by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- How do readers discover books? What every author needs to know: @sandrabeckwith
- A Look at Literary Executors: @worddreams @storyempire
- Free Small Business Book Publishing 102 – Webinar: @DancingLemurPre
- Writing: Should Writers Chase Trends? @lindasclare
- Publisher Paul Coates Wins the US 2024 Literarian Award: @Porter_Anderson @Pubperspectives
- UK: The £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize’s 2024 Longlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Iceland: Salman Rushdie Wins Halldór Laxness Literary Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Jake Lamar’s Viper’s Dream: @margotkinberg
- 5 Thrillers with Life-or-Death Challenges: by Catherine Steadman @crimereads
- When It’s Time To Change Your Reading Habits: by Molly Templeton @reactormag @literaryreactor
- Six Mysteries About Female Friendships Gone Wrong: by
Maggie Auffarth @crimereads - Where to start with reading James Baldwin: by Tom Jenks @guardianbooks
- 7 Funny Books That Will Make You Laugh and Then Cry: by Kat Tang @electricliterature @electriclit
- 8 Classic Retellings for Crime Fiction Fans: by Erica Wright @crimereads
- Do Deadlines Help Your Writing? by Debbie Burke @killzoneauthors
- How to Beat Your Writing Fears and Grow in Courage as an Author: @AliVentures @EdieMelson
- 6 Ways to Limit Distractions: by Ellen Buikema
- Writers on Not Writing: Gibson Fay-LeBlanc and Taryn Bowe: @MastersReview
- Is AI Going to Change the Way We Speak? @getfreewrite
- Information about the IWSG group for writers: @theiwsg
- When a Writer is Exhausted by Social Media Try These 7 Things: @EdieMelson
- Self-Censoring–Writers, Be Aware: @StephenGeez @storyempire
- Reflections on writing with Nate Birt: @pubcoach
- Accountability Can Be a Writer’s Best Tool: by Dr. Diana Stout
- Richard Charkin in France: What’s in a Name? @rcharkin @pubperspectives
- NYU Advanced Publishing Institute Previews Its 2025 Program: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
- Internet Archive Takes Another Blow in Court on Copyright: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Emirati Women’s Day: PublisHer and Visa Present ‘She’s Next’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Frankfurt Rights Meeting Opens: Newly Added Speakers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- In Brazil: IPA Signs Agreement for Ibero-American Reading and Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- How to Turn Your Muppet-Like Villain Into Something Believable: @ForsbergJillian @writerunboxed
- Letting Readers Get to Know Your Villain: by Oren Ashkenazi
- Transforming Your Characters: @beemweeks @storyempire
- 9 Tips for Writing Deep and Interesting Characters: by Ana Obradović
- Deepening Character with Gesture: @shutta @floridawriters1
- The Creator Archetype: Definition and Examples: by Robinette Waterson
- The Sage Archetype: Definition and Writing Tips: by Shane Miller
- Using Your Setting to Characterize: @beccapuglisi
- How to Write a Story Retelling: by Hannah Kate Kelley @janefriedman
- The Goal is to Have Motivated Characters: by S.E. White
- 7 Tips to Make Your Antihero Stand Out: @beccapuglisi
- Avoiding writing and editing disasters: by Josh Bernoff
- Tips for Making Stories Stand Out: from Mythcreants
- Exposition in a Story: How to Use and Examples: by Polly Watt @TheStoryEditor
- What Is A Foil Character? Definitions and Examples: by Robinette Waterson @TheStoryEditor
- 4 Ways to Avoid a Saggy Middle in Your Novel: by Sandy Vaile
- Designing for Reader Experience: by Cathy Yardley
- Writing: Try Retro Revision: @lindasclare
- Trusting the Writing Process When You Must Kill Your Darlings: @authorsat
Thanks, Elizabeth, for the great links. Wouldn't you know that the first one was the one that caught my eye. Readers find books in several different ways, and I think it's important to find out how the readers we target find books. There are differences by genre and subgenre, by demographic, and so on. Yet one more thing to keep track of…
There’s always something to keep track of, isn’t there?
Kill Zone Authors – I need to check out that group.
It’s a great one! Especially for mystery writers.