by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Subgenres and Comp Books. Find Ones that Sell Books Better: by Kris Maze
- Contract, Payment Delays at the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: @victoriastrauss
- 8 Things Book Promotion Companies Wish Authors Understood: @bookgal
- How to Decide the Target Audience of your Cartoon Series: @pick_pen
- Self-publishing News: UK Publishers Call for Government to Protect Copyright at AI Summit: by Dan Holloway @indieauthoralli
- Wattpad Authors Who’ve Gone From Page to Screen: @JaneFriedman
- At Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Books-to-Film Events: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- Six Tips for a Book Party on a Shoestring: @burke_writer @killzoneauthors
- Germany’s Chancellor and Slovenia’s President To Open Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @book_fair
- 2023 Longlists Named by American Literary Translators Association: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- England: The £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize Names Its Longlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- National Book Foundation: Paul Yamazaki Wins the Literarian Award: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The £50,000 Wolfson Prize Shortlist: ‘People and Societies’: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- US National Book Foundation Honors Poet Rita Dove: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- Sharjah International Book Fair Names South Korea Its Guest of Honor: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Anna Celeste Burke’s A Dead Husband: @margotkinberg
- The Doctor Is In: Five SFF Stories Featuring Therapists: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- On Patricia Highsmith and the Horror—and Revelation—of Obsession: by Hannah Meyer @lithub
- Five SFF Novels With Fun Approaches to Time Travel: by Vanessa Len @tordotcom
- Read Your Genre, Read Widely: @AkNevermore @diymfa
- Five Classic SF Stories About Letting A.I. Do All the Work: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- 8 Books About Friendships With Wealth Disparities: by Julia Fine @electriclit
- Five Gripping SFF Narratives Composed of Interlinked Short Stories: by Lorna Wallace @tordotcom
- 21 Thoughts (Not Rules) About Reading Habits: @mollytempleton
- What Completism Can Teach Us About the Creative Process: @RhianSasseen
- Why do we read and write? @nathanbransford
- Finding Your Perfect Writing Rituals: @KBullockAuthor
- Advice For New Writers: by Leenna Naidoo
- Break Out of Your Writing Rut: @writenowcoach
- How Writers Can Deal with Unsupportive Family and Friends: by Lisa Fellinger @livewritethrive
- Tech Tip for Writers–Back up a cloud file: @worddreams
- Vacation Spots for Writers – An AI opinion: @HowellWave @storyempire
- Every Writer Needs to Develop These 2 Online Habits: @ediemelson
- 7 Tips to Handling Author Pride: @cyallowitz
- Start a Writing Club for Teens at Your School: @authorSAT
- Organizing Your Ideas: @JoanHallWrites @storyempire
- Tempus Fugit: @grantdraws
- What Fidget Spinners Can Teach Us About Writing: @PFC_Pup
- How to Protect Your Creative Work from Criticism: @losapala
- Writing Cultures Not Your Own: @beemweeks @storyempire
- On Being a Writer and a Mother to Children Who Don’t Love to Read: @aimiekrunyan @lithub
- Finding links between victims and suspects in crime fiction: @margotkinberg
- Distinguishing Features as an Element in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Writing and Balancing Social Media: by Eve Messenger
- Building Your Brand on TikTok Isn’t Curation, It’s Authenticity: by Kerry Chaput @JaneFriedman
- Canadian University Presses in De Gruyter Distribution Partnership: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- Elsevier and Projekt DEAL: More Open Access in Germany: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- Italy’s Publishers Ask Rome to Raise Family Schoolbook Funding: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- Publishers Association Cheers the UK Rejoining Horizon Europe: @Porter_Anderson @PubPerspectives
- Deconstructing Chapter One: @HankPRyan
- How To Write A Fantastic Opening Sentence In Your Novel: @bang2write
- Music and Mood in Writing: by Casey Cooper @diymfa
- Writing: Threads of Meaning: @lindasclare
- Adapt or Die: Telling Stories about Change: @ElizabethHuergo @writerunboxed
- How to Use Meal Scenes to Develop Characters, Relationships, and Your World: by Lacey Pfalz
- How to Write Interesting Happy Scenes? 6 Tips: @kmweiland
- Are You Missing These Opportunities to Write a Better Story? @Janice_Hardy
- Stupidity as a Plot Device: by Marilynn Byerly
- What I Learned Cowriting A Novella: by Gareth L. Powell @SFWA
- 5 Ways Out of the Middle Malaise: @PaulaSMunier
- What is a Plot Point? Definition, Examples, and Industry Tips: @davechesson
- 3 Lessons Learned in a Class on Writing Essays: @SueBEdwards
- Writing: Feedback in Crit Groups: @lindasclare
- The Benefits of Joining a Writers Group: by Cynthia Hilston
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Thank you, Elizabeth, for sharing this list. You've offered many intriguing articles for us to check out. 😊
Thanks for coming by, Gwen!
That one article should be called five scary stories about AI doing all the work.
That’s for sure, ha!
There are always such helpful links here, Elizabeth! The ones I especially noticed this time are the ones about finding your target audience. That's always a dilemma for me. On the one hand, it is important to know who's most likely to read your books. On the other, there's a lot to be said for writing what's in your soul to write. I suppose, like anything else, it's a balance.
Very true, Margot! It’s very nice when those two things align. :)
Thanks for all the great links.
My pleasure, CS!
Thanks for sharing, Elizabeth!
My pleasure! Hope you have a great week!
Hi Elizabeth – Lit Links is offering us plenty of food for thought in various areas of creative writing … it's a great resource – thank you – Hilary
Thanks, Hilary!
Thanks for the share, Elizabeth. Much appreciation.
Nice post, Beem!
Great links, Elizabeth. Thanks for listing one of mine.
Great article, John!