by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- The Non-Traveling Travel Writer: @BNKennedy10 @womenonwriting
- Business Musings: Go Wide or Run Away or Amazon Fail: by Kristine Rusch
- What does a technical writer do? by Edwin L. Battistella
@OUPAcademic
- In France: Lyon BD Festival Opens its ‘Comic Season’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Beijing International Book Fair: A Four-Day Run This Week: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Barbara Kingsolver Wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Frankfurt Guest of Honor Slovenia: A ‘Honeycomb of Words’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- IPA’s Karine Pansa at Seoul International Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @IntPublishers
- Tarot Cards for Writing Inspiration: by Willow Croft @HorrorTree
- 365 Daily Writing Prompts to Transform Your Craft: @jordkanedits @nownovel
- 9 Books About Immigrants to the Middle East: @taniamalik @ElectricLit
- What Hemingway Means in the 21st Century: by David Barnes @lithub
- Unconventional Characters in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- 7 Babysitters Club Books that Changed My Life: @jchenwriter @ElectricLit
- Five SFF Stories Featuring Magical Paintings: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Jeffrey Siger’s Murder in Mykonos: @MargotKinberg
- 13 Novels That Reclaim the Stories of the Women of Greek Mythology: by Katie Bloomer @BookTrib
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Elizabeth Kent’s The House Opposite: a Mystery @MargotKinberg
- How My Lifelong Affair with Stamps influenced my Writing: @hollyswimsuit @WomenWriters
- Dentistry and Doubt: On Writing About Teeth: @JiananQian @The_Millions
- A Reader Is Not a Consumer of Books: @mollytempleton @tordotcom
- Letting the Story Go: Field Notes from a Brutal Time: by Janet Steen @lithub
- Would you benefit from napping? @pubcoach
- Journaling helped me slay imposter syndrome in disguise: by Sherilyn Anderson @seejavaciawrite
- Coming Into Fiction Publishing Right Now Is Confusing: @DeanWesleySmith
- From Nursing Home to Published Author: @tnewmanwrites @WomenWriters
- Why write fiction? @pubcoach
- Using Your Creative Mission to Discover Your Publishing Purpose: Creative Self-Publishing Podcast with Orna Ross and Howard Lovy: @IndieAuthorALLI
- 7 Writing Rules For Fiction: by Kate Foster @TheRyanLanz
- The Literary Lives of Mid-Century Nuns: @nickripatrazone @The_Millions
- Dave Eggers on Writing from the Subconscious: @lithub
- Identity Faking in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- What Makes Seattle Such a Good Setting for Thrillers? @Weissbourd @CrimeReads
- How to Create Suspense: by Charlene Bell Dietz @MandSMagazine
- Six Word Stories: How to Write the Shortest Story You’ll Never Forget: @joebunting @write_practice
- How to Turn a Short Story Into a Novel: @dkparsonswriter @SelfPubForm
- What is Flash Fiction? Definition and Examples: by Lisa Taylor @TheStoryEditor
- Scholarly Journals: Wiley in European Hematology Association Deal: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- ‘AI Voices’ in Audiobooks: Storytel in ElevenLabs Partnership: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Tracing the Evolution of Celebrity Memoirs, from Charles Lindbergh to Will Smith: by Landon Y. Jones @lithub
- In France, Vivendi’s Acquisition of Lagardère Approved: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany’s ContentShift Announces Its 2023 Top 10 Start-Ups: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- China Bestsellers in April: When Touring Still Counts: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany Rolls Out Its KulturPass for 18-Year-Olds: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- European Publishers Welcome Parliament’s ‘AI Act’ Draft Approval: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Rights Roundup: Mind Your Metadata: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Rights Edition: Kamran Sardar Khan on Books and Screens: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Rights Edition: Liber Madrid Invites 624 Buyers from 63 Countries: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Literary Agent Interview: Karly Dizon Interview and Query Critique Giveaway: @NatalieIAguirre
- Try not to switch POVs midstream in a query (query critique): @NathanBransford
- Index in a Book: How to Write and Format an Index: @DaveChesson
- Acknowledgments Page: How to Format This Often Overlooked Element: @DaveChesson
- The Sum of Too Many Fears: Star Trek’s Changelings: @dancinghorse @tordotcom
- 5 Bits Of Writing Advice From Arthur Hailey: by Alex J. Coyne @Writers_Write
- 7 Story Archetypes: What They Are and How to Use Them: @sleclercauthor @TheStoryEditor
- Passive Voice vs Active Voice: by Heather Wood @TheStoryEditor
- How to Write a Training Sequence: by Chris Winkle
- The AI-Assisted Artisan Author: @thecreativepenn
- Cutting the DULL from Your Scenes: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors
- A. A. Dhand on Writing a Page-Turner: @thenovelry
- How To Make Any Story Creepy Using The Uncanny: by Oliver Fox @Writers_Write
- How to use dialogue snippets as a narrative tool: @LouiseHarnby
- How to Find and Choose the Best Images for Your Project: by Virginia Seymour @JSTOR
- Using ChatGPT for Book Research? Take Exceeding Care: @susanne_dunlap @JaneFriedman
- Editing a Book: Steps and Process: by Polly Watt @TheStoryEditor
- A Few Quick Editing Tips: @MorganHzlwood
- What I Learned Revising My First Novel After Publication: by Lisa Harding @lithub
As always, Elizabeth, these are really helpful links. The one that got my attention this time is the one about writing rituals. I've found that writing and working out have a few things in common. One is that you're much more likely to be focused if you do the rituals associated with them (Open your WIP document, pour that cup of whatever-you-prefer, etc..). Just following those rituals gets your brain in gear, so to speak, so you can focus on writing.
So very true, Margot! I’ve got rituals for both and they help prompt me to both exercise and write each morning.