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Crafting Cozy Mysteries: @mandsmagazine
- Academic Publishing: Springer Nature Has Two new Transformative Agreements: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Hachette’s David Shelley Names Sally Kim to Lead Little, Brown: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Elsevier’s Scopus AI Tool Rolls Out for Database Customers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- ‘Activist’ Fiction: France’s Magnier Looks for Rights Sales at Bologna: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- At London Book Fair: International Publishers Association Perspectives: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Bologna Book Plus Releases New Audio Forum Program: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany’s Brandenburg, Börsenverein, and MVB: ‘Books Checks’ for Reading: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Audio and Ebooks: Storytel’s 2023 Report and ‘Ambitious Targets’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Italy’s Fondazione LIA: ‘APACE’ for the EU Accessibility Act: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- It’s not an agent’s job to give you feedback if you’re not their client (query critique): @nathanbransford
- Getting Representation As A Writer: by Tom Vaughan @bang2write
- Researching the Right Literary Agents for You: by Christopher Hoffmann @janefriedman
- Avoiding Confusion During Your Opening (podcast): from Mythcreants
- Specificity matters in opening pages too (page critique): @nathanbransford
- Flog a Pro: Would You Turn the First Page of this Bestseller? @RayRhamey @writerunboxed
- Grappling with Two Character Types: by Sophie Masson @writerunboxed
- How To Fix Flat, Two-Dimensional Characters: by Ross Hartmann @davidfarland
- How To Build A Flesh And Blood Character: @angelaackerman @onestop4writers @davidfarland
- Write What You Know: Understanding this Classic Writing Advice: @JerryBJenkins
- Five Stories With Unbalanced Factions: by Oren Ashkenazi
- Adding Cinematic Sizzle to Your Fiction: @livewritethrive
- 7 Tips to Having Enemies Become Allies: @cyallowitz
- Help for a Plot that Seems Flat: from Fix Your Writing Habits
- Have You Tried Back to Front Editing in Writing? @BrynDonovan
- Make Your Story Golden with Systematic Editing: by Lynette M. Burrows
Enjoy your day off away from the Internet!
Thank you!
Thanks, as always, Elizabeth, for these links! The one that caught my eye this time is the one about how hard it can be to ask for help. I just ran into that this week when I was working on my latest book blurb. It didn't work – at all! – and it was hard to ask for help, but I got some valuable advice and great suggestions from my writer group, and I think I know how I'll re-work the blurb. It's hard, but… ask for help when you need it!
Blurbs are always tricky! You’re right, it’s tough to ask for help, but often rewarding to!
There are a lot of posts I need to come back and read and study. I need more time in my life!!
If you find out where we can get a few extra hours, let me know!