by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- How an Event Hashtag Will Turbo Boost Your Event: @cksyme
- How to find the right agent, editor, or writers conference: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters
- 6 Habits of Insanely Productive People: @KarenBanes
- The Fundamental Secret to Finding Time to Write: @RuthanneReid
- Beating Writer’s Block—by Not Writing: @crazywritinfool
- What to remember when you’re nervous about writing: @Luna_Manar
- 3 Questions to Help You Bust Through Creative Blocks: @ChadRAllen
- 10 Ways to Maintain Writing Momentum: @LyndaRYoung @TheIWSG
- Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Boost Your Productivity: @MichaelHyatt
- Why We Compare Ourselves to Other Writers—and How We Can Stop: @losapala
- Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus: @srinipillay via @PassiveVoiceBlg
- Finding Balance: @iamagemcrystal
- 6 of the Worst Things About Being a Writer: @jameslrubart
- Admitting to Writing:
- Writing Tips: 7 Strategies for Writing Suspense: @TonyLeeMoral @thecreativepenn
- Dropping ‘bombshells’ in crime fiction without too much melodrama: @mkinberg
- Crime fiction: when characters lie: @mkinberg
- Blending Genres in Romance: We’re Not in 1980 Anymore: @CSLakin
- The Endless Subgenres and Varieties of Romance: @LovettRomance
- From Dark to Dark: Yes, Women Have Always Written Space Opera: by Judith Tarr @tordotcom
- Put the Science in Your Science Fiction: by By Lesley L. Smith
- Space Opera and the Underrated Importance of Ordinary, Everyday Life: by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer @tordotcom
- Top 10 Scary Movie Lines And Why They Work: @Bang2write
- Why Dialogue Is Killing Your Screenplay: @Bang2write
- How to Create a TV Show: @CockeyedCaravan
- Great Scene: “Rocky” : @GoIntoTheStory
- Why Should I Buy Your Book? or How to Write a Book Blurb: @rxena77
- How to write a better Amazon bio: @Bookgal @theverbs
- The Benefits of Ebook Pre-Orders: @MarcyKennedy
- You’re the best person to market your book: @mybookshepherd
- How to Avoid Overwhelm This Week: @WritersCoach
- How to Prepare for a TED-style Author Talk in Fewer Than 10 days: @DeannaCabinian
- Public Speaking Tips for Writers: 7 Keys for a Great Speech: @monicamclark
- A Sourcebooks Title Is OverDrive’s New International Big Library Read: @Porter_Anderson @OverDriveLibs
- Germany’s 2016 Market Report: ‘Stable Amid Transformation’ @Porter_Anderson
- Partnership Notes: Unicorn and Royal Armouries; Reedsy and Blurb: @pubperspectives
- Agent Andrew Wylie demands publishing ‘stare down the forces of nationalism’: @Porter_Anderson
- Rights Updates from Agencies: Berlin, Istanbul, Cologne, London: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- ‘An Experimental Space for Multilingualism’: France at Frankfurt Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson
- Bookwire’s ‘Latin American expansion, building on success in Germany and Spain’: @Porter_Anderson @bookwire
- 5 Ways to Show Character Growth & Change: @diannmills
- Creating Real Characters through Dialogue, Mannerisms, and Actions: @PollyIyer
- Wonder Woman: The Essence of a Strong Female Character: @JamiGold
- 5 Consequences of Overpowered Characters: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- 9 Tips to Improve Your Writing: @MCristianoWrite
- Narrative Techniques for Storytellers: @WritingForward
- How to Write a Heart-Melting Kissing Scene: @RidethePen
- Circumlocution – Bore Readers with Overkill, or Not? @ZoeMMcCarthy
- What is An Unreliable Narrator? @katekrake
- Tracking Throughlines in Your Novel: @Wordstrumpet
- 5 Simple Steps to Help You Start Writing Your First Book: by Kristen Pope
- How To Write About Real-Life Adventures: by Ian Stephen
- Metonymy & Synecdoche and How to Use Them: @ZoeMMcCarthy
- Plot Twists That Defy Genre Expectations: @NicolaAlter
- Write A Novel: Include A Bestseller’s Vital Ingredient: @angee
- ‘In’ or ‘Among’? @GrammarGirl
- Grammar questions answered: Restrictive and non-restrictive by Edittorrent
- 3 More Cases of Superfluous Semicolons: @writing_tips
- Further vs Farther: What’s the Difference? @EPBure
- Give Your Scenes a Purpose with Scene Goals: @ml_keller
- How Do You Know When To Start and End a Scene? by Randy Ingermanson
- UK’s Publishers Assoc. Opens Its #LoveAudio Campaign Today: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 4 Tips for Changing POV and Tense in your WIP: @AmySueNathan
There’s the IWSG post – thanks! And after being offline all week, this is a great place to catch up.
Enjoy your catching up! Hope you had a good week away.
As always, Elizabeth, there are really some great links here, so thanks. The one that caught my eye right away is the one about comparing ourselves to other writers. It’s not at all productive to do that; and yet, we do…
And it’s easy to do! Although not a helpful practice, for sure. Hope you have a good week!
I read the 9 reasons a book is rejected for Book Bub. I have a feeling the 9th one happens most often.
I think so, too. So many good books have been rejected and the only thing I can think of is space.
Late to the party, but thank you once again for a great roundup, Elizabeth (and for including our blog)!
Bridget
Thanks for providing the helpful content!