by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Happy holidays, everyone! I’ll be back here on Sunday, Jan. 5. :)
- Five Works About Surviving Helpful or Indifferent Aliens: by James D Nicoll
- The Many Alt-Histories of World War II: by Jeremy Zentner from SFWA
- Applying “Just Do It!” to the Writing Life: by Crystal Bowman
- The Pain of Writing: by Erik Bork
- Writing Past Discouragement: by James Scott Bell
- Five Fears of Writers (and How to Defeat Them): by Michelle Barker
- How I’d Rewrite My Already Published Book: by Shannon A. Thompson
- 5 Myths About Tarot That Storytellers Should Know: by Kris Waldherr
- Why you shouldn’t pull all-nighters: by Daphne Gray-Grant
- Mysteries: When the Sleuth Keeps Information to Themselves:
- Disney Films With Characteristics of Crime Stories: @mkinberg.bsky.social
- “Love Bombing” as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg.bsky.social
- Writing the Author’s Note for a Novel: by Jennie Liu @janefriedman.com
- AI-Voiced Audiobooks: New Guidance for Consumer Labeling: by Porter Anderson
- Writing what you don’t know: how to choose the right career for your characters: by Helena Fairfax
- Character Development: 7 Tips to Utilizing Basic Skills That Might Not Be Basic: by Charles Yallowitz
- Five Common Mistakes That Put Your Heroes in the Wrong: by Oren Ashkenazi
- Can My Hero Inherit Skills? by Oren Ashkenazi
- An Introduction To Kishōtenketsu, Contrast Over Conflict: from Bang 2 Write blog
- Jamie Oliver & How To Write Inclusivity Correctly: by Elaine Dodge
- How to Find the Most Telling Details: by Jessica Strawser
- 4 Tactics to Elevate the Suspense in Any Story: by Savannah Cordova @https://buff.ly/3OXODHK
- How Many Words in a Chapter? Tips: by Shane Millar
Thanks, Elizabeth, for gathering these links. I especially noticed the one about using reader magnets to get more newsletter subscribers. I have thought so often about doing a newsletter, but honestly, my struggle is finding interesting things to put in it – or at least, things readers might find interesting. I'm still working on that idea…
It’s not as time-intensive as you might think, once you create a template. I just send it when I have a release and include what I’m reading and watching, a quick recipe, and a backlist of my books.