by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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First up, an apology from me! Apparently, having work done on my site while I’m traveling is not a good combination, ha. I’m sorry last week’s links didn’t publish last Sunday, and for the various assorted chaos for subscribers as the site work triggered empty emails. I think we’re back on track now (fingers crossed!) You’ll see links from last week first and then links from the previous week next. Thanks, everyone!
- Business Musings: Amazon: Year in Review: by Kristine Rusch
- Cover Plagiarism, Registering Copyrights for ARCs, Character Backstories, and More Questions Answered: @MichaelLaRonn @sacha_black @IndieAuthorALLI
- Can I Use IngramSpark and KDP Together? @IndieAuthorALLI
- Why Indie Authors Should Publish Gift Books: @IndieAuthorALLI
- Rapid Releasing a Series: @DancingLemurPre
- Self-publishing News: UK Government Cancels Plan to Allow Copyright Exception for Text and Data Mining: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
- Is an Editor Worth the Money? @FoxPrintEd @JaneFriedman
- Business Musings: Advertising: 2022 in Review: by Kristine Rusch
- How to Earn Consistent Income as a Freelance Writer: @quiettypeblog
- Taipei International Book Exhibition: 505,000 Attendees in Six Days: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- German Book Prize Names Its 2023 Jury, Opens Submissions: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- England’s Women’s Prize Adds a Nonfiction Award: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Scholarly Wins: AAP Names Its PROSE Category Honors: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Society of Authors: 2023 Translation Prize Winners: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Why I Started a Home Lending Library: by @ColeRush1 @tordotcom
- Starting an In-Person Book Club: @AventurasEnEsl @scbwi
- Creating Dual Timelines and Five Novels That Do It Well: @WendyTyson @CrimeReads
- 5 Recently Completed SFF Series: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Cath Staincliffe’s Blue Murder: @MargotKinberg
- Five Stories About Embracing Found Family: @ColeRush1 @tordotcom
- 5 Fantasy Cafes I’d Love To Visit: by @ColeRush1 @tordotcom
- 7 Books That Celebrate Underappreciated Crafts: @AanchalMalhotra @ElectricLit
- How to get back into writing after a break: @pubcoach
- The Four Horsemen of Writing: Perfectionism: @cyallowitz
- Writing Your Heart Out: @Lindasclare
- Why do you write? @DanBlank @WeGrowMedia
- How Your Excuses Block You from Writing and Publishing Successfully: @NinaAmir
- 6 Inspiring Writing Tips from Professional Authors: @RuthHarrisBooks
- The Four Horsemen of Writing: Negativity: @cyallowitz
- What Separates a Good Writer from a Great Writer? @EldredBird
- If William Shakespeare Were Rejected: @minalmanchester @ElectricLit
- Characters ignoring warnings as elements in crime fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Crime Writing: Facts About Fentanyl – One Pill Can Kill: @LeeLofland
- Romance Writing Trends for 2023: @TammyLoughBooks
@DIYMFA - How to Write a Character Falling Out of Love: by Kris Noel
- Another Diversity: @Porter_Anderson @WriterUnboxed
- Low Content Book Templates: Top 8 Places to Get Them: @StoryHobbit
- Laurie McLean’s Crystal Ball: Publishing Predictions for 2023: @AgentSavant @annerallen
- China’s Book Sales in 2022: An 11.77-Percent Decline: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- NPD BookScan Sees 2023 US Book Market ‘Off to a Solid Start’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Naomi Bacon on Book Marketing Strategies for Taipei Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Elsevier Announces a Transformative Agreement with Tulane: @porter_anderson @pubperspectives
- Salone di Torino Reports High Rights Fellowship Interest: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Rights Roundup: Seeds of Peace: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Germany-Based Bookwire Names Videl Bar-Kar To Lead Audio: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Writing How-To: Put Ground Under Their Feet: @LynetteMBurrows
- Finding the Secret Door Into Your Novel: @finejuli @CatapultStory
- Organizing Characters With a Character Cheat Sheet: from Not So Classically Trained Writer
- 8 Ways to Improve Your Writing: @bucketsiler
- The Subplot: by Marilynn Byerly
- A Simple Guide On Tone For Authors: @StuartConover @HorrorTree
- 3 Critical Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Draft (or Revise!) a Novel: @manzanitafire @JaneFriedman
- How To Use Point Of View In Writing (Examples Of 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th): @StuartConover @HorrorTree
- How Many POVs Should I Have in My Ensemble Story? by Chris Winkle
- How to Build a Better Outline For Your Novel: @davidfarland
- The “Plotter vs. Pantser” Writing Divide Has Been Exaggerated: @Ada_Palmer @tordotcom
- Editing Your First Draft, 6 Things to Focus On: @Livy_Fisher @DIYMFA
- Five Plot Questions for Revising Your Manuscript: by Oren Ashkenazi
- When Should I Start Editing? @JeanettetheWrtr @DIYMFA
Links shared from Jan. 29 through Feb. 4, 2023:
- Before You Hire a Developmental Editor: What You Need to Know: @sangeeta_editor @JaneFriedman
- How to prepare an annual writing plan: @pubcoach
- Self-publishing News: Journalism in the News as Authors Guild Backs Google Antitrust Suit and Substack Increases Its Offering: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
