by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- What’s Your Writing Plan? @WritingForward
- How and why to order author copies from Amazon KDP and IngramSpark: @BirdsOAFpress
- How to Track Conversion and Calculate ROI on Facebook and Bookbub Ads: @ReedsyHQ @IndieAuthorALLI @RicardoFayet
- Don’t Let Plagiarism Kill Your Career: @maryannwrites
- Tracking Kindle Sales with Book Report: @MJBowersock @IndiesUnlimited
- Guy Gunaratne Wins the 2019 Dylan Thomas Prize for ‘Mad and Furious City’: @Porter_Anderson @dylanthomprize @guygunaratne
- Germany’s Börsenverein Will Award First Nonfiction Prize in 2020: @Porter_Anderson @boev @pubperspectives
- Oman’s Jokha Alharthi and Translator Marilyn Booth Win the 2019 Man Booker International Prize: @Porter_Anderson @ManBookerPrize
- US National Book Foundation Program To Distribute 1-Millionth Book: @Porter_Anderson @nationalbook @likaluca
- Books, Bookmarks, Business Cards Or Digital Giveaways. What Should Authors Be Ready To Give Away? @c_penticoff @thecreativepenn
- The Art of the Book Event: 9 Tips: @AnnMarieNieves @WriterUnboxed
- During BookExpo, London Book Fair’s CAMEO Awards Make a US Debut: @Porter_Anderson @LondonBookFair @BookExpo
- Schmoozing for Introverts: How to Network Like a Pro: @LisaEllisonsPen @JaneFriedman
- BookExpo Hears the Call of Audio: APAC Becomes the Big Conference: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Searls Wins Wolff Translator’s Prize; UK’s Women’s Poets Announce Swift Book: @Porter_Anderson @GI_NewYork @FoundationSwift
- For a More Creative Brain, Travel: @bcamcrane @TheAtlantic
- How to Use Freewriting to Supercharge Your Work: by Kathy Hopewell @WritetoDone
- Writing Prompts for Preteens: @hwrightwriter
- Writer @austinkleon shares his portable routine: @RoutineCurator
- How Marie Kondo Can Change Your (Writing) Life: @10minnovelist
- What to do when you can’t write: from Let’s Write Some Novels
- How To Maintain Your Story Flow: @Weifarer
- Do you think one day you’ll stop writing? by Clémentine Beauvais
- “Intermittent Journaling: How I Lost the Guilt and Acquired a Helpful Writing Strategy”: @hwrightwriter
- 5 Steps to Create Agency in Your Writing Life: @LauraHighcove @DIYMFA
- How to Remember Your Ideas When You’re Falling Asleep—or Waking Up: @Nicholas_Rossis
- The Ghost Worlds Within Me: A Novelist’s Journey: @StephanieCowell @WriterUnboxed
- Reddit for Writers: 47 Writing Subreddits to Explore: @JessZafarris @WritersDigest
- How to Get an Extra Novel Written in a Year: @Janice_Hardy
- Five Tips For Legal Thrillers: by Mark Alpert @killzoneauthors
- Who’s In Charge Here? Getting Jurisdiction Correct in Your Writing: @MickiBrowning @MTW_2019
- The Elements of a Bestselling Thriller: Top Tips for Authors: by Adam Durnham @MTW_2019
- The Differences Between a Crime Novel, Mystery Novel and Thriller Novel: @davidcorbett_ca @WritersDigest
- The State of the Mystery: Part 1 of a Roundtable Discussion: https://t.co/g7kq8TKp2o and Part 2: @lawrenceosborne @LoriRaderDay @NovaWJacobs @CrimeReads
- The 4 Key Elements of Content Marketing for Beginners: @BirdsOAFpress
- How An Ugly Screenshot Became The Way To Announce Your Next Book On Twitter: @katienotopoulos @BuzzFeedNews
- Lord of the Flies? ‘Rubbish’. Animal Farm? Too risky – Faber’s secrets revealed: by Toby Faber @GuardianBooks
- Writing for Audio: Understanding Attunement: @method_writing @JaneFriedman
- What is Collaborative Writing? @AELowan @mythicscribes
- Copyright Advocates Applaud Canada’s Parliamentary Review of Copyright Modernization Act: @Porter_Anderson @AccessCopyright @RoanieLevy @IntPublishers @HugoSetzer @CdnPublishers @twuc
- The International UNESCO Cities of Literature Meet in Two English Towns: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Copyright Clearance Center and CopyGhana Build Rights Organization: @Porter_Anderson @copyrightclear @IntPublishers
- Finland in Georgia: Tbilisi International Book Fair Has a Nordic Focus Country: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers
- International Publishers Association Partners With UAE’s Dubai Cares on African Challenges: @Porter_Anderson @Bodour @IntPublishers
- Six Questions for Kenyan Publisher Lawrence Njagi and the IPA Nairobi Seminar: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Sourcebooks and Penguin Random House in ‘Collaborative Partnership’: @Porter_Anderson @Sourcebooks @penguinrandom
- Denmark’s UNSILO in Partnership With Wiley on AI in Handling Research: @Porter_Anderson @unsiloproduct @WileyNews
- 10 Tips for Writing The First Chapter of Your Book (Video): @jennamoreci
- Beginning Your Book Close to the Action:
- Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Actor: @beccapuglisi
- My Characters Are Flat as Cardboard! How do I Make Them Real? @mariastaal
- How a Character’s Choice of Clothing Benefits the Story: from It’s a Writer Thing
- 3 Essential Questions to Ask When Writing a Book: @DavidHSafford @write_practice
- Write Deep, Write True: @Lindasclare
- 8 Ways You Can Think Like A Journalist To Improve Your Writing: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks
- Get Grammatical or Get Lost: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors
- Misplaced Modifiers Confuse Your Readers: @ZoeMMcCarthy
- Story Revisions: Keeping Track of Changes: @JamiGold
- How Do I Fix a Novel Plot That’s Too Complicated? @BookWorksBetty @BookWorksNYC
- 10 Tips for Editing a Novel: by Anna Davis @CBGBooks
- Two Simple Rules of Editing: @edebellauthor @sfwa
- The Art of Self-Editing: @riverbendsagas @EdieMelson
- Proofreading May Not Be What You Think It Is: The 3 Stages of Book Editing: @Loster21@Wogahn
Thanks for including the IWSG article about science fiction books. Wonder what else they will predict?
It was a cool article!
As always, fascinating links here, Elizabeth. Lots of good ones about conferences, too. I have to admit, that’s one thing I should do better than I do – go to writing conferences.
I should, too. :) I only go about once every couple of years.
Great links – going to start with the one on Scrivener. I’ve been using it for years but I know there’s always something else to learn!
There’s a lot to learn with that program, for sure! Hope the article helps. :)
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