by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Why Indie Writers Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Reach Out to the Big Names: @NoahKSturdevant @sfwa
- How to Create a Book Business Concept Map: @hanque99
- PEN America cancels awards ceremony after controversy over Gaza: @sophiah_n @WashingtonPost
- At Sharjah’s Booksellers Conference: The ‘PublisHer Lounge’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Bogotá Fair’s Adriana Ángel: ‘Job of My Dreams’: By Adam Critchley @pubperspectives
- The UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Names a 2024 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Beijing Book Fair Expects 70 Nations’ Engagement in June: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Don’t Forget These 7 Unusual Must-Pack Items for Your Next Writing Conference: by Lori Hatcher @EdieMelson
- Isabella Hammad Wins the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The UK’s Ondaatje Prize Announces Its 2024 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Sharjah’s Bookseller’s Conference: ‘Ecosystem Stakeholders’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Jailed Palestinian Basim Khandaqji Wins Arabic Fiction Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- PublisHer Signs Visa as Sponsor of Its New Lounge: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award To Honor Spain’s Casa Árabe: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- PEN America Cancels 2024 World Voices Festival: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Sharjah’s Third Booksellers Conference: ‘Acumen and Dynamism’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Fairy Tales Have Always Been Dark – Really Dark: by Samantha Larsen @crimereads
- 7 Novels Inspired by South Asian Mythology and Folklore: @AmandaJayatissa @electriclit
- Why Do Former Lawyers So Often Turn to Writing? @SuzieMillerWrtr @crimereads
- Five SFF Books About Healers and Medicine: @JamesDNicoll @reactormag
- Four Books Juxtaposing the Beauty and Ugliness of Ballet: by Tammy Greenwood @crimereads
- 7 Books That Celebrate the Healing Magic of Birds: @sarah_grossman @electriclit
- 6 Books That Draw Inspiration from Folk Tales: @AmandaJayatissa @crimereads
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Mark Wrightman’s Waking the Tiger: @margotkinberg
- 7 Magical Realism Stories from the American South: by Bradley Sides @electriclit
- How to Fix Your Ornithopter: The Unlikely Publishing History of Dune: @GeekArtZentner @SFWA
- 8 Essential Pieces of Women’s Fiction From Authors of Color: @WF_WRITERS @booktrib
- Use Translation to Help Writer’s Block: by Phil Jamesis
- Writer’s Block-Busters. 7 Hacks to Get Past Your Writer’s Block: @RuthHarrisBooks
- Writing to the point of pain: @pubcoach
- Finding a Writing Life of One’s Own: @SeemaReza @lithub
- 12 Helpful Life Hacks For Writers: @EdieMelson
- Finding our true voices and where we belong – novelist and coach Heather Marshall: @Roz_Morris
- What kind of planner are you? @AnneJanzer
- ”Useless” Writing Reminders: from Fix Your Writing Habits
- 3 Things to Do Immediately After Losing a Writing Job: @MegDowell
- Tools for Thinking About Censorship: @Ada_Palmer @reactormag
- Writing & Parenting: How To Write Through The Chaos: by Shell Sherwood
- The Third Person: Writing in the Aftermath of a Home Robbery: by Kate Sidley @crimereads
- Who Are You Writing For? by Christopher Slater
- Resetting After Writing A Book: @KMAllan_writer
- Expand Your Writing Practice With Book Reviews: @goss_erica
- Why Pinterest May Be The Greatest Website For Writers: @teaganberry
- Yes, you can just write: @danblank @wegrowmedia
- 4 Mistakes That Keep You From Being More Productive: by Destine Williams
- The Difficulty With Being Challenging as a Writer: @VaughnRoycroft @writerunboxed
- Want to Write Better? Consider Building Your Own Writing Desk: @_devinmurphy @lithub
- What Writing System Works? by Jodi M. Webb
- Changing Sudden Crisis into Sudden Stories: @comoed @womenwriters
- Stop writing yourself dry: @pubcoach
- Writer’s Bingo: by Rachel Dempsey @rmfa
- How Listening Makes Us Better Writers: @DiAnnMills @EdieMelson
- What Am I Supposed to Write? @katy239
- It’s Not “Just Journaling”: Benefits for Writers: @LisaTener
- What turns a Fantasy novel into a bestseller? @jdlasica
- The Pirate’s Guide to Writing Fantasy: @MBarker_190 @onestop4writers
- Can Stories With Magic Be Realistic? by Oren Ashkenazi
- Exiles as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Hooked on Mysteries with Quirky Characters and Curious Careers: @gerrilewis @crimereads
- Lawyer-Client Relationships as Elements in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Warnings, Both Well-Intentioned and Threatening, as Elements in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- 90 Years of Orient Express: @dannmcd @crimereads
- On the Freedoms and Horrors of Creating a Fictional Setting For Your Murder Mystery: by Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson @crimereads
- How Medical Phenomena Can Be Used in Crime Fiction: @ebarkerwhite @crimereads
- Different types of fictional murder set-ups: @margotkinberg
- The Ethics of Writing Fiction Based on Real Crimes: @kenyon_isabelle @womenwriters
- Great Tips I Wish I Knew Before Writing My First YA Novel: @JaireSims @TheIWSG
- How to Create Adult Characters in Young Adult Fiction: @lorrainezago @womenwriters
