by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Happy Easter, for all who celebrate!
- The Antic Muse: Is There a Place for It in Your Writing? by Barry Knister @writerunboxed
- How to Get Useful Ideas for Stories: @Douglewars
- The Power of the Prompt: @Gwen_Hernandez
- Planes, Trains, and Homicides: Murder Mysteries in Transport: by Benjamin Stevenson @crimereads
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men: @MargotKinberg
- Seven Mouthwatering SFF Short Stories: by Ratika Deshpande @reactormag
- 7 Books About the Triumphs and Tragedies of Mountain Climbing: by Karen Outen @electriclit
- Five SFF Works That Explore the (Sometimes Perilous) Power of Libraries: @jamesdnicoll @reactormag
- Choose Less, Write More: @WriteNowCoach
- Tips to Divide Up Your Writing Time Into Valuable Chunks: @LynnHBlackburn @ediemelson
- The Practice of Writing: How Much and What Kind Is Needed? @ScreenWryter13
- Mindset: The Stubborn Elephant vs. Writer: @SueColetta1 @storyempire
- Sleep in Your Guestroom and Other Random Thoughts for Authors: @authorterryo
- Stages of Change and Creating Your Writing Success: @MargieLawson @ediemelson
- How I Left My Dream Job For My Lifetime Career: by Gabriela Pereira @diymfa
- How to make writing more fun: @pubcoach
- How Does a Writer Really Know When Their Manuscript Is Ready? @goodstoryco @theiwsg
- Writers on Not Writing: @MastersReview
- The Painful Anxiety of Playing Favorites: @foxprinted
- Five Characters in a Writer’s Life: @TimSuddeth @EdieMelson
- Writers Self-Care ~ Taking Time Off: @JoanHallWrites @storyempire
- Master Your Writer’s Mindset With These Japanese Techniques: @bang2write
- Burned Out on the Business of Writing? 6 Insights to Rediscover Joy and Passion: @KMWeiland
- 8 Top Podcasts Sure to Help Writers Succeed: @colleen_m_story
- 5 Great Things To Do For Your Writing: by Victor Salinas
- Authentic Mystery Dialogue: @mandsmagazine
- Older Women Make the Best Sleuths and Spies (And Criminals): by CJ Wray @crimereads
- Grief as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Secrets as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- The Delightful Encounters of Historical Crime Fiction: by H.B. Lyle
- Genre Expectations: Writing Romantic Fantasy and Fantasy Romance: @ACW_Author @ediemelson
- That’s Not Romance: by Elaine Dodge @writers_write
- Is It Sci-Fi or Fantasy? @karencv
- Five Ways Authors Motivate Characters to Leave Earth Behind: @jamesdnicoll @reactormag
- At Leipzig Book Fair: Young Germans’ Engagement With Books and Reading: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Norway’s WEXFO 2024: A ‘Global Free Speech Recession’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Careful not to exhaust the reader (page critique): @NathanBransford
- The First Paragraph Leads to the First Chapter: @PeggySueWells @EdieMelson
- Character Type & Trope Thesaurus: Wallflower: @beccapuglisi @onestop4writers
- Creating a Unique Self-Insert Character: from Fix Your Writing Habits
- Eight Strategies for Improving Dialogue in Your Writing: from Writing and Grammar Tips
- A Little Less Conversation; a Little More Action: Too Much Dialogue: @annerallen
- How to Polish Your Final Draft: by Brenda Copeland @careerauthors
- Why Rough Drafts Should Never Be Perfect: by E. S. Foster
- The Holdovers Beat Sheet Analysis: by Shari Simpson @savethecat
- Five Abandoned Arcs From Popular Stories: by Oren Ashkenazi
- Should I Quote Experts in my Book’s Introduction? @LisaTener
- Writing: Confuse ‘Em and Lose ‘Em: @lindasclare
- The Manga Toolbelt for Fiction Writers: @Mcgintytokyo @goteenwriters
- What is a Plot Diagram? And How Can it Help Your Story Structure? @TheStoryEditor
- How To Write a Dance Scene: @SueColetta1
- Avoiding the Dreaded Adverb in Dialogue and Everywhere Else: @FrugalBookPromo
- How Do I Fit Lots of Characters Into My Travel Story? by Chris Winkle
- Archetype Definition and Examples in Literature: by Angie Andriot
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Happy Easter, Elizabeth! And thanks as al ways, for these links. I especially noticed the one about trying to decide when a manuscript is really ready. I've gone through that myself when getting ready for a release. I always have the urge to look things over one last time, and it doesn't always make the book any better.
Thanks, Margot! And I know just what you mean! Sometimes messing further with a manuscript can really mess things up.