by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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I had a book release last week. :) Cleaning is Murder launched Tuesday.
- International Literature Festival Berlin Rolls Out 2018 Programming: @Porter_Anderson @ilb_
- 5 Etiquette Tips for Your Next Book Event: @wandalu64
- Update From the Beijing International Book Fair’s Professional Programs: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Beijing Book Fair Director Liying Lin on China’s Book Market: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 20 Reasons to Read a Book: @JodyHedlund
- 7 Authors Who Only Ever Published One (Fantastic) Novel: @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads
- 25 Alice Munro Stories You Can Read Online Right Now: @knownemily
- Tips for Getting the Passion Back in Your Writing: @christinadelay
- How to Break a Bad Habit or Start a Good One: Reward Yourself: @BrynDonovan
- How to Use a “Time Block” to Get More Writing Done: @losapala
- How to Make Time to Write With a Busy Schedule: @the_writing_pal
- How to Write Your Book in Five Minutes a Day: @WriteNowCoach
- 6 Steps to Achieving Zen-Like Writer Efficiency: @annerallen @DaveChesson
- How a Secondary Project Can Help with Productivity: from Just a Writing Aid
- 6 Ways to Double Your Writing Speed: @LMacNaughton
- 5 Things Successful Writers Do that Others Miss: @DanBlank
- 7 Things Lucky Writers Do to Succeed: @colleen_m_story
- Silence Your Inner Editor: @victoria_grif7
- 3 wondrous paradoxes of a slow writing process: @Roz_Morris
- Own Your Success and Your Failure: @KristineRusch
- Why It’s Time to Finally Call Yourself a Writer: @BeingTheWriter @womenonwriting
- 10 Ways to Survive Your Debut Author Year: @WF_writerEM @WomenWriters
- On (Re)Writing Real-Life Tragedy: @KimberlySBelle @WomenWriters
- When family and friends aren’t interested in your writing: from Just a Writing Aid
- Don’t Let Anybody Tell You How to Write (or 8 Tips for Learning Responsibly): @KMWeiland
- On Falling in Love with the Language I’ve Spoken My Entire Life: @citizenofspace @lithub
- How to Create a Magic System in Six Simple Steps: @kristen_kieffer
- Creating a Magic System for Superpowers: by Chris Winkle
- Creating a Fictional Economy: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- 5 things about writing a psychological thriller: @HeidiPerksBooks @CurtisBrown
- 3 reasons to use free indirect speech in your crime fiction: @LouiseHarnby
- Crime Writing: Cops: How To Tell Who’s Who: Behind The Pins And Medals: @LeeLofland
- “I Talked to 39 Women Who Write Nonfiction, and Here’s What I’ve Learned”: @eb_bartels @ElectricLit
- Get Back To Writing Creative Nonfiction When You’ve Lost Your Way: @kayladeanwrites
- How to Use the Amazon Algorithm to Sell More Books: @AlinkaRutkowska @jfbookman
- Author Richard Russo Warns of Tech Giants’ Move Into Content for Writers: @Porter_Anderson @AuthorsGuild
- Kobo Ebooks and Audiobooks Arrive in America at Walmart: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- New Report: American Teens Spend Less Time Reading: @Porter_Anderson @jean_twenge
- New Partnership Between @AuthorsGuild and The Hot Sheet: @Porter_Anderson @JaneFriedman
- Easy listening: the rise of the audiobook: @AlexClark3 @GuardianBooks
- New York Public Library Initiates Its New ‘Insta Novels’ on Instagram: @Porter_Anderson @nypl
- Wattpad’s 2018 ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Survey: Progress, and Tech Realities: @Porter_Anderson @allenlau @wattpad
- Industry Notes: ‘Great American Read’ Has Its Own Read; Unicorn Driven to ‘Urban Cars’: @Porter_Anderson @UnicornPubGroup
- Australia’s online retailer Booktopia expands its distribution service: @thenewpubstd
- Canada’s Fraser Valley Regional Library Has VR Partnership for Inanimate Alice: @Porter_Anderson @ReadLearnPlay
- Programming for the 2018 Singapore Asian Festival of Children’s Content: @Porter_Anderson @AFCC_sg
- Political Publishing: The UK’s Byline Media Festival Showcases Its New Press: @MarkPiesing @pubperspectives
- How to Write a Great First Sentence, with 22 Examples: @RuthHarrisBooks
- Real Life Diagnostics: Does This Crime Fiction Opening Hook You? By Maria D’Marco
- Trick the Mind, Get Creative and Opening Lines: @10MinNovelists
- Characters development and personality traits points to consider: @Joannewriter
- Different Types of Characters to Include in Your Story: @KathyEdens1 @ProWritingAid
- Creating Characters That Wow: @TheMerryWriter
- Finish Writing Your Book Using This 4-Step Process: @JennHarris_ICM
- Tips for writing religious devotionals: @MissyTippens
- 6 Ways to Manipulate Time in Fiction: @ChairmanDog @ReedsyHQ @LiveWriteThrive
- Beginning or Finishing? Which is Harder? @plotwhisperer
- Novels are Way More than Just Writing a Story: @CindyDevoted @EdieMelson
- How to Write Stuff People Want to Read: @AnneJanzer
- What Your Character Experiences While Leaving the Military: from It’s a Writer Thing
- 5 Things a Writer Needs to Know About a Character with a Mental Illness: @SloanTamar
- 8 Self-editing Techniques to Cut Your Editing Time in Half: by Hayley Millman @ProWritingAid
- 2 Simple Tips To Spot Structural Problems In Your Writing: @Bang2write
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Congrats on the book, Elizabeth.
Thanks, Diane! Going to try and squeeze in another by the end of the year, but we’ll see.
Very happy for your book release, Elizabeth! Congratulations! Lots of interesting news from the publishing world in this week’s links. Thanks for sharing. I always find it useful to know what’s going on with publishers.
Thanks!
And yes, always great to keep up to date with what’s happening in the publishing world. Have a great week!
Congrats on the new release!!!
I wish you the very best with it!
Thanks for taking the time to compile all of these wonderful links…while you were busy launching your own book.
Thanks so much! It’s been good so far. Hope you have a great week!