- Bologna Children’s Book Fair: 2023 Ragazzi Awards Winners: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award Translation Program Returns for 2023: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Taipei International Book Exhibition Opens Its 31st Edition: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Villa Albertine Translation Prizes: Sorrente, Green, Meziane, Adjemian: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- London Book Fair Names Main Stage Speakers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- England’s Rathbones Folio Prize Names Its 2023 Shortlists: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- At Cairo International Book Fair: Armfuls of Books: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
- The Perfect Poetry Collection for Beginners: @LittleInfinite
- Winter Is for Rereading: @mollytempleton @tordotcom
- Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Hideo Yokoyama’s Six Four: @MargotKinberg
- 50k is Overrated: NaNoWriMo from a Disabled Author’s Perspective: @adashofseaglass @NaNoWriMo
- What Does “Done” Mean? @bookendslit
- Easy reading is hard writing – why hard writing is worth it and how to do it: @Roz_Morris
- This Is Your Permission To Write Offensive Things: @helpfulsnowman
- Involving Your Family in Your Writing: by Mia Barnes @colleen_m_story
- New Year’s Resolutions for Writers That Aren’t About Writing: @eblackwellbooks @CatapultStory
- 8+ Ways To Speed Up Your Computer: @WordDreams
- How To (Finally) Finish Your Book: @Roz_Morris @thecreativepenn
- Back-up and Image Your Computer: @WordDreams
- When to Give Up on a Book Project–and How to Tell: @writeabook
- How to Be a Writer When You’re Highly Sensitive to Rejection: @AxliWrites @CatapultStory
- How Fantasy Roleplaying Made Me a Better Writer: by Destiny Soria @tordotcom
- How to get back into writing after a break: @pubcoach
- The Four Horsemen of Writing: Perfectionism: @cyallowitz
- Writing Your Heart Out: @Lindasclare
- Unwritten Rules of Etiquette in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Characters ignoring warnings as elements in crime fiction: @MargotKinberg
- 10 Reasons You Want a Blog in Your Book Marketing Plan: @NinaAmir
- Housekeeping Tasks for Your Blog: @HughRoberts05
- How to Get Your Book on TikTok: @cec_beard @CatapultStory
- Authors on TikTok – What to Post? 15 Ideas to Incorporate: @AventurasEnEsl @scbwi
- Penguin Random House CEO Madeline McIntosh To Step Down: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Year Behind and The Year Ahead: @jamesscottbell
- Another Diversity: @Porter_Anderson @WriterUnboxed
- MVB América Latina Offers Discounted Access to Metabooks: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Interview With Taipei’s Isabella Wu: ‘Opening the Conversation’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- CBC’s ‘Canada Reads’ Returns, Featuring ‘Station Eleven’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre’s 2023 Scientific Committee: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Publishing in India: ‘A Million Mutinies Now’: @rcharkin @pubperspectives
- Consider Status in Dealings Between Characters: @ZoeMMcCarthy
- Fear Thesaurus Entry: Being Physically Touched: @beccapuglisi @onestop4writers
- How to Use Description to Show Character Development: @bucketsiler
- Writing the End: Types of Endings: @Dwallacepeach @StoryEmpire
- How to Write that Last Chapter: 8 Tips for Ending Your Book: @annerallen
- Foreshadowing vs. “Spoilers”: What’s the Difference? @JamiGold
- Personification and anthropomorphism: by Rainey Hall @RMFWriters
- Writing for Two Reading Modes: @AnneJanzer
- How to Use Real Life to Inspire Your Fiction: @Bang2write
- Focus on the helpful details (query critique): @NathanBransford
- Editing tip: Are you suffering from -ing disease? @bucketsiler
- Tips for Better Similes and Metaphors: @nlholmesbooks @FloridaWriters1
- Get Unstuck from the Murky Middle: @monicacoxwrites @DIYMFA
- Writing How-To: Put Ground Under Their Feet: @LynetteMBurrows
- Use a Setting You Know to Set Your Characters Free: @KairaRouda @DIYMFA
- How Setting and Characterization Intersect in the Books We Write: @DrMaryAnnDiorio @EdieMelson
- 7 Tips to Writing Disabled Characters: @cyallowitz
- How Do I Depict a Disabled Character Respectfully? by Fay Onyx
Thank you, Elizabeth. You've gathered quite an amazing list. Now I need to explore them…. 😊
Hope you find some helpful links!
Huge list this week!
It’s double trouble, for sure! :)
Excellent list, as always. Thanks, Elizabeth.
Thanks, Staci!
Thanks, Elizabeth, for sharing these links, and I'm sorry you had to deal with technical issues with your site. That's so annoying! It all looks great now! The links are great, too, as ever. I'm especially noticing the ones about revision. The whole question of when to start revising make me think of whether it's best to revise as you go or to write and then go back. I'm sometimes torn between them…
It was quite a mess! It’s somewhat back to normal now, although I’ve got a couple of other weird issues. I think my plug-ins were out of whack.
I revise at the end, but it’s one of those things where different approaches work better for different people!
Thanks for all the excellent links.
Thanks for coming by, CS!
Another great list. Thanks, Elizabeth!
Thank you, Joan!
Thank you for rounding up the links!
My pleasure, Mae!
That just means double the fun this week.
Thank you again for letting me post on your site and for including the link here.
Thanks so much for the great post, Diane!
This is such a comprehensive list, Elizabeth. Thank you for sharing and thank you for including Story Empire posts!
Great posts from Story Empire!
Thanks for sharing all these great posts :)
Thanks for coming by, D.L.!
Another useful list, Elizabeth. Thank you for the work you do putting these together.
Thanks to you for coming by, Beem!
Wow! I’m so flattered to be included on this list. Thank you, Elizabeth.
Zena Dell Lowe
Thanks for being a resource for writers, Zena!