by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- What Are the Economics of Editing? by Oren Ashkenazi
- A Freelance Writer’s Best Tool: Interviewing Skills: @LindaGilden @EdieMelson
- Italy Prepares To Be Guest of Honor at Warsaw’s Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Thessaloniki’s 2024 Book Fair Closes With 85,000 Attendees: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- V. V. Ganeshananthan Wins the $150,000 Carol Shields Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Frankfurter Buchmesse Is Building a ‘Frankfurt Connect’ Platform: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @book_fair
- How well do you know fantasy literature? @OUPLibraries
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Persia Walker’s Goodfellowe House: @margotkinberg
- 7 Books About Characters With Psychic Abilities: @katyaapekina @electriclit
- 6 Spooky and Fantastical Missing-Persons Tales: @mimi_albert @crimereads
- 7 Novels About African Women in All Their Complexities: @louisaonome_ @electriclit
- Reading Your Way Into the Deeper Mysteries of Cults: @kbirdwrites @crimereads
- 8 Irish Writers to Read Before You Die: @AnnieCosby
- 37 Days of Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: @cockeyedcaravan
- When Can You Call Yourself a Writer? @jamesscottbell
- Dealing With Change And How To Build Resilience As An Author With Becca Syme: @thecreativepenn
- It’s the Age of AI: How to Survive and Thrive as a Writer: @AcuityTraining @annerallen
- A writer’s relationship to mistakes: @KelseyAllagood @writerunboxed
- Sleep: Embracing Your Inner Koala: @Kdibianca
- Three Questions You Need to Answer as a Children’s Book Writer: @MiraPtacin @lithub
- Don’t forget to celebrate: @nathanbransford
- Honor and preserve what you create: @danblank @wegrowmedia
- Why I start with the easy stuff first: @pubcoach
- The Secret Schedules of Great Authors: @AndreaWriterlea
- Colleen Hoover Is a Wildly Successful Author. Why Did She Stop Writing? @lrnlrsn @TexasMonthly
- Charting Your Course: Navigating the Writing Process Like a Pro: @TheLeighShulman
- How Changing Your Environment Helps You Develop New Writing Habits: @ninaamir
- The Opposite of a Practice: @spressfield
- Reflection as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Lisa Gardner: 10 Lessons I Learned in 30 Years of Writing Suspense: @LisaGardnerBks @crimereads
- Four-legged Detectives: Bringing K-9s to Life in Fiction: @KatK9writer
- Striking Out to Seek Your Fortune as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Unreliable Narrators in Suspense: @MandSMagazine
- The Amazing New WordPress Comments Box: What It Does: @HughRoberts05
- Write Blog Posts Readers Read: @PatriciaDurgin
- An Idaho Public Library Will Become Adults-Only July 1, 2024: by Kelly Jensen @bookriot
- When Is a Small Press a Good Fit? by Clara Ward @nanowrimo
- Republic of Georgia: Publishing Industry Criticizes ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- European Council: The New ‘AI Act’ Gets Final Approval: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Bonnier Books UK Joins Spotify’s Audiobooks Premium Offer: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Accessibility: Italy-Based Fondazione LIA Hits Its 10th Anniversary: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- BookNet Canada’s Consumer Survey: Rising Book Prices: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- University of Hong Kong’s CERC Has a Partnership With Routledge: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Russian Attack Hits Ukraine’s Factor-Druk Printing House: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Europe’s Publishers: Anger, Solidarity After Kharkiv Attack: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Five Popular Stories With Wasted Potential: by Oren Ashkenazi
- Barbie Very Definitely Has An Arc. Here’s Why: @bang2write
- 37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 13: The Taming of the Shrew: @cockeyedcaravan
- Five Works That Demonstrate Why Portal Networks Remain an SF: @jamesdnicoll @reactormag
- Pets in Fiction: @killzoneauthors
- An Introduction to Writing to Trend: A Five-Step Guide: @indieauthoralli
- The Happenings of a Pre-Write: The Good and the Bad: by Samantha Fenton
- What to Do When a Book Doesn’t Work:
- How to structure your novel: @AuthorsAi
- How (and How Not) to Advocate via Fiction: by Tracy Hahn-Burkett @writerunboxed
- How Can We Avoid Readers’ Deja Vu in a Series? @jamigold
- Writing for Your Readers: @lindasclare
- Don’t Kill Your Darlings: @PhilAthans
- Wrangling the Uncertain: On Inviting Surprise Into Your Writing: @BOOKofBJB @lithub
- How to Reuse Story Material: @AndreaWriterlea
- What To Do With a Messy Manuscript (Revision): @lisatener
- Tips for Self-Editing Your Novel: @AuthorMarilene
- How To Accurately Describe Pain In Writing: @hayatheauthor
- How to Craft an Immersive Setting: @aimiekrunyan @careerauthors
Great list as always.
Thanks, Alex!
Thanks, Elizabeth, for putting these links together; there are always so many useful ones here! I liked the one about avoiding 'talking heads' in a story. I think it's easy to fall into traps like that because it can be more challenging to create a fleshed-out scene. And that's the kind of thing you pick up after you read the second (or third, or…) of a book!
An excellent reminder, Margot!