- Why You Must Update Your Author Platform: @colleen_m_story
- Author Platform Follows the Work: @mirellastoyanova @janefriedman
- The Power of Books: Isobel Abulhoul on Engaging Young Readers: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
- The Complete Guide to Amazon KDP: @Nicholas_Rossis
- Richard Charkin in London: An A to Z of Publishing, Again: @RCharkin @pubperspectives
- PEN America Cancels Its Awards Ceremony Amid Gaza Crisis: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- EU to Exclude Book Industry from Late Payment Regulations: @porter_anderson @pubperspectives wkb64
- Italy: AIE Supports Antonio Scurati in Liberation Day Controversy: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Publishers must seize the opportunity to play a more active role in book-to-film adaptations: @arpitayodapress @pubperspectives
- French- and English-Language Canadians Protest Copyright Inaction: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Book Ads on French TV? Publishers Differ With Their Government: @duperico @pubperspectives
- China Bestsellers: February’s Bid for Good Relationships: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Abu Dhabi’s Congress: Arabic’s ‘Rightful Place’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany: 2024 Freedom of Expression Week Opens Friday: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Rehana Mughal on Public Policy That Supports Creative Industries: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
- Frankfurt Joins European Network for Youth Reading Events: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- At Abu Dhabi Book Fair: Diwan’s New Naguib Mahfouz Book Covers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- From Writer to Published Author: Exploring the Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing: @bookgal
- Don’t Make These 10 Self-Publishing Mistakes: @skolbwilliams @onestop4writers
- Personality Disorders You Can Inflict On Your Characters – Paranoid Personality Disorder: by Elaine Dodge @writers_write
- 5 Tips to Create a Deep Character Voice: by Hope Ann
- How to Write Unlikeable Characters Your Readers Will Love: by Lauren North @women_writers
- Character Type & Trope Thesaurus: Newcomer: @beccapuglisi @onestop4writers
- The Heart of Goal-Motivation-Conflict: by Laurie Schnebly Campbell
- 6 Ways to Make Writing Fight Scenes Less Traumatic: by Kathryn from The Fake Redhead
- Finishing the First Draft: Words of Wisdom: by Dale Ivan Smith @killzoneauthors
- Concluding each stage of the writing process: @writingandsuch
- Always Rooting for the Antihero: How Three TV Shows Have Defined 21st-Century America: @michikokakutani @lithub
- The figurative language of Shelby Van Pelt: @pubcoach
- Anatomy of a Fall Beat Sheet Analysis: by Shari Simpson @savethecat
- Five A.I. Characters I’d Be Proud to Call My Friend: by Lorna Wallace @reactormag
- Writing Insights from The Twilight Zone: @DIYMFA
- The Enduring Lessons to be Found in a Jane Austen Novel: @melodie_edward @womenwriters
- Setting Up a Sequel for Readers Who Haven’t Read Book One: by Dave King @writerunboxed
- Writing: The Shape of Essay: @lindasclare
- Beguile Your Readers with Tension, Suspense, and Conflict: by Lynette M. Burrows
- Three Kinds of Story Fuel: Goal, Desire, and Search: by Barbara Linn Probst @writerunboxed
- When—and Why—Reveals Don’t Work: @foxprinted @JaneFriedman
- The Dos and Don’ts of Crafting an Ensemble Cast: @vera_kurian @crimereads
- “Just Right” Emotional Appeal: by Kristin Hacken South
- How I Defeated the Poetry That Derailed My Novella: by Chris Winkle
- Crafting Compelling Stories: A Hollywood Formula for Success: @ZenaDellLowe @EdieMelson
- Timeless Writing Advice: @jamesscottbell
- Use Fiction Techniques to Make Your Nonfiction Great: @EdieMelson
- What Are the Five Text Structures? Text Structure Explained: @themaltesetiger
- How to Write Stakes that Aren’t Life vs. Death: @SeptCFawkes
- Writing Multi-Generational Family Dynamics: by Anna A. Armstrong
- Story Questions: The Secret to Narrative Thrust: @PaulaSMunier @careerauthors
- Why Characters Get Out of Hand and Understanding Them Better: by Destine Williams
- Characters can just know things: @nathanbransford
- 5 Ways to Stretch Your Word Count: by Michael Cristiano
- Dynamic vs Static Characters – Your Fiction Needs Them Both: @livewritethrive
- A Pomegranate Method of Writing a Story: @KMazeauthor
- Writing Your Key Sentence: @lindasclare
- How to Write an Irresistible Love Triangle: by Whitney Carter
- Mindset — How To Connect with Readers: @SueColetta1 @storyempire
- What Makes a Good Action Scene? @authorterryo
- A Writer’s Themes: Why and How Do They Keep Returning? @thejonlindstrom @crimereads
- You Want Me to Change THAT? How to Receive Constructive Criticism: @katiemccoach
- The Rules of Story Critique, According to Fanragers: by Oren Ashkenazi
As always, this is a great collection of links, Elizabeth. One of the links that got my attention was the one about setting up a sequel for readers who haven't read the first novel. It got me thinking, as I'm starting to write the second novel in one of my series. It's important to welcome new readers, but also welcome back people who did read the first novel – a tricky balance.
It’s definitely tricky! We don’t want to confuse new readers, but don’t want to bore the old ones.
Huge list this week!
It is!