by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Sorry about the lack of LitLinks last week–we were caught up in Hurricane Helene in Western NC. I’ve evacuated to my mom’s house until utilities are back up (at least some of them). Thankful to have made it through the storm safely and with no property damage. :)
- Writing: Who Are Your Readers? @lindasclare
- 6 Hidden Benefits of Creating a Book Proposal: by Anne Dubuisson and Jon McGoran @janefriedman
- Writing to Market: @Virgilante @storyempire
- Author Mindset Tips And Publishing In Germany With AD Wilk: @thecreativepenn
- London’s British Academy Book Prize: The 2024 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The UK’s £50,000 Wolfson Prize Names a 2024 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Canada’s Cundill History Prize Names Its 2024 Finalists: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- How Inner Peace Invites Creativity: @SueColetta1 @storyempire
- 25 Fall Writing Prompts: @BrynDonovan
- 82 Character Ideas To Spark Your Creativity: by Lisa Taylor
- 3 Short Story Writers on the Stories That They Reread Again and Again: by Brandon J. Choi @lithub @literaryhub
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: D.V. Bishop’s Ritual of Fire: @margotkinberg
- 15 Authors Who Started As Librarians: by Deirdre Sugiuchi @electriclit @electricliterature
- Five Thorny Retellings That Offer a Twist on “Beauty and the Beast”: by Rachel Ayers @literaryreactor @reactormag
- 5 Speculative and Science Fiction Novels to Lose Your Body In: by Ben Berman Ghan @booktrib
- Reading Words of Wisdom: by Dale Ivan Smith @killzoneauthors
- Five Works About Extended Trips and Unexpected Delays: @jamesdnicoll @literaryreactor @reactormag
- 7 Literary Villains and a Group of Malevolent Nuns: by Minrose Gwin @electriclit @electricliterature
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Gabriel Bergmoser’s The Caretaker: @margotkinberg
- In The Spotlight: Claire Baylis’ Dice: @margotkinberg
- Gothic Fiction with a Twist: by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore @crimereads
- 9 Books Set in the Countryside: by Siân Hughes @electriclit @electricliterature
- 9 Books About Life-Changing Encounters With Nature: by Julie Heffernan @electricliterature @electriclit
- 8 Books About Youthful Mistakes That Come Back to Haunt You: @electriclit @electricliterature
- Crafting Your Writing Success Route: Mastering Focus for Unstoppable Goals: @TheLeighShulman
- Create Your Habit Recipe: @WriteNowCoach
- Living the Author Life: @diymfa
- Reflections on writing with Frances Peck: @pubcoach
- The Price of the Artist’s Journey: @spressfield
- The Power of Batch Producing Content: @seejavaciawrite
- Understand Your Writing Process for Better Results: by Lynette M. Burrows
- What Makes a Successful Creative Life? @foxprinted
- The pros and cons of dating a writer: by James Folta @lithub @literaryhub
- How to Treat Your Inner Writer: by Melanie Mole
- Should You Abandon Your Novel? @jamesscottbell
- Why You Lose Motivation After You Take Action: @WritersCoach
- How to do unpleasant tasks well: @jbernoff
- Writers: how to stop sabotaging your rest ethic: @pubcoach
- Reflections on writing with Laura Petrecca: @pubcoach wkb31
- What Writers Should Know: Self-Care: @dlfinnauthor @storyempire
- Writing With Alert Watchfulness: @jamesscottbell
- Five Ways to Start Fresh: @WriteNowCoach
- How an Amateur Writer Becomes an Expert: @MegDowell
- How Our Diet and Culinary Heritage Informs the Way We Speak: by Iheoma Nwachukwu @lithub @literaryhub
- The Home-team Disadvantage for Writers: @foxprinted
- Can a Gendered Magic System Be Affirming? by
Oren Ashkenazi - How to Write Dark Fantasy: A Guide for New Authors: @davechesson
- Writing Horror And Selling Direct With David Viergutz: @thecreativepenn
- The Surprising Benefits of Scary Stories–with Helpful Tips for Writing Them: by Beth Castrodale @colleen_m_story
- Gas Stations as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Escaping the Past as an Element of Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Adjusting to Life After Prison as an Element in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- Television and Internet personalities as Elements of Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- British Columbia as a Setting in Crime Fiction: @margotkinberg
- What is a Screwball Thriller? by Sandra A. Block @crimereads
- Using Social Media to Market Your Book: by Maggie Smith @rmfw
- Social Media is Not Just for Marketing- A plethora of networking opportunities: by Joy York @storyempire
- US Banned Books Week: PRH’s ‘Banned Wagon’ Rides Again: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Censorship: PEN America Sees US Book Bannings Triple: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Poland: ‘Best Year in a Decade’ in Reading Rates: by Jaroslaw Adamowski @pubperspectives
- IFRRO Calls on Ottawa To Make Copyright Reform: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Writing Tips: Nailing The Start Of Your Story: @KMAllan_writer
- First words: famous first lines: by Roberta Cheadle @storyempire
- Enrich the Story You’re Writing with a Character’s Psychological Issues: @DiAnnMills
- How to Build Your Characters in Six Easy Steps: by Nat Leblanc
- The Lover Archetype: Definition, Examples, and Tips: by Linda O’Donnell
- How I Develop My Characters: by Susie Black @womenwriters
- Character Driven = Driven Character: by Donald Maass @writerunboxed
- The art of seamless backstory: avoiding the dreaded info dump in your writing: @HelenaFairfax
- 4 Tips To Master Backstory In Deep Point Of View: by Lisa Hall-Wilson
- Game Writing with Text Adventure Games: by Misha Grifka Wander @sfwa
- The Importance of Interiority in Novels and Memoirs: by Mary Kole @janefriedman
- Richly layered storytelling: @VaughnRoycroft @writerunboxed
- Five Clever Solutions That Aren’t Really Clever: by Oren Ashkenazi
- What Makes a Reader and Character Connect? @TheRyanLanz
- On Prologues and Epilogues: by Abigail Owen @womenwriters
- Introduction to Game Writing and Playtesting: by John Dale Beety @sfwa
- Writing: Watch Your Sentences: @lindasclare
- What Were You Thinking? Compelling Ways To Show Thoughts: @LauraDrakeBooks
- Writing: Your Story’s Shape: @lindasclare
- How to Plot a Novel: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writers: @davechesson
- The Missing Link in Three-Act Structure: @LisaPoisso
- How to use semicolons without trying too hard to be cool: @NathanielTower
- A Writer Looks at This Crazy Language Called English: @AneMulligan @ediemelson
- Setting as Character: Bringing Your Place to Life: by Ann Garvin @careerauthors
- Suspenseful Settings in Novels: by Renee Roberson @finishedpages
- Using Tropes: The Good, the Bad, and the Amazing OR How To Upcycle Tropes and Keep Them Fresh: @beccapuglisi @theiwsg
- A Trope with a Twist: @CarriePadgett
- The Power of Power Words To Connect Writers with Readers: @SarahSallyHamer @ediemelson
- 200+ Negative Adjectives to Use in Fiction: by Linda O’Donnell
So much useful information here as always, Elizabeth. Several of these posts explore balance for the writer, and I think that so important. Balancing taking care of yourself with writing (and other obligations), and balancing writing with editing, are so important. We all juggle it differently, but we all have to…
Balance is tricky, but so important.