by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Why Every Writer Needs Writer Events: @OrlyKonig
- Creative Ways to Plan Author Events in Non-Bookstore Markets: @Bookgal
- On bucket lists, goal setting + listening to your heart (podcast): @DoWhatYouLoveXx
- 5 Keys To Help You Finish Your Novel: @lornafaith
- Writing and the Creative Life: The Magic of Ambient Noise: @GoIntoTheStory
- 3 Tips To Get Away From Your Keyboard and Into Your Story: @rsmollisonread
- Why You Need to Hit Pause to Keep Moving: @iancron
- 5 Ways to Recharge Your Creativity: @heatherr911 @scottishbktrust
- An Interactive Map of Odysseus’ 10-Year Journey in Homer’s Odyssey : @gmounzer @openculture
- How to Remember What You Read: @farnamstreet
- 14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors: @knownemily @lithub
- 10 Novels About Family Gatherings Gone Bad: @TobiasCarroll @ElectricLit
- No Time to Write? A Simple Solution to Kickstart Your Work: @annkroeker
- Find the time to write in 5 easy steps: @beprolifiko
- 3 Ways Being Inflexible Can Help You Become a Better Writer: @MoonlightingWri
- At Odds With Writing Doubts: @theladypenumbra
- A Selection of Virginia Woolf’s Most Savage Insults: @knownemily
- 12 Bars Where You Can Drink Your Way to Literary Greatness: @p_okuniewska @ElectricLit
- The Top Five Thanksgiving Day Writing Tips: @msheatherwebb
- Embrace the Holiday Tension with A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: @cloudy_vision @tordotcom
- Don’t Forget To Thank Creativity: @Margo_L_Dill
- Co-writing Police Procedurals: @ArtConnectsUs @Frank_Zafiro @LarryKelter
- A Crime Writer’s Mini Dictionary: E – F: @LeeLofland
- Blog commenting etiquette: @history2write @RomanceUniv
- How to Assess Your Blog Goals Like a Business Even Though It’s a Hobby: @MarshaIngrao
- 3 Social Media Tips to Get You Started: @writer__taylor
- Why writers should be on Goodreads: @Naked_Determina
- How Twitter Can Help Authors Reach Key Marketing Influencers: @Bookgal
- 5 Reasons Why You Should Podcast Your Fiction: @thecreativepenn with Matthew McLean
- European Parliament: IPA’s @michielams on Publishers and Big Tech: @porter_anderson
- With Amazon Kindle Now Turning 10, David Naggar Says Content Is Prime: @Porter_Anderson @davidnaggar
- British Historian Daniel Beer Wins Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize: @Beerdaniel @Porter_Anderson
- Spain Signs on as Frankfurt Book Fair’s 2021 Guest of Honor: @Porter_Anderson
- DSC Prize in South Asian Literature Goes to Sri Lankan Author: @Porter_Anderson @thedscprize
- Anna Todd, Mega-Wattpad Star, Aims for 30 Territories Sold by June 1: @Porter_Anderson @imaginator1d
- “One of the most promising regions in world publishing today, Southeast Asia’s markets are emerging into an ‘already digital’ reality.” http://ow.ly/oFgc30gIzPy
@Porter_Anderson@katong
- A New MFA in Translation; the NEA Announces Translator Fellowships: @Porter_Anderson
- Translator Helen Wang Named Special Contributor of the Year at Shanghai:
- How to Give Your Villain an Emotional Backstory: @itsawriterthing
- Create the Perfect Villain: a 6-Step Master Plan: @LMacNaughton
- Tips for Building a Riveting Main Character: @natasha_lane1
- 5 Tips For Writing Antiheroes: @jules_write
- Writer Mistakes: Looking for The Perfect Novel Writing System: @StephMorrill
- Top 6 Escape Clichés That Will Kill Your Story: @Bang2write
- Nothing New After Act Two: @SPressfield
- 5 Writing Tips from A.A. Milne and the Men of ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’: by Tony Phillips @SignatureReads
- 6 Epic Narrative Lessons from The Empire Strikes Back: @ETettensor @tordotcom
- 5 Tips on Writing a Cliffhanger: @HKaczynski
- How to Vary Your Sentence Structure (And Stop Boring Your Readers): @aliventures
- How to Keep Track of All Your Novel’s Details: @jimdempsey
- Sequence of Writing – In Order or Not? @AJHumpage
- Sexual Tension in Fiction: @Michael_Editor
- Writing What You (Hope Never To) Know: Empathy, Perception, Projection: @katmagendie
- Write Sex Scenes That Readers Can’t and Won’t Skip: @jan_ohara @WriterUnboxed
- How (And Why) To Write A Mentor Character: @FredBobJohn
- The Writerly Skills Test: @jcbaggott
- 5 Tips for Writing from Experience: @JonathanMeres
- Turning Your Idea into a Summary Line: @Janice_Hardy
- Choosing Your Point-of-View Characters: @Janice_Hardy
- Writing 3rd person limited narration: Examples and tips: @nownovel
- In Defense of Third Person: @AdamOPrice @The_Millions
- Improving Your Sentences: @sacha_black
- Words & Phrases: Shun the Weak; Embrace the Strong: @ZoeMMcCarthy
- Strong Verbs Cheat Sheet: @KathySteinemann
I’ll podcast my fiction if someone else reads it for me.
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving!
I know what you mean…who has the time?
Good Thanksgiving here…hope yours was!
As always, Elizabeth, I’m really grateful for these links. The one about planning author events is really timely for me, because I’m hoping to get my next Joel Williams novel ready for publication early next spring, and it’s not too soon to start thinking about these things…
Excited for you! Let me know if you’d like a guest blog on my site. :)
When writing about horses in fantasy, if there’s a knight in armor on the horse, he’ll need to be a draft horse to support the weight. (And I think draft horses are so beautiful.)
I do, too. That was the most popular link of last week on Twitter. :)
Thanks for all the great links. So many look good, especially the ones on social media and marketing. My newest insecurities, not that I have anything to market.
I think it’s easier if we just think of it as an open line of communication to our readers. If we keep it low-key, it’s easier for us to manage, long-term! Hope you have a great week!